I was actually looking at the FDR-Willkie reference on one of the marquees. That was the 1940 election, and they didn’t start two years before like today. As I recall the usual campaign season was February to November, but the real campaigning didn’t begin until the baseball season ended in early October. They figured that people didn’t pay attention to politics until after the World Series.
I did a google search and found the latest film to be 1940. I figured the others were reissues. Not too scientific, but that’s how I got the approximate date.
This photo, probably early 40s, was on skyscrapercity.com. I’m trying to match it to one of the Newsreels in Times Square. Any help is appreciated: http://tinyurl.com/5p4csm
Here is a photo taken shortly before the opening in 1924. On the right, you can see a few of the letters for the eventual marquee: http://tinyurl.com/2z63gz
If you ever get to Catalina Island, off the coast of Los Angeles, the tour guide will take you past Zane Grey’s house.
I was actually looking at the FDR-Willkie reference on one of the marquees. That was the 1940 election, and they didn’t start two years before like today. As I recall the usual campaign season was February to November, but the real campaigning didn’t begin until the baseball season ended in early October. They figured that people didn’t pay attention to politics until after the World Series.
Here is another circa 1940 photo from skyscrapercity.com:
http://tinyurl.com/56oah2
I did a google search and found the latest film to be 1940. I figured the others were reissues. Not too scientific, but that’s how I got the approximate date.
Here is a circa 1940 photo from skyscrapercity.com:
http://tinyurl.com/6jybrx
OK, thanks. I didn’t know which Embassy, so I guessed right, apparently.
This photo, probably early 40s, was on skyscrapercity.com. I’m trying to match it to one of the Newsreels in Times Square. Any help is appreciated:
http://tinyurl.com/5p4csm
Great, so it’s open again. I hope they do well.
1968 doesn’t work for me, as I was six years old. Too many rules. How about 1977? Now there was a great year.
Here is a 1960 ad:
http://tinyurl.com/2kduo6
This site has a 1967 ad for the Cinema 45:
http://tinyurl.com/33cyln
Here are some ads for “To Kill a Mockingbird” at the Fox:
http://tinyurl.com/2jswb3
This mid-sixties poster is being sold on eBay for $12:
http://tinyurl.com/35kzzv
Here is a clip of Kubrick arriving at the 2001 premiere at the Capitol, posted on the cinemaretro.com site:
http://tinyurl.com/39ktcm
Here is a screen shot from the 1988 film “Colors”:
http://tinyurl.com/yv95ju
Here is a screen shot from the 1988 film “Colors”:
http://tinyurl.com/ys2d5e
Here is a screen shot from the 1988 film “Colors”:
http://tinyurl.com/28yvf6
The Tower is visible on the right in this photo, circa 1940:
http://tinyurl.com/2g75hg
Here is a matchbook, date unknown:
http://tinyurl.com/2zafc6
Here is the Balboa 55 years later:
http://tinyurl.com/yrr95q
Here is a photo, circa early 1930s. A Laurel and Hardy film is playing, but the title of the film is not given:
http://tinyurl.com/2nfjw4
Here is a photo taken shortly before the opening in 1924. On the right, you can see a few of the letters for the eventual marquee:
http://tinyurl.com/2z63gz
I was in Tucumcari a few years ago, but I missed this one. Here is a photo, circa 2000:
http://tinyurl.com/ypu86p
Across the street you can see the signs for Pickwick Books and the Vogue.
Here is a night shot from yesterdayla.com:
http://tinyurl.com/bb9lz