Tuesday, January 20, 2009

This Week on 42nd Street -- 1979

(The Grand Luncheonette, under the Selwyn Theater marquee)

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

NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET

Rialto: V: THE HOT ONE / SOFT PLACES

Victory: SWEDISH MINX / MY SEX-RATED WIFE / LES NYMPHO TEENS

Lyric: SLITHIS / THE SCAVENGERS

Times Square: WANDA THE WICKED WARDEN / ILSA, HAREM KEEPER OF THE OIL SHEIKS

Selwyn: EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE / TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA


SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET


New Amsterdam: "Sonny Chiba Film Festival"

Cine 42 - Theater I: THE WIZ
Theater II: CIRCLE OF IRON / PSYCHIC KILLER

Harris: POINT THE FINGER OF DEATH / SHAOLIN DEATH SQUAD

Liberty: SECRETS / HOT SPUR

Empire: STEEL EDGE OF REVENGE / KUNG FU GOLD / CHARLEY VARRICK

Anco: MAGIC / TAKE A HARD RIDE

1 comment:

Arbogast said...

The Grand Luncheonette was my favorite getting-my-head-together last stop on the Deuce before heading home. I was always the only person there, which gave my rapport with the fry cook a kind of Shining feel.