Table of Contents Acknowledgments ix Preface 1 Part One: The First Wave 1. The Roots of Repertory Programming in New York 5 2. The First Wave of the Repertory Theater Movement 18 3. The New Yorker Theater: Art over Commerce 23 4. The Bleecker Street Cinema: From Repertory Theater to Independent Film Showcase 38 5. The Charles Theater: The Underground Film in the Heyday of the East Village 49 6. The Thalia: Grand Dame of Repertory Houses 63 Part Two: The Second Wave 7. New York Film Scene, 1970s On 77 8.

The Second Wave of the Repertory Theater Movement 86 9. The Elgin Theater: Midnight Movies and the Countercultural Craze 93 10. Theatre 80 St. Marks: Joan Crawford, Grauman's Chinese Theater and Other Memorabilia of Hollywood's Golden Age 113 11. The Regency: MGM Reigns Supreme 130 12. The Thalia: A Temple to B Films, Trashy Films and Other Critical Rejects 145 13. Carnegie Hall Cinema and Bleecker Street Cinema: Classic Revivals, American Independents, Godard and Company--A Smorgasbord of Riches 166 14. Repertory Programming: A Return to Its Roots 200 Chronology of the Repertory Movie Theaters, New York City, 1960-1994 207 Chapter Notes 209 Bibliography 229 Index 231.