I’d like to know if anybody could verify whether Pearl S. Buck made any personal appearances at the RKO Keith’s around 1935-1937. If not, is there a source I might be able to refer to for dates of celebrity appearances?
On a personal note, I went to a number of movies there from the late 60s to the early 80s, when the theater was subdivided to compete with the multiplexes. Half of the experience was taking in the grandeur of the theater – the stars & clouds on the ceiling, the ornate balcony, lobby fountain and the organ rolling out from stage right… I’m glad my mother brought me there, and gave me memories that today’s young people will only find in history books and museums. All they have to look forward to are impersonal multiplex rooms which for the most part are quite sterile. Worse, I’m writing this and I’m only 41.
It’s a shame that another piece of rich New York history is slipping away.
I’d like to know if anybody could verify whether Pearl S. Buck made any personal appearances at the RKO Keith’s around 1935-1937. If not, is there a source I might be able to refer to for dates of celebrity appearances?
On a personal note, I went to a number of movies there from the late 60s to the early 80s, when the theater was subdivided to compete with the multiplexes. Half of the experience was taking in the grandeur of the theater – the stars & clouds on the ceiling, the ornate balcony, lobby fountain and the organ rolling out from stage right… I’m glad my mother brought me there, and gave me memories that today’s young people will only find in history books and museums. All they have to look forward to are impersonal multiplex rooms which for the most part are quite sterile. Worse, I’m writing this and I’m only 41.
It’s a shame that another piece of rich New York history is slipping away.