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Comfortably Cool commented about Rivoli Theatre on Nov 5, 2020 at 1:17 pm

Booster ad for critically-acclaimed world premiere engagement that opened in mid-October.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Metropolitan Theatre on Nov 4, 2020 at 1:06 pm

No wide screens and very few features in color. How moviegoers of that period must have suffered!

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Comfortably Cool commented about S.V.A. Theatre on Nov 4, 2020 at 6:47 am

The incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson, who had succeeded John F. Kennedy after his assassination in 1963, won that day’s Presidential Election
over Barry Goldwater.

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Comfortably Cool commented about S.V.A. Theatre on Nov 3, 2020 at 12:15 pm

“Kisses” was having its first neighborhood showings since its NYC debut in late August at the Criterion and Trans-Lux 85th Street. “PT 109” was originally released in 1963.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Nov 3, 2020 at 6:55 am

Opened a day before MGM’s “Kiss Me Kate” debuted at Radio City Music Hall with stage revue.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Nov 2, 2020 at 10:00 am

This was starting the 11th month of the Music Hall’s switch to a screen/stage policy under the direction of “Roxy.” The resident troupe of precision dancers was still known as “The Roxyettes.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Rivoli Theatre on Nov 2, 2020 at 6:52 am

Date??? The 3-D premiere engagement in NYC of “House of Wax” took place in 1953 at the Paramount Theatre, with Eddie Fisher headlining the stage show.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Chester Theatre on Nov 2, 2020 at 6:42 am

An “Off Year” for national politics, following re-election of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Jim Kastner at the Winter Garden-1971 on Nov 1, 2020 at 12:58 pm

Theatre was strictly “legit” by that time!

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Comfortably Cool commented about Cove Theatre on Oct 31, 2020 at 8:16 am

Due to Halloween being celebrated on a school day of Friday, special shows for kids were offered during Saturday’s matinees at three theatres.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Alpine Cinema on Oct 29, 2020 at 11:12 am

P.S. The unnamed theatre “deep in Brooklyn” that is up for sale is very probably the Cinema Kings Highway (original Jewel).

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Comfortably Cool commented about Alpine Cinema on Oct 29, 2020 at 10:56 am

During the Alpine’s current pandemic closure, owner Nick Nicolaou is doing extensive renovations to the nearly 100-year-old interior, according to an article in yesterday’s New York Times. Nicolaou also operates Cinema Village in Manhattan and the Cinemart in Queens, and is reportedly selling another cinema “deep in Brooklyn” that he’d been leasing out. Full text can be found here

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Comfortably Cool commented about El Capitan Theatre on Oct 29, 2020 at 6:39 am

During the pandemic, management is generating income by renting the marquee for personalized messages.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Ziegfeld Theatre on Oct 29, 2020 at 5:59 am

Annual membership of $26 would be equivalent to about $175 in 2020. All Walter Reade sites, including the Ziegfeld, were covered, “anywhere, anytime.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Center Theatre on Oct 27, 2020 at 1:25 pm

Full-page congratulatory ad by National Screen Service in trade publications.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Warner Twin Theatre on Oct 27, 2020 at 12:31 pm

Actual title of the B&W melodrama was “On Dress Parade.” Original theatrical trailer can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Oct 25, 2020 at 10:08 am

Stage performers and members of the Capitol’s huge floor staff including ushers and porters were Dr. Nachbar’s most frequent patients.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Crescent Theatre on Oct 24, 2020 at 7:35 am

I disagree. Marcus Loew Booking Agency was probably providing vaudeville acts for the Crescent’s management, which had the right to use Loew’s as part of the name.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Ziegfeld Theatre on Oct 23, 2020 at 1:27 pm

Each B&W classic was presented twice daily, with last complete show starting at 5:50 PM and ending close to Midnight.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Crescent Theatre on Oct 23, 2020 at 10:47 am

Listed as Loew’s Crescent in Long Island section of 1920 “Paramount Week” ad displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Ridgewood Amusement Palace on Oct 23, 2020 at 10:40 am

Listed as Ridgewood Palace, with address of 490 Woodward Avenue, in second column from left side of ad.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Keith's Theatre on Oct 23, 2020 at 6:52 am

This was the day before the national holiday celebrating the birth of Abraham Lincoln.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Madison Theatre on Oct 23, 2020 at 6:22 am

Ridgewood “Times” and “Advocate” were local newspapers where the Madison did most of its individual advertising. The Madison was also listed in major daily newspapers in advertising for the RKO Circuit.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Palace Theatre on Oct 20, 2020 at 6:56 am

Followed reserved-seat roadshow of “Spartacus” at the DeMille Theatre.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Seaview Theater on Oct 19, 2020 at 11:13 am

The opening date of January 1961 in the Overview could be incorrect. The wording of this ad suggests that it was actually Christmas Day of 1963. By that time, “Soldier in the Rain” was playing subsequent-run engagements.