Paramount Theatre
1501 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10036
1501 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10036
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The weather was at least as dangerous as Joan Crawford when this photo was taken in the winter of 1952: View link
“The Carpetbaggers” was the final regular screen attraction and closed after a 5 week run on Tuesday, August 4, 1964.
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Hard Rock is putting the finishing touches on a new screen systems and LED lighting for the marquee. The LED’s are much brighter than the former lighting source they had when the marquee returned with the WWF store.
Here is a 1956 ad for “The Wrong Man”.
Sailors throw tomatoes at the Paramount in October 1944. From the NY Daily News.
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I was addressing the use of copyrighted photographs and will not enter into a discussion of the legality of ads. Many authors must pay a royalty fee to use photographs in their publications. Posting photographs obtained without express permission is illegal. You are distributing photographs that do not belong to you and which you have no express permission to do so. Once a photograph is posted on a blog, thousands of people can copy and continue to distribute said photograph. The value of each photograph may decrease due to this illegal copying. I believe that the webmaster should prohibit the use of any illegally obtained material on this blog.
George
As a personal subscriber to Proquest, I can assure you that you are wrong. My contract specifies ALL images are for personal use only and cannot be published in any way, including electronic.
The original ad mats are part of the copyright of the films themselves and are usually owned by studios, not newspapers. Ad agencies can be sued for even altering them these days.
All reproduced movie ad art work technically requires permission even if studios rarely bother unless another studio is stealing their campaign.
I agree that ken mc should have, at least, given that book some credit as it may help sales. But you already took care of that.
No, certainly not. Those reproduction restrictions refer only to material created and owned by the newspapers. The newspapers do not own or control the rights to advertisements that ran in their issues. Ads of that long ago are considered in the public domain. It is doubtful that many, if any, ads were even copyrighted at the time by the advertisers.
Waaren, since the ads you post often have the Proquest “reproduction prohibited” tag still on them, isn’t this comment a bit hypocritical?
Indeed I must whole heartily agree. The level of piracy that this individual exhibits is appalling. The excellent reputation of this blog is being diminished by these ill gotten photographs. It is time for the webmaster to put an end to this ludicrous practice.
George
“Ken mc,” aren’t those photos copied from the recently re-published “American Theatres of Today?” The book is being sold exclusively through Theatre Historical Society of America. Did you obtain their permission to put up those photo links? It seems like the links might cut into sales of the book, which was out-of-print for decades.
Here is another interior photo from the same era:
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Here is an interior photo, circa 1920s:
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A 12/23/54 NY Daily News ad for “the greatest Christmas attraction of all time”. Er, I don’t think so … even Paul Newman would take issue with that statement:
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Starting in April, 1958, with the NYC premiere engagement of “The Young Lions,” the Paramount took on a “New Look,” which included free parking for patrons at a garage on West 41st Street. Other innovations were “High-definition CinemaScope projection on the enlarged ‘crystalite’ screen,” a rejuvenated Marie Antoinette Powder Room for the ladies, free coffee in the Elizabethan Lounge, re-opening of “the luxurious ‘Blue Rhapsody’ Music Room,” and re-arrangements of the Paramount’s “magnificent $500,000 collection of objets d'art,” many of which hadn’t been on display since they were placed in safekeeping during WW2.
While it’s a shame the Paramount is lost, at least they brought back the exterior, and a recreation of the marquee.
It doesn’t get much cooler than this:
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P.S. Spend some time on this web site. It quickly becomes addictive!
Women at a 1943 stage performance at the Paramount by Frank Sinatra. Can you spot any men in the audience?
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Here are a couple photos I took of the Paramount Building last week:
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This is a circa 1937 photo.
Renewing link.
The Paramount Theatre and office building were still under construction at the time of this photo, and can be seen at extreme left. Note also signage for Loew’s State, Loew’s New York, and the original Criterion on the east side of Broadway: View link
Another photo of the Paramount/Hard Roc entrance.
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At least in New York City and boroughs, smoking was also permitted in single floor movie theatres, but only in specially designated sections adjacent to fire exit doors. Only cigarettes were tolerated; cigars and pipes were banned, regardless of the theatre’s size.
Well, my father was a smoker so that explains why we took the high road.