North Star Theater
1250 5th Avenue,
New York,
NY
10029
1250 5th Avenue,
New York,
NY
10029
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Additional Info
Architects: Paul J. Henon, Jr., William H. Hoffman
Firms: Hoffman-Henon Co.
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The North Star Theater is listed in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory. It was also listed in the 1926 Film Daily Yearbook as having 1,000 seats, but closed in that year to be demolished in September 1928 to build the New York Skin & Cancer Hospital on the site.
Contributed by
Ken Roe/Al Alvarez/Peter Koch
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No sooner does Lost Memory find this theatre and a crime gets committed.
New York Times January 2, 1925
ARREST POLICEMAN ON WOMAN’S CHARGE
Badly beaten victim says she was attacked in a theatre vestibule late at night
“Policeman William Oehlerking of the East 104th Street Station was arrested yesterday morning …charged with beating a women while he was on post. The alleged assault occurred about 2:30 o’clock in the morning in the outer vestibule of the North Star motion picture theatre at 106th street and fifth Avenue… Mrs O’Brien …could not identify the man she charged with having beaten her. Oehlerking was arrested after Captain Loonam found a belt bearing his shield number in the vestibule of the theatre.â€
I read it as a hooker who refused to give the local cop services for free or maybe he just didn’t like the Irish, but I may just be too cynical for the roaring twenties.
In September, 1928, New York State Exhibitor reported that the North Star Theatre was in the process of demolition, to be replaced by the New York Skin & Cancer Hospital. The North Star had been closed for two years, and last managed by Sidney Cohen.