RKO Keith's Interior, Flushing N.Y.

My slideshow and interior tour of the RKO Keith's theater building in downtown Flushing, New York. Please note that I was born after the Keith's closed and was not familiar at all with the interior when I was inside.

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Education

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• rko
• keith albee
• flushing
• new york

[Fizz826]

... place than where they came from but at the same time learn some values and respect the elderly. Great video! Thank you very much, after 22 years of living here I've finally met people who's been inside and appreciates what this building once was.

[cartoonsonfilm]

@Fizz826 SO beautifully said!

[shinyztar6]

ok can someone tell me the info about this theater im doing this report about it!! :DD

[cartoonsonfilm]

What kind of info are you looking for?

[Lyc360]

I watched many a movie in the RKO Keiths growing up in Flushing in the 1940's and 50's. We even saw some live stage performances. During one double horror show they had Frankenstein live on stage during the intermission. He leaped off the stage toward the audience and then the lights were turned low and you could hear him walking up the aisle. I remember trying to crawl over my brother and friends to get from my aisle seat toward the center. We were a bunch of scared kids!

[loveaodai100]

Thank you. I was a kid in the 60's and went there often. That which made the lobby super special was the lighting. It was simlpy incredible.

[marydeliaful]

I was born and grew up in Flushing, I agree ,Flushing is not what it use to be, I don't believe the residents of Flushing today would care if it was restored or not, it is such a shame, I have such good memories of the theatre, I still remember seeing the 10 Commandments there as a child, and many other movies. The building was so nice, it was a treat to go there.

[GodzillaBoyNY]

RKO Keith's SHOULDN'T be restored and opened again. I don't want to see the damn Asians walking it's halls, crowding it's theater, littering everywhere, and filling the air with fart. RKO Keith should be left the way it is undisturbed since it's the only part of Flushing untouched by the scum of Earth. They can however, fix up the interior so it doesn't collaspe on itself.

[davidcapps110]

@Fizz826 I was born in flushing and lived there the first 6 years of my life then came to FL. I lived with my Dad every summer in Flushing and I used to love that theater. Last movie I saw there was Return of the Jedi. It's such a shame that someone hasn't restored in.

[ivor1]

My Bayside graduation back in 66 was at the RKO, I stayed hidden in the bathroom so I could wait for the theater to open, The English movie, "The Mindbenders" was playing. I loved the RKO, I remember a Whilrlitzer juke box in the lobby, the smell of popcorn, and yes the sky with clouds and stars, The statues the glorious red curtain. It was a palace in every sense of the word. I saw so many movies there. Zulu, The Day of the Triffids, Visit to a small planet, I use to live in Beechhurst.

[liltony116]

this theatre is actually being restored and i heard on NY1 that its going to be a cultural centre or something...

[TheDreamingTiger62]

Thank you for posting,I remember this place very well,the movies were part of the experience but the place itself was just so awesome.Alot of good memories,I'm sorry you didn't get to see it in it's grandeur.Thanks again for posting this,it's good to know that others feel the same way I do about the place.

[howardlee7]

I grew up in Flushing and saw some of my all time favorite movies here. My brother and sister worked here at the theater. (My brother was a manager!) I saw GREASE, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER and even BACK TO THE FUTURE here. It was a dark, beautiful, and a bit scary theater with an upstairs large auditorium screen and two theaters downstairs. Everything was ornate. Thanks for the memories. I saw countless movies and will always have amazing memories. (I'm 45 now and live in Washington DC!)