Radio City Music Hall
1260 Avenue of the Americas,
New York,
NY
10020
1260 Avenue of the Americas,
New York,
NY
10020
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Projector 5 as I recall was kind of the lost brother of the group with just a 35 projector head. So now if I understand you there is #1 which is straight 35mm followed by 2-3-4 which are 35/70 have I got that right? What will the light source for the additional digital projectors be and can/will they be used in the futute for movie presentations rather than the set up in the first Mezz which was the case in the past. I apprecaite your filling in on this stuff which interests ne a great deal. thanks
Yes, we did remove projector 5. 2 of the digital projectors are side by side there. The 3rd projector is next door in the spot booth. They will project on the walls and ceiling around the stage.
Thanks redt55b I appreciate that info. Kndly let us know more about how all that will be incorporated into the show. As to the three digtal projectors in the booth where will they be located and does it mean removal of any of the film projectors to make room for them.
Yes, there are new digital projectors being installed. 8 on the choral stairs and 3 up in the booth. However, we are still running film for the 3-D. There is a lot of new content for the show this year.
Hi Mark nice hearing from you Any thing you find out would be appreciated
there’s no image of the hall, as the picture shows a broken image.
Hi Vito. Mark P. here, or as I was known before the new CT, movie534. Hope you are well. My wife is going to be working the show again as wardrobe, and got a letter detailing the changes to the show. My guess would be they got a digital projector installed, but thats just a guess. She will find out more when she goes in on the 31st.
We have seen the ads for the new Christamas show and I wondered if anyone working the Hall would be kind enough to tell us more about what to expect with the shows “new digital technologhy” and what if anything will be going on the the original booth Many thanks
It is JOLSON, not Joltson, Momoviebuff82, I am correct, Al Jolson.
you mean jolston story, agroura.
Correction: Story.
The Jolson Storu and its sequel were fantastic. Larry Parks did not look like Jolson but he caputred his movemets. His eyes on closeups were just like Jolson’s. He was terrific. It is a shame he died young and was accused of being a comunist. Larry Parks was a great.
Sixty-five years ago tomorrow (10/10), Columbia’s “The Jolson Story,” a Technicolor bio-musical with Larry Parks assisted by the singing voice of guess who, opened its world premiere engagement at RCMH. Leonidoff’s stage revue, “All in a Day,” included the legendary Nirska as guest soloist with the Corps de Ballet, a medley from Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Mikado,” and the rousing can-can accented overture from Offenbach’s “Orpheus.” Charles Previn was conductor of the RCMH Symphony Orchestra at that time.
Imagine if the Lion King returned in 3D for its premiere at this theater lol.
October 5th will mark the 50th anniversary of the opening of the NYC premiere engagement of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” at RCMH. Audrey Hepburn received sole billing above the title of the Paramount Technicolor release, which was adapted by George Axelrod from Truman Capote’s famous fable of Holly Golightly. Leon Leonidoff’s stage show, “Wings of Glory,” offered a spectacular tribute to the Golden Anniversary of Naval Aviation, with special effects galore, including helicopters, space launchings, and the Rockettes dancing on the deck of an aircraft carrier.
Seventy-eight years ago today, Frank Capra’s “Lady for a Day,” a B&W comedy-drama with Warren William, May Robson and Guy Kibbee, opened its world premiere engagement at RCMH. The “magical” stage spectacle, personally produced by “Roxy,” featured a cast of 500, including the precision dancers still known as the “Roxyettes.” On opening day only, May Robson, the elderly character star who played the title role in the Columbia release, made a brief stage appearance during the 3:45pm and 7:15pm performances. Now considered one of Frank Capra’s masterworks, “Lady for a Day” was later re-made by the director (wih dismal results) as “Pocketful of Miracles,” with Bette Davis in the pivotal role of “Apple Annie.”
Moviebuff82: Broadway shows, concerts, etc., will not go on tonight. Presumably, any event at RCMH will be rescheduled. Remember the City has closed own, no mass transit. Even if tourists are within walking distance of Broadway, authorities are telling people not to go out. Streets are deserted in my neighborhood, Upper West Side.
i wonder if this place will close tonight and tomorrow due to irene…..such a structure will withstand damage.
“Rebecca” (March 28 – May 8)and “The Philadelphia Story” (Dec. 26 – Feb. 5) were the first films to run for six weeks in 1940. Up until then “Snow White…” held the record with five weeks in 1938. “The Philadelphia Story,” however, with its opening week gross of $130,000 did not break the one week gross of $134,800 set by “Top Hat” in 1934 and played 3 weeks.
Thanks for thjat responce New Yorker 68 I have since learned that was the case with the curtain not being used during the perfomance. I was glad to hear however that it is closed prior to the show begins and raised at the start, at least the audience is not subjectd to an open curtain befoe the show begins.
Seventy-eight years ago today, RKO’s “Morning Glory,” a B&W drama which went on to win Katharine Hepburn her first Academy Award for “Best Actress,” opened its world premiere engagement at RCMH. The untitled stage show, which included singer Jan Peerce and pianist Muriel Kerr as soloists, was described as “A Symphony in Miraculous Lighting, with Breath-taking New Effects.”
Jay, The general rule to warrant a holdover during the 1950s was that $88,000 had to be reached by early Sunday evening. You didn’t have to be rocket scientist however to know from the opening day how long a film might play. As you know, a four or five week run was more typical, films opening during the summer tended to last longer and gross more.
Simon L. Saltzman:
Would you happen to know when you were there what the requirements were for a film to be held over? I was started there in July 1961 for 3 years, and then after Uncle Sam had me for three years I spent three more years there, but never asked the question. It seemed by the 4:00 stage show break on every Sunday the question would be answered.
I wonder if, perhaps, VistaVision was the causing the grosses to soar? (just kidding). But North by Northwest and High Society were the only two MGM movies to be filmed in the process and Paramount’s White Christmas, the first movie to be shot in VV, did very good business when it opened at the Music Hall.
I sat in the third row for the first show of Bambi opening morning. Not a bad way for a 6-year-old to be introduced to the Music Hall!