Radio City Music Hall
1260 6th Avenue,
New York,
NY
10020
1260 6th Avenue,
New York,
NY
10020
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ADOPTED so what ? still his mother
Greetings:
I heard some news last night which brought back a personal memory of a specific day I had while I was working my matinee shift at the Executive Enterance. The feature presentation was “Spencers Mountain” a forerunner to the to the television series “The Waltons"
I was told that James MacArthur, who played the role of ‘John Boy” would be coming in to see the show. The time was getting closer for his arrival and in walks Helen Hayes. I suddenly remembered that she was his mother. Well we had an interesting ten to fifteen minutes together chatting waiting for James to arrive. They saw the 3:PM stage show and the 4PM feature. Leaving at the 6PM Feature Break. I was on the First Mezz at the feature break and even that day had a good crowd filing out. We all gave them both a good ovation, started by You Know Who!
Who said “Jean”?
was it Joan Blondell?
Loved “Operation Petticoat” especially the encounters in the narrow corridors with a buxom blonde actress. Joan O'Brien?
Tinseltoes. If the movie only lasted three weeks, was the stage show held over for the next picture? Alot of production for just three weeks. And what was the next picture and how soon did it come in? Was the Music Hall dark?
To go along with Tinseltoes post on “White Christmas” here is the original newspaper ad.
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The Radio City presesntation of “White Christmas” was one of the few nationwide to project the feature in true horizontal VistaVision. The picture ran horizontally with each frame being eight perforations, or two frames, wide. Two horizontal VistaVision Century projectors were installed just outside the regular projection booth walls and interlocked to an optical track running on the Hall’s normal 35mm projectors #1 and #4 inside the booth. Because, unlike 70mm projectors, the VistaVision projectors couldn’t run any other format only the major cities got to see “White Christmas with all its resolution. Only two other VistaVision features got a fairly wide horizontal VistaVision release in the U. S., "Strategic Air Command” and “The Far Horizons”, one at the Paramount (VistaVision was Paramount’s proprietary process), and one possibly at the Criterion.
oh well guess i’ll be missing another run with this stroke keeping me locked up
The first show is 3 weeks from now – 11/5
already had an ad on t.v chann4this morning during news4 n.y.
not even Halloween yet jeez o man is Christmas that close?
Here is a video of the orchestra’s rehearsals for the Radio City “Two Towers” concert:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6942467n
Actually “Two Towers” was shot on Super 35mm and mastered digitally.
http://digitalcontentproducer.com/cg/video_rings/
It was shot that way, RCDTJ. Making it digital looks like you’re watching a high def bluray.
It’s a shame “The Two Towers” wasn’t film.
I attended “The Two Towers”. What a joy to finally see a movie again at Radio City! The 300-member orchestra and chorus were superb, and the effect they had on the film was almost overpowering at times. The audience was most appreciative and enthusiastic. I’ll definitely be back next year for “The Return of the King”.
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL TO HOST A SPECIAL SCREENING OF “THE TWO TOWERSâ€
It is not a world premiere, or an exclusive invite-only screening, but it is a RARE opportunity for the general public to experience a full-length feature film presentation at Radio City Music Hall, on a HUGE 60-foot screen. As if that’s not enough for any cinemaphile, here’s the finishing touch: it comes with LIVE musical accompaniment provided by a world-class orchestra.
Following up on last year’s performance of “The Fellowship of the Ringâ€, this spectacular Art Deco palace of stage and screen will present “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers†Live to Film on Friday & Saturday, 8 & 9 October 2010 at 7:30 p.m. In these special performances, Peter Jackson’s award-winning motion picture will be shown, while on stage Howard Shore’s entire original score is performed live in careful synchronization with the picture. Musical maestro Ludwig Wicki will lead Switzerland’s 21st Century Orchestra, the Collegiate Chorale, and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus.
Ticket prices range from $59.00 to $150.00. This elaborate movie presentation will use digital projection and include an intermission.
Doug Adams, author of “The Music of The Lord of the Rings Films: A Comprehensive Account of Howard Shore’s Scores†(released 5 October 2010), provides the program notes, available here.
The above information, along with artist profiles, venue information and a link to Ticketmaster is all available on the official website: http://www.theradiocitylotrconcert.com/
Re-registering.
Madison Square Garden was spun off from Cablevision. MSGE is a divison of MSG, as is RCP – Radio City Productions. The lease is with RCP.
Tonight is the last night that Vampire Weekend is playing their concert at the Hall, the third sold out night after two sold out concerts the two previous days. Recently, ownership of the Hall is now by MSG Entertainment, spun off from Cablevision but still run by the Dolans.
Interestingly, Powell specifically asked for Carole. Later he became involved with Jean Harlow and when she died he paid for her mausoleum. He and Myrna Loy also had a strong attraction but decided to do anything about it fearing it would destroy their on screen chemistry.
“Song Without End” played RCMH in four track magnetic sound
“Love Story” definitely premiered at Loew’s State, where I first saw it. Not at RCMH.
I think “Love Story” played the State Theatre.
Larry Peerce directed “GOODBYE, COLUMBUS”. Arthur Hiller directed the blockbuster “LOVE STORY”.