Comments from kencmcintyre

Here is a 1984 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/cplnee

Here is a 1944 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/cdvpsx

Here is a 1981 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/djkwz7

Here is a 1946 photo from Life magazine:
http://tinyurl.com/dcjn46

Here is an undated B&W photo:
http://tinyurl.com/cfalc7

This was the Ritz in 1983:
http://tinyurl.com/cg2bkg

I took these photos today. Walking around inside, you get a feel for how immense this place is. There is certainly no sign of redevelopment, just the usual swap meet chaos.
http://tinyurl.com/dgj9xk
http://tinyurl.com/c4mzps
http://tinyurl.com/de29rc
http://tinyurl.com/c55wda
http://tinyurl.com/d88bt8
http://tinyurl.com/cxfhyw
http://tinyurl.com/d6ahjc
http://tinyurl.com/cz6trh
http://tinyurl.com/cehksz
http://tinyurl.com/c34vqy
http://tinyurl.com/cffkuh

The link didn’t work for me.

From the Library of Congress:
http://tinyurl.com/cswesr

Here is an item dated 12/20/56 from the Anderson Herald:

INDIANAPOLIS (UP) â€" The Esquire Theater Wednesday announced it will not show the controversial movie “Baby Doll”, the picture recently denounced by Francis Cardinal Spellman as “immoral.” The management of the theater said it has cancelled the movie, scheduled to open next Wednesday. No other bookings have been made here.

A spokesman for the theater said the cancellation resulted from a difference of opinion with Warner Bros., distributors of the film. He said the controversy was over “conditions under which the picture would play”.

Here is a 1983 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/dztpqu

Here is a 1939 photo from the Brooklyn Public Library:
http://tinyurl.com/dn74ka