Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush(1980)
46m1980-04-01
Documentary
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.
- Director:
- Christian Blackwood
- Writers:
- Elliott Stein
- Producers:
- Christian Blackwood
- Cinematographer:
- Fred Murphy
- Composer:
- David Raksin
- Production:
- Michael Blackwood Productions
- Status:
- Released
Cast
Eli Wallach
Self - Narrator (voice)
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