Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush

Apr 1, 1980

0h 46m

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Overview

When Brooklyn's Kings Theater -- one of five "Wonder Theaters" in the New York area -- closed its doors in 1977, the neighborhood mourned. In a series of interviews, local aficionados of the palace as well as its projectionist, its organist, and former employees, reminisce about the Kings and its charmed days gone by.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Michael Blackwood Productions

Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush Trailers

Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Eli Wallach

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Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush

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