One of the charming sights--and icons--of Sag Harbor is the little movie theatre on Main Street and it's art deco sign. It's a quaint visual that immediately gives you a sense of place, it says "you are here". And although it's clearly not of the stylistic period of the town's "ye olde" whaling village heritage, it nonetheless has an air of times gone by (but happily preserved) for us to enjoy today.
The theatre was first opened in the 1920s and was known as the Elite Theatre. It was renamed the Sag Harbor Theatre when it was acquired by the Glynne's theatre chain in September of 1927, for an amount rumored to be around $35,000! It was remodeled in 1936 and boasts a vintage auditorium.
But it's that sign that everybody loves. A few years back the sign was being taken down because it had fallen into disrepair. The wife of the late actor Roy Scheider (Jaws, The French Connection) was passing by and stopped the crane that was dismantling the sign. There was much community hoopla to 'save the sign'; many charity fundraisers later the sign was restored to it's original condition.
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The Sag Harbor Cinema at twilight, neon aglow |
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A daytime photo |
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A photo I took a few winters ago after a big blizzard |
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Here's a caught moment of me modeling in front of the theatre...kidding! |
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