I used to always go to Times Square when I visited New York back in the
Seventies and early Eighties. Unbelievably dangerous and wonderfully
entertaining. During one trip, I passed by a nudie theater where I was
surprised to see that a former girl friend of mine, a miss Kandi Barbour
of Atlanta, GA, was appearing live and in the buff for, I'm sure, a
discerning audience of that particular art form. I opted not to go in;
Kandi was a tadge volatile, a sort of beautiful but deranged white-trash
Scarlett O'Hara, and things did not end well with us. (It would have
been a great show, though, having one of the strippers leap off the
stage to beat the crap out of a patron!)
I was in Times Square a couple of years ago, and it had been Eisner-ised
into a clean, shiny, Blandville of Starbucks and Gap stores. Where did
they put all the crazies?
Greg Douglass
Claude Litton wrote:
*In the 70's there were a huge amount of those theaters and peep shows
in that area. This went from 8th Ave to 6th Ave and from 40th St to
50th St. There were also a huge amount of street walkers hanging
around all the theaters and they were very dangerous if you were not
polite. I remember when one man was approached and instead of saying
"no thanks" called her a whore. She stabbed him right in broad daylight.*
**
*In my college years I went to a theater on 86th St. where they only
showed films in German. I used to go on Fridays when classes ended
early. 86th St. was known as Germantown. We went to a famous German
restaurant there when I graduated from law school. I don't recall the
name. The real estate boom also killed the area and the developers
moved in. Today it hardly exists. This is a part of town that I
really miss. *
**
*Claude*
In a message dated 6/20/2009 9:21:22 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
brucehershen...@gmail.com writes:
In my youth they would still show some classic movies in the
falling down Times Square theaters. I think the admission was like
$1.75.
I remember once I went to some classic movie, and a scary guy was
hanging by the ticket booth. I gave $2 to the ticket taker, and
was handed a quarter back, and the scary guy said, "Give me the
quarter". I just kept walking and he said, "Give me the quarter or
I'll kill you"!
I kept walking, and he said, "I am going to wait right here, and
whenever you come out, I will kill you."
I went in and watched the movie, and the whole time I kept
thinking of that guy. When it was over I went out, and he was
nowhere to be seen. If that was the present day, I would give him
the quarter!
Bruce
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Claude Litton <twoni...@aol.com
<mailto:twoni...@aol.com>> wrote:
*I have seen them all since I was 17 years old. I went to
college and law school in New York City and have spent my
working life there. I have walked the streets of NYC for
over 50 years and have always been thrilled with everything.
I have been involved with NYC real estate all these years and
still love it. I went to NYU in Greenwich Village and my
friends and I used to peek in at the old burlesque theaters
(before we got kicked out) and got to the movies in virtually
every theater already mentioned in other emails (so I wont
repeat them). I remember all the old decrepit Times Square
theaters before they cleaned up the area. The police used to
walk 4 abreast because the area was so dangerous and I am
speaking about daylight hours, not just at night.*
**
*I remember going to the theaters on 57th street when one of
them was an art theater and the other was showing xxx films.
I remember Deep Throat and the Devil In Miss Jones playing for
many years as a double bill. The Paris Theater showed art
films for many, many years before the real estate got too
valuable and getting old movies on VHS destroyed the market
for these theaters.*
**
*My office is at 295 Fifth Avenue across from the Empire State
Building and if anyone is in NYC they are welcome to visit. I
have over 50 movie posters framed in my office suite including
6 of my Chan 3 sheets. Joe Bonelli stopped in last year and
we had a great time. Just email me in advance to make certain
I am in because I don't work as many hours as I did when I
was younger. I stopped going to work on Fridays 9 years ago
and leave at 2 pm.*
**
*Claude Litton*
**
**
**
In a message dated 6/20/2009 3:06:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight
Time, ghostsandghoul...@verizon.net
<mailto:ghostsandghoul...@verizon.net> writes:
I was lucky enough to be in NYC when HORROR OF DRACULA had
just opened at the Marfair Theater so I got to see the
hugh Times Square wrap-around billboard poster above the
theater. I also got to see the display of the fiends (in
a hugh fish tank) from FIEND WITHOUT A FACE located right
in front of the theater in Times Square. Anybody else in
our group see these fantastic advertising displays????
Larry Springer
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