Radio City Music Hall
1260 6th Avenue,
New York,
NY
10020
1260 6th Avenue,
New York,
NY
10020
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How many Hitchcock movies have been playing at the hall (mostly premieres)? I bet a lot. I’ve seen a lot of the trailers, and half of them have Hitchock narrate the trailer. He was truly the master of Suspense, who made his last movie nearly 35 years ago, a movie called Family Plot, which made a profit for the aging director, who died four years later in 1980.
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No Justin, it was simply not a top choice for distributors in the seventies and RCMH demanded exclusive runs.
In a parallel universe, could you just imagine what the “Clockwork” stage show would look like?
thanks for the comment AlAlvarez. Did the Hall play E.T.? I know movieland did in NYC as well as other local theaters.
Radio City would never have shown the x-rated “A Clockwork Orange” first run nor would Warner Bros. have placed the trendy-hip film into the venue. That would have been the kiss of death for the film. By 1972 Radio City was only top choice for wholesome family films which were themselves out of vogue and most distributors therefore avoided the place.
“Clockwork” opened at the Cinema 1 & 2, the top choice in NYC for quality first-runs along with the Baronet/Coronet.
I remember that movie when I rented it on VHS. A classic musical. Its title song was so popular, that it was used in “A Clockwork Orange”, speaking of which did it play at the Hall?
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Thanks so much Ron – what a great list and what great memories it triggered. Now I know for sure that the first film I saw at the Music Hall was Bon Voyage, when I always thought it was That Touch of Mink. I was 7 years old for both films. I also got to relive all the films I WANTED to see at the Music Hall but was too young to go see by myself.
posted by Bill Huelbig on Jul 18, 2004 at 6:52pm
Re TOUCH OF MINK was the fist movie I saw at RCMH myself. I was 6. It was not until years later with a little research, that I could re-call the movie title. However, the building and the stage show did make an immediate impression on me.
Radio City must be desparate booking Sheen. I guess there are a lot of crazy people in the world
I went to what was to have been the last show before it was demolished. I still have the ticket & program. It is a shame the Roxy down the block had to go.
Radio City Music Hall…where the stars come out and play lol.
So Charlie Sheen sold out his Music Hall show and another had to be added. Wouild someone tell me what on earth this crazy man is going to do on the great stage?
Also any info on which Cirque du Soleil shows are planned
RE: When I saw “The Absent-Minded Professor” (not at the Music Hall, unfortunately), I recall being surprised it was in black and white and not Technicolor. I guess Disney was on an economy drive in those days, although I’ll bet that movie made a fortune for the studio.
posted by Bill Huelbig on Mar 16, 2011 at 6:59am
No Disney was not “on economy drive”, with ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR. Rather, the special effects used were not comparable to color photography at the time.
When I saw “The Absent-Minded Professor” (not at the Music Hall, unfortunately), I recall being surprised it was in black and white and not Technicolor. I guess Disney was on an economy drive in those days, although I’ll bet that movie made a fortune for the studio.
Yup Kong we lived that and wear it like a badge of honor.
Sadly we will never see the like of that again
I remember going to see that show. Long lines around the block waiting to get in as usual. When I buy tickets for the Christmas show now I tell the people in the box office what the price was back then and they look at me as if I’m nuts!!
The ad for the Easter show Tinseltoes wrote about
Makes you want to jump in the car and head on over to the
Showplace of the Nation doesn’t it
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You are right Bill,thats I just noticed 3001 on recent comments so you must be 3001.
Thanks, Tinseltoes, for giving the Music Hall its 3,000th post on Cinema Treasures. Only two other theatres have so many: The Ridgewood in Queens NY and the Ziegfeld in NYC.
And also Al why theatres like Radio City will never show movies on a regular basis ever again. The AMC’s and Regals of the world, along with the studio’s and DVD technology have taken care of that.
Between 3600 and 3900 people showed up. Apparently the reviews were bad well before the screening. I liked it although it ended too quickly. Running time is only 88 minutes.
i agree.
Justin, I think you just explained why Hollywood just keeps making the same type of crap over and over again.
Will it do good business at the box office or will it have limited release? If it does poorly I’ll check it out on demand via FiOS or rent it on Netflix.
Sorry to hear about the miscue, to quote Swanson “All those beautiful people out there in the dark"
How big was the crowd
They didn’t do anything to the stage. The curtain was used. We got our start cue late so there was a lot of waiting in the dark until we hit the screen. Other than that, it ran perfectly. A good part of this movie had very dark scenes, but it looked great on the screen.
Hello Music Hall experts, how are you bringing us all the program knowledge of past shows? There must be a huge program storage archive amongst you folks? Please keep it up, it’s fascinating!