Repeating a starring role that he portrayed on stage at the Winter Garden in 1925, Al Jolson played a Negro stable boy with dreams of becoming a racing jockey.
For its second year of operation, the 110 made many improvements to compete more effectively with the newly opened All-Weather Drive-In at
Copiague. Current double bill at the 110 was “Fear Strikes Out” and “The Tattered Dress.”
The first of 15 chapters of the B&W serial was shown on Saturday afternoon, January 15th, 1944, along with the double feature of “Northern Pursuit” & “The Sultan’s Daughter.”
With the arrival of CinemaScope, the Roxy had dropped stage shows for an “Everything on the Screen” policy. Although this was Marilyn Monroe’s second CinemaScope film, it was her first in that process to open at the Roxy. “How to Marry a Millionaire” had a dual booking at Loew’s State and Brandt’s Globe, since the Roxy was still running “The Robe.”
Renovations included 70mm projection, with a new booth on the main floor (stalls). “Ben-Hur” roadshow opened with a gala performance on December 16th and ran for 72 weeks, ending on May 28th, 1961. The Empire was then closed for total gutting and re-development.
Winter Garden listed with exclusive first-run engagement of “Tomorrow Is Forever”…“The Bells of St. Mary’s,” at RKO neighborhood theatres,
had been part of Radio City Music Hall’s Christmas holiday presentation of 1945.
MGM never attempted to launch the Technicolor musical during the Easter holiday season, with world premiere run starting June 30th, 1948 at Loew’s State in NYC’s Times Square. Ad displayed here
First neighborhood showings of “It’s a Wonderful Life” followed a Christmas 1946 premiere engagement in midtown at the Globe Theatre, which ended on February 21st, 1947.
Robert Weede, a featured vocalist in the stage presentation, would later portray the title role in the original Broadway production of Frank Loesser’s “The Most Happy Fella.”
Repeating a starring role that he portrayed on stage at the Winter Garden in 1925, Al Jolson played a Negro stable boy with dreams of becoming a racing jockey.
For its second year of operation, the 110 made many improvements to compete more effectively with the newly opened All-Weather Drive-In at Copiague. Current double bill at the 110 was “Fear Strikes Out” and “The Tattered Dress.”
Paramount’s version starring Fredric March was followed in 1941 by MGM’s adaptation with Spencer Tracy, which made its NYC debut at the Astor Theatre.
Title of film booking displayed here last December proved prophetic
With movie star and swimming champion Buster Crabbe in “Water Follies of 1942” on stage.
The first of 15 chapters of the B&W serial was shown on Saturday afternoon, January 15th, 1944, along with the double feature of “Northern Pursuit” & “The Sultan’s Daughter.”
With the arrival of CinemaScope, the Roxy had dropped stage shows for an “Everything on the Screen” policy. Although this was Marilyn Monroe’s second CinemaScope film, it was her first in that process to open at the Roxy. “How to Marry a Millionaire” had a dual booking at Loew’s State and Brandt’s Globe, since the Roxy was still running “The Robe.”
A recent exterior photo of the Plaza leads off the New York Times news article displayed here
Both vertical sign and marquee displayed the hyphen in Mid-West.
Renovations included 70mm projection, with a new booth on the main floor (stalls). “Ben-Hur” roadshow opened with a gala performance on December 16th and ran for 72 weeks, ending on May 28th, 1961. The Empire was then closed for total gutting and re-development.
The Wiltern’s website has been changed and is now here
Winter Garden listed with exclusive first-run engagement of “Tomorrow Is Forever”…“The Bells of St. Mary’s,” at RKO neighborhood theatres, had been part of Radio City Music Hall’s Christmas holiday presentation of 1945.
Easter Sunday was on April 21st that year.
Street address differs from the one displayed on the Overview.
The ceremony was held just prior to the Chinese’s reserved-seat engagement of “West Side Story,” which started on December 14th, 1961.
“Theater” doesn’t necessarily indicate a “cinema.” If the site was a cigar store by 1900, film connection may never have existed.
Marilyn Monroe’s first appearance on the Roxy’s screen was in an uncredited “bit” in the Technicolor romance. A scene clip can be viewed here
The top-billed “Brooklyn I Love You” was a B&W short subject in Paramount’s “Pacemakers” series.
MGM never attempted to launch the Technicolor musical during the Easter holiday season, with world premiere run starting June 30th, 1948 at Loew’s State in NYC’s Times Square. Ad displayed here
Opened one week before the actual Good Friday of that year (4/09/82).
The Patio’s marquee also had to compete with an adjacent signpost for the Flatbush Avenue trolley line.
First neighborhood showings of “It’s a Wonderful Life” followed a Christmas 1946 premiere engagement in midtown at the Globe Theatre, which ended on February 21st, 1947.
Robert Weede, a featured vocalist in the stage presentation, would later portray the title role in the original Broadway production of Frank Loesser’s “The Most Happy Fella.”
A video with a step-by-step demonstration of the Kinemacolor process can be viewed here
Roxy, at top left, was the first theatre in the world to present a CinemaScope feature with “The Robe.”