Annalou Christensen, Clip 12: Movie theaters in Flushing
Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Annalou Christensen
Date: Time Period: 1920 - 2010; 2010-06-29; Interview recorded: June 29 2010
Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Audacity. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:02:18
Creator: Annalou Christensen interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Identifier: aql:20653 christensen_annalou_clip12
Description: Annalou Christensen recalls the Janus movie theater on Main Street and Northern Boulevard nicknamed the "Itch and Scratch". It was old broken and broken down, probably earned its nickname from the bug infestations. The boys used to go there because it showed cowboy movies. There was also the Prospect Theatre which showed MGM movies, and the Taft Theatre. Christensen went to the first screening at RKO Keith's Theatre of the movie, "In Old Arizona". The theater was designed with a Spanish style open courtyard.
Creator :
Annalou Christensen interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Date :
Time Period: 1920 - 2010; 2010-06-29; Interview recorded: June 29 2010
Summary/Description :
Annalou Christensen recalls the Janus movie theater on Main Street and Northern Boulevard nicknamed the "Itch and Scratch". It was old broken and broken down, probably earned its nickname from the bug infestations. The boys used to go there because it showed cowboy movies. There was also the Prospect Theatre which showed MGM movies, and the Taft Theatre. Christensen went to the first screening at RKO Keith's Theatre of the movie, "In Old Arizona". The theater was designed with a Spanish style open courtyard.
Subject :
Motion picture theaters; Taft Theatre; Prospect Theatre; RKO Keith's Flushing Theatre
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This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Locations discussed: Waldheim, Flushing, Queens, NY Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Audacity.; Total running time: 0:02:18
Identifier :
aql:20653 christensen_annalou_clip12
Subject:
Motion picture theaters; Taft Theatre; Prospect Theatre; RKO Keith's Flushing Theatre
Motion picture theaters; Taft Theatre; Prospect Theatre; RKO Keith's Flushing Theatre
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This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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