Loew's State Theatre
1540 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10036
1540 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10036
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Good site New York New York.
If you blow-up the picture, you can see the marquee of the Embassy Theatre when it was known as the Newsreel.
Thanks Bill, I have been spending a lot of time in Hawaii, where I spent so many years. It was sad to see all of the theatres I worked at and loved in Hawaii are all gone.
1937 huh, well I was a bit too young to have gone to the State back then.Pictures like that show what we missed.
Hi Vito! Good to see you’re back on the site.
“Artists and Models” was a 1937 release:
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0028587/
I do not know the year perhaps some else does, Warren?
On stage Vaudevile and Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra
On screen Jack Benny “Artists and Models”
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There is the first word in the above post.
The is some form of a sign above the marquee for a movie. But Darryl F. Zanuck would be proud that “Wilson” signs was plastered everywhere. “Kismet” was playing over at the Astor Theatre. The picture would be late Aug. or Sept 1944.
What’s unusual is that I can hardly see the State — but the Victoria /theaters/2945/ across the street (playing “Wilson”) is pretty clear.
From LIFE (1944), an unusaul view of Loew’s State can be seen here -
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It’s still a great shot, though. Thanks, Ken.
It was only Jack’s second film. For his fourth film, “Mister Roberts”, he won an Oscar.
That’s probably right. I saw the movie but it was years ago at some repertory place in Philly.
As far as I can tell, “It Should Happen to You” was released in 1954.
“It Couldn’t Happen to a Nicer Guy”, I think. That’s from memory, so I might be a little off.
What 1952 film was Jack Lemmon in?
He was still relatively unknown, as I recall. I think his first film was in 1952, so perhaps he didn’t merit star billing.
Strange how Jack Lemmon did not get his name up in lights for the movie “Phffft”. I thought he and Judy Holliday were the stars of that film.
Nice shot of the old man.
Here is a December 1954 photo from Life magazine:
http://tinyurl.com/kjgrfk
Third time Is the charm saps. This is a direct link to the “House from Stage” photo. With a little luck, this link might last 36 hours.
Lost, I hope you had a good night’s sleep, because guess what — link stinks. Again.
I cut school and saw a British import titled Venom with Klaus Kinski and Oliver Reed in 1982 in the upper theater. I was the only one there in what still remained a very large, opulent, and cavernous space!
Thanks saps. Now I’ll be able to sleep tonight. LOL
I don’t know how long these links will last so here is a link to just that one photo.
Yes, photo posted on 7/26/09 is the one entitled “House from Stage.”
Here are a few pages of photos from the LOC. Let me know if that photo is one of them.
I saw it last night and it’s a beauty. Full auditorium view taken from the front/stage area.