The system of sending NYC Capitol stage revues to Loew’s “Wonder” theatres was becoming prohibitively expensive, and would be ended in the wake of the financial stock market crisis soon to come.
Republic’s B&W musical western was currently running at the Brooklyn Strand on a double bill with “Nobody’s Darling.” The celebration at Borough Hall was part of the hoopla for the forthcoming
engagement at Madison Square Garden of a World’s Championship Rodeo
with Roy Rogers and Trigger as headliners.
As the second Loew’s in the neighborhood, the Boro Park had first-run programs simultaneous with the RKO circuit, which had no theatre of its own in that area of Brooklyn. In this ad, the Boro Park is listed at the very bottom with “Broken Arrow” & “Bunco Squad.”
Paul Draper, the great tap dancer and choreographer whose career was later ruined by unproven accusations of Communist sympathies, was guest headliner of the stage revue. More about Paul Draper here
The movie’s title and catchphrase “Anything can happen when Cooper starts blowing wild” incited a national epidemic of smutty jokes involving an A-Z list of Hollywood legends.
Century’s Meadows is at left, adjacent to white brick Horn & Hardart Restaurant. Construction for the Long Island Expressway had yet to reach the area served by Horace Harding Boulevard. Large branch store of Bloomingdale’s faces 188th Street.
The New York Mets had amazed fans by winning the National League Pennant and would go on to trample the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series of Baseball.
The Patio had five acts of vaudeville on Saturday & Sunday, but none famous enough to be listed…The ad covers only Brooklyn. Century had additional theatres in Queens and Long Island.
The largest single-screen cinema built in the NYC borough of Queens after the end of WW2 will be 70 years old in November of this year. Many photos taken by patrons of the current multiplex can be viewed here
Curiously, the distributor was preparing to open his own midtown cinema in December of that year on nearby 54th Street, but I guess that “The Christmas Tree” was too important a movie to postpone until then.
112 uploads yesterday by this person, mostly of generic posters and magazine covers, and totally undated. What is the purpose of all this?
CT is supposed to be a website about movie theatres, not movies themselves. There are other websites for that type of uploading.
The new Grand was launched by the Van Nomikos Circuit, which was predominantly neighborhood sites including the Ace, Lincoln, Parkway, Rex, City, and Empress. Less than a year later, RKO Theatres expressed interest in the Grand, and Van Nomikos sold them the management lease for 13 years, with a profits-sharing arrangement, according to trade reports.
Those who remember the Midway Theatre as a modernistic masterwork by Thomas W. Lamb will probably experience extreme nausea when viewing these recent images snapped by patrons. Click here
The system of sending NYC Capitol stage revues to Loew’s “Wonder” theatres was becoming prohibitively expensive, and would be ended in the wake of the financial stock market crisis soon to come.
Republic’s B&W musical western was currently running at the Brooklyn Strand on a double bill with “Nobody’s Darling.” The celebration at Borough Hall was part of the hoopla for the forthcoming engagement at Madison Square Garden of a World’s Championship Rodeo with Roy Rogers and Trigger as headliners.
Opened exclusively at the Baronet in Manhattan and the RKO Kenmore in Flatbush, Brooklyn on May 1st, 1974.
R.I.P., Diahann Carroll (1935-2019)
Ad for the rival Loew’s circuit on that same day of 1950 can be viewed here
As the second Loew’s in the neighborhood, the Boro Park had first-run programs simultaneous with the RKO circuit, which had no theatre of its own in that area of Brooklyn. In this ad, the Boro Park is listed at the very bottom with “Broken Arrow” & “Bunco Squad.”
Paul Draper, the great tap dancer and choreographer whose career was later ruined by unproven accusations of Communist sympathies, was guest headliner of the stage revue. More about Paul Draper here
The movie’s title and catchphrase “Anything can happen when Cooper starts blowing wild” incited a national epidemic of smutty jokes involving an A-Z list of Hollywood legends.
The Cinerama presentation was in the Transportation & Travel Pavilion, a huge domed building that has since been demolished.
Can’t answer, but ad does not proclaim “Nothing Cut But the Prices,” which was often done during such bookings.
Century’s Meadows is at left, adjacent to white brick Horn & Hardart Restaurant. Construction for the Long Island Expressway had yet to reach the area served by Horace Harding Boulevard. Large branch store of Bloomingdale’s faces 188th Street.
That was previously uploaded by a member who removed it when they departed from the website. Their camera statistics are still displayed.
Still on Broadway, but two blocks south from the Rivoli at the RKO Palace.
The New York Mets had amazed fans by winning the National League Pennant and would go on to trample the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series of Baseball.
The Patio had five acts of vaudeville on Saturday & Sunday, but none famous enough to be listed…The ad covers only Brooklyn. Century had additional theatres in Queens and Long Island.
The largest single-screen cinema built in the NYC borough of Queens after the end of WW2 will be 70 years old in November of this year. Many photos taken by patrons of the current multiplex can be viewed here
Curiously, the distributor was preparing to open his own midtown cinema in December of that year on nearby 54th Street, but I guess that “The Christmas Tree” was too important a movie to postpone until then.
Here’s a link to The Hollywood Reporter’s review of the 50th Anniversary Tribute to “Easy Rider” at RCMH last week. View
112 uploads yesterday by this person, mostly of generic posters and magazine covers, and totally undated. What is the purpose of all this? CT is supposed to be a website about movie theatres, not movies themselves. There are other websites for that type of uploading.
The new Grand was launched by the Van Nomikos Circuit, which was predominantly neighborhood sites including the Ace, Lincoln, Parkway, Rex, City, and Empress. Less than a year later, RKO Theatres expressed interest in the Grand, and Van Nomikos sold them the management lease for 13 years, with a profits-sharing arrangement, according to trade reports.
Modernized playhouse re-opened on September 26th, 1942, with a policy of first-run double features plus a compilation of the latest newsreels.
This is a generic distributor’s poster. Are we to assume that “Anastasia” played at the Bali? No date provided.
Paramount’s Technicolor reissue package had a total running time of four hours and six minutes.
Those who remember the Midway Theatre as a modernistic masterwork by Thomas W. Lamb will probably experience extreme nausea when viewing these recent images snapped by patrons. Click here
So why hasn’t the problem been fixed by now?