Luxor Theatre

Cookie0736 on September 18, 2013 at 12:02 am

Had my best childhood memories in that movie theatre ,we would go early and spend the whole day in there and watch a movie and cartoons all day for .25 cents ,Damn I feel old but of course I am not lol

kencmcintyre on November 22, 2008 at 9:22 pm

Here is a 2/21/28 story from the NYT:

HOLD UP THEATRE, LOBBY CROWDED; Thieves, Posing as Revenue Men, Enter Office, Tie Up Three and Escape With $2,200. TRIO TRICKS THE DOORMAN They Display Badges and He Escorts Them Into Bronx Movie, Where They Whip Out Pistols.

Three robbers escaped with $2,200 from the safe of the Luxor Theatre, a moving picture house at 208 East 170th Street, the Bronx, yesterday afternoon, after they had been led to the theatre office by a credulous doorman to whom they said thay were revenue men performing their duty.

GaryParks on June 3, 2008 at 5:54 pm

Background on the name Luxor: Is an anglicization of the Arabic “Al Uqsor,” meaning, “The Castle.” This is in reference to the ruins of a Roman legion fortress, which, at the time of the Arab conquest of Egypt in the 7th Century, were still standing around the already very ancient temple built there in Pharaonic times by Amenhotep III, Rameses II, and others. Later, the town which existed there took on the name. Since is is easily pronounced by Westerners, and perhaps due to its similarity to things bringing to mind “luxury,” is has been a popular name to associate with Egyptian things.

RobertR on June 30, 2005 at 8:22 pm

The Luxor has the distinction of being the Bronx outlet for the first Premiere Showcase in 1962.

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