Saturday, January 17, 2009

This Week on 42nd Street -- 1984

Here are the double and triple features that played the Deuce twenty-five years ago this week. Theaters are listed in east-to-west order.

NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET

Rialto: DEADLY FANGS OF THE SNAKE / DRAGON’S FATAL FIST

Lyric: SCARFACE

Times Square: THE JACKIE CHAN CONNECTION / 10 TIGERS OF KWANGTUNG / INSTRUCTORS OF DEATH

Apollo: D.C. CAB / PRIVATE SCHOOL

Selwyn: WARRIORS OF THE WASTELAND / SWORD OF THE BARBARIAN


SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET

Cine 42 – Theatre I: SUDDEN IMPACT / THE EXECUTIONER
Theatre II: INVINCIBLE KUNG FU DRAGON / 14 STRIKES OF THE
DRUNKEN CAT / CRAZY HORSE VS. INTELLIGENT MONKEY

Harris: MORTUARY / BLOOD BEACH

Liberty: SCALPS / THE DEADLY SPAWN

Empire: DIRTY HO / THE KID WITH THE GOLDEN ARM / DUEL OF THE IRON FIST

Anco: SNAKE FIST VS. THE DRAGON / RETURN OF THE DRAGON / CATHY’S CURSE

3 comments:

  1. Nice to see hardy Deuce patrons braving all weather conditions in order to not miss out on ENDLESS LUST! I imagine there may have been a few stunned movie goers who bought a ticket for a double or triple feature, emerging hours later to find the streets choked with snow.

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  2. Someday I'll go back in time and catch that Shaw Brothers triple feature at the Empire

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  3. Right on Grandmaster, I'll go with ya!

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