The film must have been shown by hand-cranked projectors, since motors were not attached to them until September 1917, per an earlier notice I posted just a while ago from the Norwich Bulletin.
I don’t think this is the right Harris Theatre. The one on this CT page has only 194 seats. There were other theatres in Pittsburgh called Harris at one time.
I think I like the name of this cinema because it bears my name in Portuguese. It Italian the saint was San Gerardo Maiella, after whom I was named. Gerald/Gerard are sort of interchangeable.
Interesting to learn, but nevertheless startling to see.
From the Boston Globe. The original title of this film in Italy was “Porto.” It was directed by Amleto Palermi in 1934.
Ad posted for the movie “Lost Horizon,” which played here in 1937 on a reserved-seat policy.
The film must have been shown by hand-cranked projectors, since motors were not attached to them until September 1917, per an earlier notice I posted just a while ago from the Norwich Bulletin.
“The Shameless Sex” is “Wanda la Peccatrice.”
Personal opinion: though a flawed film, it is still quite impressive visually and interesting to watch. It is also impossibly rare today.
“Camicie rosse.”
I don’t think this is the right Harris Theatre. The one on this CT page has only 194 seats. There were other theatres in Pittsburgh called Harris at one time.
As the Little CineMet. It was called that because it was near the Metropolitan Opera House of that era.
This looks like a very pleasant place to see carefully selected films of quality!
https://saheron.com/slab-cinema-arthouse-opens-blue-star/
“La vie miraculeuse de Thérèse Martin,” 1929, by Julien Duvivier, according to IMDb.
In 1966, probably.
“Scorned Flesh” is “La statua vivente,” 1943.
In 1940, showing film “Edison, the Man” with Spencer Tracy.
In 1977.
From 1916.
I think I like the name of this cinema because it bears my name in Portuguese. It Italian the saint was San Gerardo Maiella, after whom I was named. Gerald/Gerard are sort of interchangeable.
The second title was a 1984 Brazilian film, listed on IMDb. Can’t figure out the first one but it means something like “G-Men Combat Vice.”
In 1931.
I saw “E.T. the Extra-terrestrial” here on June 27, 1982.
“La Belle équipe” & L'Alibi."
I saw this film here during that run.
Also called Rich’s Dewey Theatre in ads.
The first motion pictures shown in Fall River were in this theatre in 1895, according to an article in the Fall River Globe.