Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush (1980)
• April 1st, 1980 • 0h 46min
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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.
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