Radio City Music Hall
1260 6th Avenue,
New York,
NY
10020
1260 6th Avenue,
New York,
NY
10020
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3/5/11: I’m hoping it’s the 50th anniversary of “West Side Story”. And of course there will be a film at Radio City in October: “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” with a live orchestra.
That is not the information I have Old Joe and it is not tentative. It is confirmed.
The original ad to go with Tinseltoes post on the first
RCMH Christmas show
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RCDTJ – it is not a film – never was, it’s a tentative Q&A with a film director .
ok RCDTJ you have our attention spill it, what else do you know?
Come on…you know you want to tell us :)
Film at Radio City???? Unheard of!!!!! There is a rumor going around about a possible film here…..Actually it’s not a rumor. March 5th 2011 is the date. Still debating whether it will be film or digital. Not much of a debate here. More than most likely it will be film and that’s a fact.
Never could figure the title but it’s a nice, soapy flick that TCM has on a couple of times recently.
as an organist who studied arranging with a top student of VirgilFox,
thats a great arrangement, Loveit!!!
As Rocket J. Squirrel would say, “Now here’s something we hope you really like…” See the link below I just stumbled onto. This is a piece of music the truly awesome Tom Bahler & Don Dorsey wrote for The Christmas show in the early-mid eighties, when Bob Jani was making magic. It’s the Twelve Days of Christmas and it’s classic RCMH for it’s time… full use of projection capabilities, a continued obsession with synthesized music, which started around 1980, if I remember correctly in a summer stage show called America.“ Sadly, the actual stage projections aren’t shown here (they were pretty great) but you’ll get the flavor and will imagine the wonderfully precise pandemonium that’s on a stage with every pair of legs that can dance in a frenzy by the end of the number.
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I believe you are correct Hank!!
I mean the stable which is shown on the record album front cover. I think that stable drop and wings were the work of Vincent Minelli when he was the art director at the Hall.
Thanks DJF7 nice pictures, I still love the old stable scenery from the Nativity shot that is shown.
And, for the record, TCM broadcast “Operation Petticoat” this afternoon.
Digging through my parents LP collection, I discovered a RCMH Christmas album from 1972. Took a few pics:
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A 4 ½ year run for “South Pacific” is amazing. Having only seen “South Pacific” on DVD, I may be missing somthing. But despite R&H’s music (which is great),I can’t really say it’s a good film. But I guess folks in the 50s thought it was, at least for 4 ½ years.
I wanted to share this article on projectionists. I found the part about working the porno house rather amusing.
The occupation is disapearing fast which is rather sad.
http://www.slate.com/id/2266654
One of the big ones “On The Town” which played Christmas 1949
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At least the show went on while this predecessor to 9/11 happened.
Thanks RCDTJ. I found out early this morning as I drove my wife into work at the Music Hall. Shes one of the setdressers on the blue crew. She will probably be leaving the city just in time on New Years Eve, before all the festivities begin.
Thanks, Ken. The Dominion was really the home of the super long-runs, much like the Rivoli in NYC. But 4 ½ years is absolutely amazing.
12/19 8:00PM and 12/18 10::PM
oldjoe, besides New years Eve, what days were the other shows added?
Bill;“South Pacific” had a ‘roadshow’ run at the Dominion Theatre, London, UK for 4 years 22 weeks! /theaters/2493/
John: Isn’t it true that “South Pacific” played for something like 4 years in its London first run? That must be a world’s record of some kind.
I saw a movie and stage show at Radio City in 1970’s. I was very impressed at the time, particularly with the stage hydraulics, the orchestra movable platform and the organ. I wish cine/variety returned, maybe with digital projection a short film could be screened during a Radio City Christmas Show.
In London the Odeon in Leicester Square had a stage show, with theater organ and film for a Disney movie (The Lion King) several years ago.
Not as spectacular as Radio City but did have a “flying carpet” and some pyrotechnics.
Many posts back someone asked if anyone remembers their first “South Pacific” 4 track magnetic sound print. I remember showing this film (in UK) and whenever I got the chance during this film would leave the booth and enter the auditorium to hear some of the musical numbers. “There is Nothing Like a Dame” made very good use of the stereo sound.
I also enjoyed showing “West Side Story” in 4 track mag.
Happy memories.
John