Radio City Music Hall
1260 6th Avenue,
New York,
NY
10020
1260 6th Avenue,
New York,
NY
10020
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RE: When I saw “The Absent-Minded Professor” (not at the Music Hall, unfortunately), I recall being surprised it was in black and white and not Technicolor. I guess Disney was on an economy drive in those days, although I’ll bet that movie made a fortune for the studio.
posted by Bill Huelbig on Mar 16, 2011 at 6:59am
No Disney was not “on economy drive”, with ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR. Rather, the special effects used were not comparable to color photography at the time.
When I saw “The Absent-Minded Professor” (not at the Music Hall, unfortunately), I recall being surprised it was in black and white and not Technicolor. I guess Disney was on an economy drive in those days, although I’ll bet that movie made a fortune for the studio.
Yup Kong we lived that and wear it like a badge of honor.
Sadly we will never see the like of that again
I remember going to see that show. Long lines around the block waiting to get in as usual. When I buy tickets for the Christmas show now I tell the people in the box office what the price was back then and they look at me as if I’m nuts!!
The ad for the Easter show Tinseltoes wrote about
Makes you want to jump in the car and head on over to the
Showplace of the Nation doesn’t it
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You are right Bill,thats I just noticed 3001 on recent comments so you must be 3001.
Thanks, Tinseltoes, for giving the Music Hall its 3,000th post on Cinema Treasures. Only two other theatres have so many: The Ridgewood in Queens NY and the Ziegfeld in NYC.
And also Al why theatres like Radio City will never show movies on a regular basis ever again. The AMC’s and Regals of the world, along with the studio’s and DVD technology have taken care of that.
Between 3600 and 3900 people showed up. Apparently the reviews were bad well before the screening. I liked it although it ended too quickly. Running time is only 88 minutes.
i agree.
Justin, I think you just explained why Hollywood just keeps making the same type of crap over and over again.
Will it do good business at the box office or will it have limited release? If it does poorly I’ll check it out on demand via FiOS or rent it on Netflix.
Sorry to hear about the miscue, to quote Swanson “All those beautiful people out there in the dark"
How big was the crowd
They didn’t do anything to the stage. The curtain was used. We got our start cue late so there was a lot of waiting in the dark until we hit the screen. Other than that, it ran perfectly. A good part of this movie had very dark scenes, but it looked great on the screen.
Hello Music Hall experts, how are you bringing us all the program knowledge of past shows? There must be a huge program storage archive amongst you folks? Please keep it up, it’s fascinating!
How was it presented, how did they dress the stage, curtain used?
Must have been nice to hear and see that projector humming along again
We finished the run through about 2 hours ago. Interesting movie. I never listen to critics though. Looked great on the big screen. Sounded great too. Film rules.
That movie is called “Red State”, which the filmmaker self-financed ala Mel Gibson. Critics are hating the movie according to Rotten Tomatoes. This is probably the first Kevin Smith movie that has played at the hall.
I hope someone will report on the Kevin Smith screening I believe is on for tonight.
I agree the scarce real structure scenery used during the christmas show is a disapointment. Lets hope some of the adoration of digital views will diminish in the future!
RE: Seven Hills of Rome. According to a knowledgeable source, Leibert did a solo spot for every screening in which he played “Come Dance With Me” which was his own composition sung by Mario Lanza in the film. Other organists then played the breaks between the film and stage show.
Frankly, I also just have to believe that a new director makes tweeks where they can and as the Music Hall, and Christmas show specifically, pushes to keep up with contemporary tastes of new audiences the style is bound to change. And let’s face it, the toy-laden marquee was rather “vintage” albeit in theme with the holidays.
If you really want to be concerned… take a look at how few set pieces are actually built now — the huge LED screen has now taken place of those larger-than-life, artistic feats that we saw just ten years ago. Personally, I’m a little down on the movement — the fun and magic of theater is giving way to electronic efficiency… and at Radio City Music Hall at least, I need more than a dropped screen — the bare stage is just too obvious (and sad).
ew number and new marquee decor is slated for 2011 (this year) no 2012
It was not scaled back due to costs – for 75th anniversary the marquee was changed to the fiber optic tree with large gold “75” numbers on the tree. Tthe idea being to highlight the milestone on the marquee. The past two years, the tree remained and they obviously dropped the numerals. A new number and new marquee decor is slated for 2012.
Radio City Productions, when owned by Rockefeller Center , also used to for decor across 6th Ave in front of the Rockefeller Center Properties. When it was sold to Cablevision…the practice stopped
I have been visiting the RCMH every holiday season. This year, they only had a tree with fiber optics above the marquee. In past seasons, they did better. I recall a line of toy soldiers which fell-down in unison then magically got-up again only to fall. I also recall a circling train carrying bags of toys. I believe they even had a Santa popping his head out from a fireplace as well as a blazing fire. Is my memory correct? What other decorations were featured? When did this tradition start of decorating over the marquee? The new decor is obviously scaled-back due to the costs involved. How sad!