Here are the double and triple features that played the Deuce twenty-three years ago this week. Theaters are listed in east-to-west order.NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET
Rialto: KRUSH GROOVE / POLICE ACADEMY / MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME
Lyric: BLACK MOON RISING / THE STUFF
Times Square: IGOR AND THE LUNATICS / SPLATTER UNIVERSITY
Apollo: IRON EAGLE / FIRESTARTER
Selwyn: PRAY FOR DEATH / ENTER THE NINJA
SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET
Cine 42 – Theatre I: ROCKY IV / RUNAWAY TRAIN
Theatre II: AVENGING DRAGON / UNFORGIVEN OF SHAOLIN
Harris: TROLL / GHOULIES
Liberty: THE ALCHEMIST / NIGHT SHADOWS
Empire: RAIDERS OF THE BUDDHIST KUNG FU / SHAOLIN BLOOD MISSION / PASSAGE OF THE DRAGON
The idea of sitting through a pairing of IGOR AND THE LUNATICS and SPLATTER UNIVERSITY gives me new insight into why drugs were so popular amongst 42nd Street regulars of that era.
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I just love these pix of the marquees on the 42nd St !
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I wish there is a computer geek out there to re-create the Times Square and 42nd St in full 3D like in the videogames!
keep on!
and check my own spot
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i watched "passage of the dragon" tonight. it's a very good martial arts film. it probably was wasted on the 42nd street audience. showing it at at a grindhouse cinema is like putting a platter of caviar in front of a group of hamburger-loving people. (and that's not much of an exaggeration.)
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