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Aug 14, 2014 · 4. A CHRISTMAS STORY (1983) Two notable scenes from the famous ‘You’ll shoot your eye out’ seasonal classic were filmed in Toronto. The scene where young Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley) helps his old man change the spare tire, drops the lug nuts and says the word that sounds like ‘fudge’ was shot at the foot of the Cherry Street ...
Sep 11, 2022 · Night Heat (1985-1989) Night Heat never named Toronto as its setting but made brilliant use of the downtown core and all of its noir-ish trappings. The sweaty show immortalized our 1980s skyline ...
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- The Early Years—Nickelodeons and the First Theatres in Toronto. Theatorium (Red Mill) Theatre—Toronto’s First Movie Experience and First Permanent Movie Theatre, Auditorium (Avenue, PIckford), Colonial Theatre (the Bay), the Photodrome, Revue Theatre, Picture Palace (Royal George), Big Nickel (National, Rio), Madison Theatre (Midtown, Capri, Eden, Bloor Cinema, Bloor Street Hot Docs), Theatre Without a Name (Pastime, Prince Edward, Fox)
- The Great Movie Palaces – The End of the Nickelodeons. Loew’s Yonge Street (Elgin/Winter Garden), Shea’s Hippodrome, The Allen (Tivoli), Pantages (Imperial, Imperial Six, Ed Mirvish), Loew’s Uptown.
- Smaller Theatres in the pre-1920s and 1920s. Oakwood, Broadway, Carlton on Parliament Street, Victory on Yonge Street (Embassy, Astor, Showcase, Federal, New Yorker, Panasonic), Allan’s Danforth (Century, Titania, Music Hall), Parkdale, Alhambra (Baronet, Eve), St. Clair, Standard (Strand, Victory, Golden Harvest), Palace, Bedford (Park), Hudson (Mount Pleasant), Belsize (Crest, Regent), Runnymede.
- Theatres During the 1930s, the Great Depression. Grant ,Hollywood, Oriole (Cinema, International Cinema), Eglinton, Casino, Radio City, Paramount, Scarboro, Paradise (Eve’s Paradise), State (Bloordale), Colony, Bellevue (Lux, Elektra, Lido), Kingsway, Pylon (Royal, Golden Princess), Metro.
Ben Bowman. November 29, 2023. The 1980s were a wild decade. After “Jaws” and “Star Wars” blew up the box office in the late 1970s, the studios shifted their attention to big ideas, big budgets, and big special effects. If you don’t believe the 80s were big, check out the hair and shoulder pads in “Working Girl.”.
Aug 16, 2024 · Photo by Canmenwalker, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Fox Theatre. Previously called The Theatre Without a Name, Fox Theatre was opened by Arthur Brooks Webster in 1914. Located at the corner of Queen Street East and Beech Avenue, the independent theatre’s structure wasn’t as good-looking as it is today.
Nov 27, 2017 · [January 2, 1981 (Maine)] Unlike today, where it seems like more movies are for kids than adults, the opposite was true in the 1970s and 80s. We had to settle for Disney re-releases and shit like The Apple Dumpling Gang. Movies like Escape from Witch Mountain were a treasured rarity.
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Mar 13, 2024 · Where to stream: Tubi, The Roku Channel, Hoopla. Do the Right Thing (1989) Director Spike Lee had his greatest triumph with this funny, quotable, and ultimately explosive film about the racial ...
