Palace Theatre
108 Port Richmond Avenue,
Staten Island,
NY
10302
108 Port Richmond Avenue,
Staten Island,
NY
10302
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Listings for the Palace ended in the SI Advance in 1951.
The Palace Theatre was built at least by 1916. The post card shown was published by W. J. Grimshaw, a Staten Island photographer. He published cards from his own pictures. The card was printed by the Curt Teich Co., in Chicago. Teich numbered their cards, and recorded the years. This one is numbered, “A-67832”. The Curt Teich numbering system puts that card number as being published in 1916.
Can’t find anything in the google views that looks anything remotely like the picture postcard; either the Palace was razed long ago or the building modified beyond recognition.
Ronnie , I found a reference book at the St.George library called Going To The Movies On Staten Island. There was a second Palace Theatre in Tottenville, it opened in 1918 and closed in 1928. There is a clearer photo of the Port Richmond Palace and you were right , it does say Vaudeville on the sign.
I was so wrong! My G-grandfather worked at the palace in Manhattan. And THIS one in Staten Island was on Port Richmond Avenue. Looks like it’s been long since remodeled into something else.
link to Staten Island theater photos:
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OOPS! My bad… there IS a Palace in Tottenville.
By the way, Garth, I now realize that you mistook the word “Vaudeville' for "Tottenville”!!
I am looking for info on Percival “Patty” Roberts, my great-grandfather, stage manager of Palace Theater in New York (not sure if Staten Island or Manhattan). I have old sepia photos of him standing next to switchboard backstage which is about six feet wide by eight feet tall, lots of “Frankenstein” switches.
He knew vaudeville stars Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, etc. My grandmother would fill in between acts singing opera onstage as a little girl.
Not sure if this is the right theater, but from old photos compared to what I saw in person, the Palace Theater, Staten Island, New York, is in ruins, closed.
It’s located on Richmond Terrace, which is a long street that runs along the north shore of the island.
Some GREAT old postcard renderings of many Staten Island theaters and other landmarks can be found at this website:
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Can you help me?
Thanks, Rennie Miller
today’s s.i. advance states the palace was indeed in port richmond , as was the ritz.
the website movie-theatre.org has a map of staten island theatres circa 1950, the only palace theatre shown is on port richmond ave, not far from the ritz.
i just revisited the photo, the caption says “palace theatre,port richmond”.yet you can clearly see “tottenville” on the marquee.the accompanying list of theatres names a palace theatre in both towns.iwould like to know exactly where the theatre(s) stood.
you can see a photo of this theatre in its glory days at the website oldstatenisland.tripod.com