Thanks for your good words, Tinseltoes. Did you happen to notice that Barto & Mann were also on stage in the 1935 photographs from the New York Public Library Digital Library you posted last month?
Click on the year for photographs of Loew’s State Theatre taken in 1930, 1938, and another photograph in 1938 by George Mann of the comedy dance team, Barto & Mann.
Thank you for your good words Life’s-too-short. Click here for another photograph of the Paramount Theatre taken in 1937 by George Mann. As in Tinseltoes' entry above, Martha Raye is again on screen, this time in “Double of Nothing” with Bing Crosby.
Thank you for your good words, Hank. I haven’t had time to link specific Cinema Treasures' theaters to corresponding photographs yet, but I should be able to do that within the next week or two.
Your mention in an earlier post of elephants falling through to the former YMCA swimming pool suggested to me posting a couple of photographs of vaudeville elephants at the Palace Theatre in Chicago in 1937. You can see the first photograph by clicking here and the second one by clicking here. Both of the photographs were taken by George Mann of the comedy dance team, Barto & Mann.
This article in Billboard (3-19-49) reports a one-time, one-week vaudeville show at the Warner after four years without any live performances. The article also reports that, at the time, Loew’s Capitol was the only theater in DC with a regular stage-screen schedule.
Thanks for your good words, Tinseltoes. Did you happen to notice that Barto & Mann were also on stage in the 1935 photographs from the New York Public Library Digital Library you posted last month?
Thank you, Tinseltoes. I will update the caption to reflect this fact.
Click here for a photograph of the Kinema Theatre taken in 1930 by George Mann of the comedy dance team, Barto & Mann.
Click here for a photograph of the Loew’s Jersey Theatre taken in 1930 by George Mann of the comedy dance team, Barto & Mann.
Click here for a photograph of the Regent Theatre taken in 1929 by George Mann of the comedy dance team, Barto & Mann.
Click on the year for photographs of Loew’s State Theatre taken in 1930, 1938, and another photograph in 1938 by George Mann of the comedy dance team, Barto & Mann.
Click here for a photograph of the Indiana Theatre taken in 1930 by George Mann of the comedy dance team, Barto & Mann.
Click here for a photograph of the Loew’s State [Landmark] Theatre taken in 1930 by George Mann of the comedy dance team, Barto & Mann.
Click here for a photograph of the Loew’s Oriental Theatre taken in 1930 by George Mann of the comedy dance team, Barto & Mann.
Click here for a photograph of the Metropolitan [Wang] Theatre taken in 1929 by George Mann of the comedy dance team, Barto & Mann.
Click here for photograph taken of Loew’s Pitkin Theatre in 1930 by George Mann of the comedy dance team, Barto & Mann.
Click here for a photograph taken of Fox’s Great Lakes (Paramount) Theatre in 1931 by George Mann of the comedy dance team, Barto & Mann.
Thank you for your good words Life’s-too-short. Click here for another photograph of the Paramount Theatre taken in 1937 by George Mann. As in Tinseltoes' entry above, Martha Raye is again on screen, this time in “Double of Nothing” with Bing Crosby.
Click on the year for photographs taken of Loew’s Paradise Theatre in 1930 and 1932 by George Mann of the comedy dance team, Barto & Mann.
Click here for a photograph of Loew’s United Artists Theatre taken in 1931 by George Mann of the comedy dance team, Barto & Mann.
Click on the year for photographs of the Paramount Theatre taken in 1932 , 1935 and 1939 by George Mann of the comedy dance team, Barto & Mann.
Thank you for your good words, Hank. I haven’t had time to link specific Cinema Treasures' theaters to corresponding photographs yet, but I should be able to do that within the next week or two.
Your mention in an earlier post of elephants falling through to the former YMCA swimming pool suggested to me posting a couple of photographs of vaudeville elephants at the Palace Theatre in Chicago in 1937. You can see the first photograph by clicking here and the second one by clicking here. Both of the photographs were taken by George Mann of the comedy dance team, Barto & Mann.
Click here for a photograph of the RKO Shubert taken in 1936.
Click here for a photograph of Poli’s Palace taken in 1929.
Click here for a photograph of the Academy of Music taken in 1931.
Cinema Treasures gets a mention in this article about the uncertain future of the Oaks Theater.
Click here to read an article about plans to restore the Beaux-Arts style California Theater into a community performing arts center.
Click here for a photograph of Fays Theatre taken c. 1937.
This article in Billboard (3-19-49) reports a one-time, one-week vaudeville show at the Warner after four years without any live performances. The article also reports that, at the time, Loew’s Capitol was the only theater in DC with a regular stage-screen schedule.
This photograph of the RKO Keith-Boston Theater was taken in 1935 by George Mann of the comedy dance team, Barto and Mann.