Palace Theatre
1564 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10036
1564 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10036
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Here is an ad mentioning vaudeville again in the 50's
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Here is a picture of Orson Welles at the premier of Citizen Kane in 1941:
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Source: MPTV
Caption: Orson Welles at the premiere of “Citizen Kane” 1941 RKO **I.V.
Caption doesn’t state location, but marquee looks like the Palace.
In the summer of 69 they were showing double feature movies. That ended during the summer as they prepared for Applause. It has been a legit theater ever since. They were closed for 3- 4 years while they built the Doubletree. I hate the new marquee. The old one had class.
The Palace in 1949
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Playbills when Liberace played here in the 1950’s.
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Here is a night time marquee shot
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Saw ‘Applause’, ‘Woman Of The Year’, ‘Treemonisha’, A Bette Midler Concert, ‘Lorelie, and 'Shirley McClaine’ here.
A friend of mine from high school worked here as an elevator operator during the mid seventies, and he brought me in to see the theater and Bette Midler’s show. Both were pretty mindblowing
Well the Music Hall was stuck with Father Goose for the Christmas show.
And at Christmas it was at the Palace?????????????
Send Me No Flowers opened as the Thanksgiving ‘64 Music Hall film.
“Mexican Spitfire’s Baby”! Lupe Velez! Leon Errol! Buddy Rogers! Zazu Pitts! Not only what many consider to be the greatest movie of all, but as part of a double feature that I imagine has to have been the greatest double feature of all! An inspired pairing—I never knew that it happened that way.
Here’s a September, 1941 ad for “Citizen Kane” when it shifted to popular prices at the Palace and also opened at the Albee in downtown Brooklyn. “Kane”’s next stop would be the RKO circuit, with “Mexican Spitfire’s Baby” as a second feature:
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Before the “Hamlet” engagement RKO actually did a mail order even for the nabes.
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Here is the ad from the Richard Burton Electronovision version of Hamlet. It opened at the RKO Palce and on the RKO neighborhood run 2 a day.
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Like Pillow Talk before it “Send Me No Flowers” also opened at the RKO Palace for Christmas of 1964.
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Throughout most of the 1970s it was a Broadway House, and did not show movies.
Anyone know which company operated the Palace during the late 1960s & early 1970s?
“Was there a roadshow re-release of Ben Hur? I remember seing it in my suburban L.A. neighborhood theater before I graduated from high school in 1962.” (Joe Vogel)
For the premiere dates and other details, see:
“Ben-Hur” original L.A. roadshow release:
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L.A. roadshow re-issue
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New York original roadshow:
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New York roadshow re-issue:
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What is this, Christmas in July? (LOL) All kidding aside, I enjoyed reading about the strange Holiday fare that came to the Palace. I would never guess that such shlock as SANTA CLAUS AND THE MARTIANS played theaters on Broadway.
In my above post I forgot to add that all of the RKO theatres playing “Santa” had a Christmas magic show and santa live at each theatre on stage for Sat & Sun matinees.
December 15, 1964 that all time classic baddie “Santa Claus Conquers The Martians” opened. Young Pia Zadora starred in this Joseph E. Levine production advertised as being filmed in “space blazing color”. The 2nd feature was the full length animated feature “The Snow Queen”. This feature would become a kiddie matinee staple for most of the Christmas' of the 60’s. It opened on Broadway at the RKO Palace and also at RKO 86th St. In Brooklyn at the RKO Albee, RKO Dyker, RKO Kenmore and Town & Countrys Seaview. In the Bronx RKO Fordham. In Queens RKO Keiths, RKO Columbia, RKO Alden and Skouras Forest Hills. Staten Island at the Paramount. In Long Island Skouras Glen Cove, Skouras Playhouse Great Neck, Skouras Calderone, Town & Country Hicksville North & South, Centurys York and Skouras Lynbrook.
“Nuremburg” opened roadshow at the Palace.
I may be guessing, but I recall seeing it during the roadshow engagement at the Palace.
In response to a comment made on this thread early on, I think “Judgement at Nuremburg” played on reserved seat at the DeMille Theatre (Embassy 2-3-4). I am not 100% sure and maybe someone else would be. When that movie was released, I was in high school. However, I remember being in NYC during its release and I thought I remember walking past the DeMille and it was showing there. Anyone else want to hazard a guess?