Garland was on a national tour which proved so successful that MGM assigned her to “The Wizard of Oz” when she returned to Hollywood…Note Abbott & Costello
among the supporting stage talent. The B&W feature was direct from its premiere engagement at Radio City Music Hall.
The animated cartoon feature had broken all records at the Music Hall, but finally had to be pulled to make way for the world premiere of Selznick’s Technicolored “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” on February 17th. A new phone number was provided to order advance tickets for the reserved-seat mezzanine.
The four United Artists releases in the trade ad were “Limelight,” at the Astor; “Breaking Through the Sound Barrier,” Victoria; “Outpost in Malaya,” Loew’s State; “Kansas City Confidential,” Brandt’s Globe.
After taking over the management of the Belmont from Lubliner & Trinz, Publix briefly closed the theatre for refurbishment and installation of a more up-to-date Western Electric sound system. Publix was the parent company of Balaban & Katz, which eventually added the Belmont to its circuit.
The 3-D feature opened on the same day at Loew’s State in midtown Manhattan, but was advertised and promoted separately from that engagement. Both theatres presented the same “flat” Disney short in support.
The Disney cartoon feature was accompanied by a revue on the Roxy’s “Ice Colorama” stage. The Sixth Avenue corner with the Fanny Farmer confectionary was across from the entrance to Radio City Music Hall.
In October of that same year, Danny Kaye, Georgia Gibbs, and Tip, Tap & Toe re-grouped for the 25th anniversary stage show at the Chicago Theatre. Ads posted in the photos section for that Loop landmark, which has survived the fate of the NYC Paramount.
Featured stage entertainers Yma Sumac and puppeteer Bil Baird would soon join the cast of the now legendary Broadway musical, “Flahooley,” which opened in May at the Broadhurst Theatre but survived for only 40 performances.
The Warner ended its cinematic life after the last screening of “Winter Meeting” on Sunday night, May 16th, 1948. The name “Warner,” used by the original “Hollywood” since August, 1947, was revived in 1951 for the Strand. Under its new name, the ex-Strand dropped stage shows, but briefly revived them
before the theatre was transformed into a Cinerama showcase.
This might have been the first day of the re-naming and a sub-run double feature policy similar to the by then demolished Loew’s 42nd Street. That theatre was originally called the Murray Hill before Loew’s took over and changed the name.
Garland was on a national tour which proved so successful that MGM assigned her to “The Wizard of Oz” when she returned to Hollywood…Note Abbott & Costello among the supporting stage talent. The B&W feature was direct from its premiere engagement at Radio City Music Hall.
The animated cartoon feature had broken all records at the Music Hall, but finally had to be pulled to make way for the world premiere of Selznick’s Technicolored “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” on February 17th. A new phone number was provided to order advance tickets for the reserved-seat mezzanine.
The four United Artists releases in the trade ad were “Limelight,” at the Astor; “Breaking Through the Sound Barrier,” Victoria; “Outpost in Malaya,” Loew’s State; “Kansas City Confidential,” Brandt’s Globe.
Poster in the background of the photo was for a double feature that had “Weekend in Havana” at the top.
After taking over the management of the Belmont from Lubliner & Trinz, Publix briefly closed the theatre for refurbishment and installation of a more up-to-date Western Electric sound system. Publix was the parent company of Balaban & Katz, which eventually added the Belmont to its circuit.
The 3-D feature opened on the same day at Loew’s State in midtown Manhattan, but was advertised and promoted separately from that engagement. Both theatres presented the same “flat” Disney short in support.
And spelled the drive-in’s name incorrectly.
The Disney cartoon feature was accompanied by a revue on the Roxy’s “Ice Colorama” stage. The Sixth Avenue corner with the Fanny Farmer confectionary was across from the entrance to Radio City Music Hall.
Pictured here in full uniform, the Trylon’s Joy Kranz was the unanimous choice of the editorial staff of Quigley’s Motion Picture Herald.
Management had the audacity to boast of “No advance in prices!” for two B&W programmers from “Poverty Row” studios.
The booking was reported to be the world premiere engagement of a feature-length collection of Walt Disney cartoons in Technicolor.
In October of that same year, Danny Kaye, Georgia Gibbs, and Tip, Tap & Toe re-grouped for the 25th anniversary stage show at the Chicago Theatre. Ads posted in the photos section for that Loop landmark, which has survived the fate of the NYC Paramount.
Sorry, that should read “Silver Jubilee,” not “Golden.”
Architect Walter W. Ahlschlager is most remembered for the Roxy Theatre in NYC, which opened two years after the Belmont.
Featured stage entertainers Yma Sumac and puppeteer Bil Baird would soon join the cast of the now legendary Broadway musical, “Flahooley,” which opened in May at the Broadhurst Theatre but survived for only 40 performances.
The Warner ended its cinematic life after the last screening of “Winter Meeting” on Sunday night, May 16th, 1948. The name “Warner,” used by the original “Hollywood” since August, 1947, was revived in 1951 for the Strand. Under its new name, the ex-Strand dropped stage shows, but briefly revived them before the theatre was transformed into a Cinerama showcase.
This might have been the first day of the re-naming and a sub-run double feature policy similar to the by then demolished Loew’s 42nd Street. That theatre was originally called the Murray Hill before Loew’s took over and changed the name.
This is a subsidiary staircase elsewhere in the building.
Listed as RKO Republic in section with “You Were Meant For Me” as main feature.
This was the stage used for vaudeville and movies.
This was the second consecutive Columbia Technicolor release to open at the Music Hall that year, preceded by “A Song to Remember.”
“The Animal Kingdom” and stage show were the first booking at the theatre’s opening on December 29th, 1932.
Advertised on January 19th, 1930.
“Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo” had already played a record-breaking engagement at the Capitol Theatre (with stage show).
The second inauguration of Harry S. Truman as President of the USA was held on January 20th, 1949, the day of this ad.