Talk:The Saint (club)
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[edit] THE SAINT'S FORMER INCARNATIONS at 2nd Avenue & 6th Steet
The building in which THE SAINT was housed started life as Loew's Commodore, a movie/vaudeville house. While, because of its large size it might be calassified as a 'movie palace,'it was somewhat plain and followed no period or style other than it's own basically unadorned look. It was arguably the lower East Side's largest venue for movies with accompanying vaudeville. The theatre entered a period of dormancy and came to life again as 'The Village Theatre,'showcasing with separate bookings,some of the last queens of Burlesque. One of these was Blaze Starr whose finale consisted of her [scantily clothed; not nude] gyrating on aleopard covered chaize with a cloth flame, driven by an under the couch fan, 'Blaze-ing' between her legs. It was after its brief run as 'The Village,' that it became 'The Fillmore [East]. The cultural phenomenam Lenny Bruce appeared on the stage during the period of 'The Village Theatre,' and 'The Fillmore [East].'
