Interboro Theatre

Another local theatre that you’d think there would be 100 comments and recollections on here……

Hello-

i have lived in the neighborhood that the Interboro serviced my entire life and the reason it closed is simple. although the theater did good business UA which was running it at the time of its closure had no desire to to spend the $$$ to upgrade it.

When Street View was made (2007) this theater building was still standing. Satellite view (undated) shows the auditorium roof, too. Has it been demolished since then? Scavello’s Market is still listed at this address on multiple web sites.

During the 1950s, on Saturday, any of the kids, who got to the movie before 9AM, go in for 9 cents.
We stayed there most of the day, seeing 2 full movies, cartoons and serials such as Superman. Flattened popcorn boxes were flying toward the screen the whole time. Pop corn was a dime, candy bars and soda. The soda from the machine poured into a cup, which had to be watched carefully, because the cup tended to land slanted and half of the soda would be lost. The bathrooms were up a very narrow stairway. Sitting near the girls and teasing them was fun.

This theater closed in 1996.

The reason local residents called it “The Itch”:

“…The Interborough Theatre on Tremont Avenue in Throggs Neck was a notorious spot in the 1920s. Patrons of this movie house almost always came back scratching. The theatre was infested with lice, and the children of the area aptly called it "The Itch.” Luckily, this situation did not exist in most other movie houses…“
—"The Beautiful Bronx” by Lloyd Ultan

The Interboro Theatre seated 1369 people.