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Comfortably Cool commented about Playpen Theatre on Feb 11, 2018 at 10:55 am

Still operated by Consolidated Amusement, the former Ideal Theatre had been closed for a month to modernize the 525-seat auditorium and install the latest projection and sound equipment. “Home for Films of Unusual Merit” was its new motto.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Feb 11, 2018 at 6:57 am

The Technicolor musical claimed to be a biography of Sol Hurok, the legendary classical impresario and manager. But since Hurok was still very much alive at the time, it focused more on his achievements than his peronal life and marriage. David Wayne and Anne Bancroft portrayed the couple.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Prospect Theatre on Feb 10, 2018 at 8:02 am

Prospect listed in section with “Ruby Gentry” as top feature.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's New York Theatre and Roof on Feb 9, 2018 at 11:01 am

The Marcus Loew Booking Agency, which retained that name after his death in 1927, also had a branch office in Chicago in the Woods Theatre Building.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's New York Theatre and Roof on Feb 9, 2018 at 10:56 am

I under estimated the address of the Loew Annex, which was 160 West 46th Street (and not #156). Vintage ad uploaded today.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Feb 9, 2018 at 6:51 am

Opening date was February 8th, 1968. See newspaper ad uploaded yesterday to the Capitol’s photo section.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Feb 8, 2018 at 1:21 pm

Opened on February 8th, 1968.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Astor Theatre on Feb 8, 2018 at 8:42 am

Preceded by world premiere in Los Angeles on January 29th. Ad displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Warner Twin Theatre on Feb 8, 2018 at 5:35 am

Kind of a loopy image, and probably taken years before. Were two front seats on a side aisle really be the best spot to watch Cinerama or any wide-screen process?

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Comfortably Cool commented about Central Park Theatre on Feb 7, 2018 at 9:48 am

Prpgrams of late-run double features were changed three times weekly…This cinema should not be confused with the Park Theatre, which was further west on Columbus Circle on the ground site currently occupied by the towering Time-Warner Center.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Chicago Theatre on Feb 6, 2018 at 12:05 pm

The B&W comedy opened at the Chicago Theatre on August 30th, 1946, with the Andrews Sisters headlining the stage presentation. First week included the Labor Day holiday of that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Feb 6, 2018 at 5:50 am

Stage headliner Vittorio Podrecca and some of his marionettes can be seen here

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Warner Twin Theatre on Feb 4, 2018 at 11:20 am

By this time, the Hollywood had replaced “Casablanca” with the New York premiere engagement of WB’s “Air Force,” but with continuous performances instead of a roadshow policy.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Shore Road Theatre on Feb 4, 2018 at 10:26 am

Shore Road listed at very bottom with double bill that had already finished a Loew’s circuit run.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Feb 4, 2018 at 8:40 am

“Snow White” became the longest-running movie at the Music Hall so far. Public demand was so overwhelming that a new phone number was announced for reserved seat bookings.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Feb 3, 2018 at 8:19 am

Drone views of the auditorium taken last year can be seen here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Marivaux Theatre on Feb 2, 2018 at 6:42 am

This was a cinema taken over for the entertainment of the German Nazi troops occupying Brussels and the rest of Belgium at the time.

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Comfortably Cool commented about New York Theatre on Feb 2, 2018 at 6:38 am

The New York was re-launched as the Globe Theatre on May 22nd, 1958, with the American premiere engagement of “The Vicious Breed,” a Swedish melodrama about juvenile delinquency. The original Globe had re-opened as the “legit” Lunt-Fontanne in April of that same year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Metropolitan Theatre on Feb 1, 2018 at 8:48 am

“GWTW” has having its first New York showing beyond Manhattan since its debut at the Capitol and Astor in December, 1939. The epic was nearing the end of its continuous performance booking at the Capitol, but would continue indefinitely as a roadshow at the Astor. A staggered Loew’s circuit run would follow the Metropolitan.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Jan 31, 2018 at 1:12 pm

In her Hollywood debut, the Russian-born actress was hyped as an equal of Garbo and Dietrich, but she failed to stun critics or public.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Jan 29, 2018 at 9:44 am

The B&W western was filmed in standard 35mm, but projected on the wide screen installed at the Roxy for Fox’s 70mm Grandeur system.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Jan 28, 2018 at 7:50 am

An ad for this record-breaking engagement can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Jan 27, 2018 at 7:21 am

MGM’s trade ad greatly exaggerated the size and shape of the screen used at the Music Hall for the B&W drama, which, of course, was accompanied by a stage revue.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Malverne Cinema on Jan 26, 2018 at 9:22 am

Under development for five years and delayed by wartime restrictions, the Malverne Theatre finally opened on May 26th, 1947, with a single feature policy starting with the sub-run “It’s A Wonderful Life.” More details uploaded to the Photos Section.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Century's Alan Theatre on Jan 25, 2018 at 12:50 pm

Century’s Alan had its grand opening on the night of May 15th, 1947. Newspaper advertising neglected to mention the program, but an earlier report claimed “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “Step By Step,” both then in wide sub-run engagements.