wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:25:21 -0400, A Boater wrote:


The mini-mansions in the center to the right of the map at one point
belonged to the Poli family, which owned theaters all over the United
States. They sold out to Loew's.

Way back when theaters were lavish, Poli Theaters were right at the top.
I think there are several that are still about.


I'm not sure I was ever in one. The "fancy" movie theater in New Haven
when I was a kid was the independent "Whalley Theatre," on, what else,
Whalley Avenue. Whalley Avenue was named after one of the judges who
signed the death warrant for Charles I of England.

For a tiny city, we had a lot of interesting people living in the area.
One of the Gimbel brothers of department store fame lived around the
corner from us. They had a mansion...but we sure didn't! The family had
two really smart, pretty twin daughters who attended public school with
the rest of us "middle-class" folks.

On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:51:05 -0400, A Boater wrote:


I'm not sure I was ever in one. The "fancy" movie theater in New Haven
when I was a kid was the independent "Whalley Theatre," on, what else,
Whalley Avenue. Whalley Avenue was named after one of the judges who
signed the death warrant for Charles I of England.

Most of them, might have been before your time. Poli Theaters go back to
Vaudeville days. However, there were two Poli theaters in New Haven.

Here's one:

http://insight.library.yale.edu/Yale...449/257566.jpg

wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:51:05 -0400, A Boater wrote:


I'm not sure I was ever in one. The "fancy" movie theater in New Haven
when I was a kid was the independent "Whalley Theatre," on, what else,
Whalley Avenue. Whalley Avenue was named after one of the judges who
signed the death warrant for Charles I of England.

Most of them, might have been before your time. Poli Theaters go back to
Vaudeville days. However, there were two Poli theaters in New Haven.

Here's one:

http://insight.library.yale.edu/Yale...449/257566.jpg



Yeah that was a tad before my time. I have no memory of that scene, even
with more modern cars... :)



I only recall two "downtown" movie theaters I went to in New Haven. I
think one might have been called the College Street theater, and the
other, which I will never forget, was called the Lincoln Theater. It was
where I saw my first movie. It was a re-release of Bambi, and I saw it
in 1948 or 1949. Scared the crap out of me.

The Whalley was the big first-run theater for us. Saw the 10
Commandments there and also Bridge over the River Kwai, and of course, a
lot of other movies.

I won one of the never-ending Duncan yo-yo contests at one of the
never-ending Saturday kiddie matinees at the Whalley. :) By the time I
got through kidhood, every kid in New Haven won that contest at least once.

On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:39:34 -0400, A Boater wrote:


I only recall two "downtown" movie theaters I went to in New Haven. I
think one might have been called the College Street theater, and the
other, which I will never forget, was called the Lincoln Theater. It was
where I saw my first movie. It was a re-release of Bambi, and I saw it
in 1948 or 1949. Scared the crap out of me.

http://cinematreasures.org/theater/3908/

http://cinematreasures.org/theater/2747/ ???

http://cinematreasures.org/theater/2266/ ???


The Whalley was the big first-run theater for us. Saw the 10
Commandments there and also Bridge over the River Kwai, and of course, a
lot of other movies.

http://cinematreasures.org/theater/2752/

wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:39:34 -0400, A Boater wrote:


I only recall two "downtown" movie theaters I went to in New Haven. I
think one might have been called the College Street theater, and the
other, which I will never forget, was called the Lincoln Theater. It was
where I saw my first movie. It was a re-release of Bambi, and I saw it
in 1948 or 1949. Scared the crap out of me.

http://cinematreasures.org/theater/3908/

http://cinematreasures.org/theater/2747/ ???

http://cinematreasures.org/theater/2266/ ???


The Whalley was the big first-run theater for us. Saw the 10
Commandments there and also Bridge over the River Kwai, and of course, a
lot of other movies.

http://cinematreasures.org/theater/2752/



Wow...thanks for the memories!!!

Really.

On Sep 15, 12:08*pm, wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:51:05 -0400, A Boater wrote:
I'm not sure I was ever in one. The "fancy" movie theater in New Haven
when I was a kid was the independent "Whalley Theatre," on, what else,
Whalley Avenue. Whalley Avenue was named after one of the judges who
signed the death warrant for Charles I of England.

Most of them, might have been before your time. *Poli Theaters go back to
Vaudeville days. *However, there were two Poli theaters in New Haven.

Here's one:

http://insight.library.yale.edu/Yale...449/257566.jpg

You'd have thought someone who allegedly attended Yale would have been
able to get that himself!