First midtown billboard display for a fast-rising new star…One year later, another Stanwyck-Capra collaboration would be the first feature selected for Radio City Music Hall’s changeover to a screen/stage policy. More here
Opening day ad for this engagement, which included a stage show topped by the fast-rising comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, can be viewed here
The New York Times has published yet another article about “sightline” pricing, this one filed from Los Angeles by Brooks Barnes:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/05/business/media/movie-theaters-ticket-prices.html
Jessie Matthews was England’s most popular movie star at the time, but numerous attempts to establish her in North America proved unsuccessful except for Canada.
This view is apparently looking north towards Queens, which would place the Garden on the opposite side of Manhattan Avenue from the Meserole and Greenpoint Theatres.
Debbie Reynolds provided the voice for Charlotte the spider in the Hanna-Barbera animated feature, with Paul Lynde, Henry Gibson, Agnes Moorehead, and Charles Nelson Reilly also among those heard but not seen. Rex Allen served as narrator.
The B&W comedy was later re-made in Panavision and Technicolor as “Walk, Don’t Run” (1966), which didn’t get booked by RCMH and proved to be the final film of Cary Grant’s iconic career.
This opened on February 15th, 1952, as Judy Garland herself was nearing the end of her record-breaking two-a-day stage engagement at the RKO Palace, which totaled 19 weeks.
Waiting lines for Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” frequently extended for a full block along the side of the Stanley Theatre, and around the corner into the next. Needless to say, the B&W shocker broke all attendance records for New Jersey’s largest cinema.
First midtown billboard display for a fast-rising new star…One year later, another Stanwyck-Capra collaboration would be the first feature selected for Radio City Music Hall’s changeover to a screen/stage policy. More here
Easter Sunday was on April 10th that year.
Continuous performances started at 1:00 PM on Saturday, Sunday, and holidays, and at 6:00 PM for the balance of the week.
Cropped from photo is a ladder supporting Eugene Picker, who was president of Loew’s Theatres at the time.
Easter Sunday arrived on April 2nd that year.
Illustration at right includes Loew’s Office Building and signage for Loew’s State. Arrow at lower left points to location of Paramount Theatre.
At that time, Shea’s Buffalo circuit was affiliated with Paramount-Publix.
Opening day ad for this engagement, which included a stage show topped by the fast-rising comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, can be viewed here
Thursday’s “Bank Night” jackpot of $320 would be equivalent to about $7,000 in 2023.
The Hippodrome was reportedly the very first theatre operated by the Schine Circuit, and by time of this photo had been fully modernized.
The New York Times has published yet another article about “sightline” pricing, this one filed from Los Angeles by Brooks Barnes: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/05/business/media/movie-theaters-ticket-prices.html
“Female Fugitive” was a year-old melodrama from minor-league Monogram Pictures.
Jessie Matthews was England’s most popular movie star at the time, but numerous attempts to establish her in North America proved unsuccessful except for Canada.
This view is apparently looking north towards Queens, which would place the Garden on the opposite side of Manhattan Avenue from the Meserole and Greenpoint Theatres.
Debbie Reynolds provided the voice for Charlotte the spider in the Hanna-Barbera animated feature, with Paul Lynde, Henry Gibson, Agnes Moorehead, and Charles Nelson Reilly also among those heard but not seen. Rex Allen served as narrator.
The B&W comedy was later re-made in Panavision and Technicolor as “Walk, Don’t Run” (1966), which didn’t get booked by RCMH and proved to be the final film of Cary Grant’s iconic career.
This is a cropped version of a newspaper ad that contained fuller details of the supporting stage revue. Original displayed here
The Clairidge was in the news spotlight yesterday with a unique “BYOB” event. Details can be viewed here
This opened on February 15th, 1952, as Judy Garland herself was nearing the end of her record-breaking two-a-day stage engagement at the RKO Palace, which totaled 19 weeks.
Rita Hayworth, pictured at bottom left, died in 1987 at age 68, reportedly from the consequences of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Image displayed on the screen in the ad is a collage, and not an actual scene from “Thunder Bay.”
Amazon Prime Video charges subscribers an additional $3.99 to view the SD version, and $4.99 for the SD. Outrageous!
Waiting lines for Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” frequently extended for a full block along the side of the Stanley Theatre, and around the corner into the next. Needless to say, the B&W shocker broke all attendance records for New Jersey’s largest cinema.
Latest press release from Look Dine-In Cinemas, which will re-open the site this summer with eight screens, can be viewed here
Films were first-run for the neighborhoods, after Chicago premiere engagements in the “Loop.”