Pennway Theatre
Pennsylvania Avenue and Flatlands Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11239
Pennsylvania Avenue and Flatlands Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11239
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Listings in the Daily news stopped in 1981.
I went there several times when this theater opened in the mid-1960s. I remember seeing Peter Sellers in “After the Fox,” “Yul Brynner in "Return of the 7” and Rod Steiger in “No Way to Treat A Lady.” I never particularly liked this theater and it was a mistake to build it in an area that was already starting to go downhill. I went there once when it started showing softcore porn. Those films were more memorable than the legitimate films I saw there.
1971 the Penway was showing X on showcase
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I knew a projectionist who had this theatre for a few weeks while one of the main guys was on vacation. It had a huge Cinemascope screen. I remember the theatre being very wide. I dont recall alot more about it, except that it looked like one of the 60’s theatres Century built although I think it was always an independant.