Loew's Warwick Theatre - Brooklyn, N.Y.
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  Loew's Warwick Theatre - Brooklyn, NY
Loew's Warwick Theatre

134 Jerome Street at Fulton Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11207












The Warwick Theatre, which had about 1,500 seats, first opened in 1913 as a conversion of the old Comedy Theatre, with the entrance moved around the corner from Fulton Street to 134 Jerome Street. The name came from Warwick Street in the neighborhood. In 1916, Marcus Loew acquired the Warwick as part of his circuit’s expansion into Brooklyn. Due to its location in a mainly residential area, Loew’s Warwick was never very successful, and as Loew’s built bigger and better situated theatres in Brooklyn, the Warwick fell to the bottom of the list, presenting double features at the very end of their circuit run. Around 1949-50, when Loew’s started to divest some of its theatres to comply with the federal anti-trust decree against it, the Warwick was one of the first to go.
     
M.P. Möller, Inc.
Hagerstown, Md. – Opus 2437 (1917)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 34 stops, 16 ranks


The organ in Loew's Warwick was built in 1917 by M.P. Möller of Hagerstown, Md., for a consideration of $5,500. At the same time, Möller installed a presumably identical organ (Op. 2436) in Loew's DeKalb (later known as the Casino Theatre). Both instruments were one of the Möller firm's standard theatre organ models having three manuals and 16 ranks. The following specification is from the contract for Op. 2492 (1918), another 3/16 Möller installed in Loew's Bijou Theatre in Brooklyn.
               
Great Organ (Manual II) – 61 notes, enclosed
16
   Violin Diapason [TC]
73
2
   Piccolo [Fl. Harm.]
OR
8
   Open Diapason
85
    Mixture III ranks
derived
8
  Viol d'Orchestre
73
16
   Bass Clarinet [TC]
OR
8
  Doppel Flute
73
8
   French Horn
73
4
   Octave [Op. Diap.]
—
4
   Octave Horn
—
4
   Zart Flute [Quintadena]
OR
    
Cathedral Chimes
20 Notes
               
Orchestral Organ (Manual III) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Violin Diapason
GT
4
   Flute Harmonic
73
8
   Horn Diapason (syn)
—
16
   Fagotto [TC]
—
8
   Quintadena
73
8
   Orchestral Oboe
73
8
   Viol d'Orchestre
GT
8
  
Clarinet
73
8
   Viol Celeste [TC]
73
    
Concert Harp
37 Notes
               
Solo Organ (Manual I) – 61 notes, enclosed
8
   Gross Flute
85
4
   Gemshorn [TG]
—
8
   Concert Flute
73
16
   Bass Tuba [TC]
—
8
   Gemshorn
85
8
   Tuba
73
8
   Violoncello
73
8
   Vox Humana
73
4
   Flute Overte [TG] [Gross Fl.]
—
      
               
Pedal Organ – 32 notes
16
   Sub Bass [ext. Gross Fl.]
12
8
   Violoncello
SO
16
   Gemshorn [ext.]
12
8
   Flute
SO
16
   Lieblich Gedeckt [lo-press.]
—
        
               
Couplers
    Great to Pedal 8', 4'       Orch. to Solo  
    Orch. to Pedal 8'       Solo to Orch. 8' 8'  
    Solo to Pedal 8'       Great 4'  
    Orch. to Great 16', 8', 4'       Orch. 16', 4'  
    Solo. to Great 16', 8', 4'       Solo 16', 4'  
               
Mechanicals
    Orchestral Tremulant   Crescendo Indicator
    Solo Tremulant    
               
Adjustable Combinations
   
Orchestral Organ Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6 (thumb)
Great Organ Pistons 1-2-3-4-5-6 (thumb)
Solo Organ Pistons 1-2-3-4 (thumb)
Pedal Organ Pistons 1-2-3 (thumb)
               
Piston Couplers
    Corresponding Orchestral and Solo Pistons to Great Pistons
    Corresponding Pedal Pistons to Manual Pistons
               
Pedal Movements
    Balanced Solo Pedal   Great to Pedal Reversible
    Balanced Orchestral Pedal   Orchestral to Pedal Reversible
    Grand Crescendo Pedal   Thunder Pedal
     
Sources:
     Cinema Treasures web site: http://cinematreasures.org/comments?page=2&theater_id=3978
     Junchen, David L. Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. 1. Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985.
     Trupiano, Larry. Factory Agreement (Apr. 1, 1918) of M.P. Möller organ, Op. 2492.

Illustrations:
     Cinema Treasures web site. Loew's Warwick marquee.
     The East New York Project web site: http://www.tapeshare.com/Jerome.html. Exterior.