Advertising for the RKO circuit on Tuesday, August 5th, 1947, lists this as a one-day booking of two “B” programmers plus vaudeville on stage at night.
This was a subsequent run for “Myra Breckinridge,” which played its New York premiere engagement at the Criterion and Loew’s Tower East earlier in the year. Ad displayed here
Stage presentations were being dropped for “All-The-Show-On-The-Screen” offerings, including a top-quality feature at lower than roadshow prices. The change remained until 1943, when the wartime boom in attendance caused management to resume stage support.
The Roxy deserves to be returned to its rightful place in the “Famous Movie Theaters” feature on the main PHOTOS page. For whatever reason, the Roxy was removed to make way for the former Loew’s Kings when rejuvenated for performing arts.
The screen/stage package had the biggest opening day in RCMH’s history so far, grossing a reported $27,226, which would be equivalent to about $258,000 in 2020.
Marilyn Miller became an overnight star in Florenz Ziegfeld’s original Broadway stage production of “Sally,” which opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre in December 1920 and ran until April 1922, followed by a lengthy road tour of major cities.
The nearby Hippodrome Theatre was later converted into the world-famous nightclub, Talk of the Town, where Judy Garland played her final London engagement in 1968.
State listed directly below “Great Stage Shows” arrow. The second-run “The World Changes” was also being shown at Loew’s Paradise and Valencia with stage support.
Key Food supermarket will be closed in October. Prior to the arrival of the pandemic, Target was reportedly interested in re-developing the site, but that may have changed since. News item displayed here
Renovations took place over a period of months, but the Paramount was actually closed just a few days for installation of new screen and projection equipment. Made possible by deal with 20th-Fox for major releases that would have gone to the Roxy Theatre, which was about to become a showcase for the Cinemiracle process.
Marquee banner claims “The Only Refrigeration Plant in Ridgewood.”
Today marks the 61st anniversary of the opening of one of the Music Hall’s most iconic film presentations. Ad displayed here
Advertising for the RKO circuit on Tuesday, August 5th, 1947, lists this as a one-day booking of two “B” programmers plus vaudeville on stage at night.
This was a subsequent run for “Myra Breckinridge,” which played its New York premiere engagement at the Criterion and Loew’s Tower East earlier in the year. Ad displayed here
Stage presentations were being dropped for “All-The-Show-On-The-Screen” offerings, including a top-quality feature at lower than roadshow prices. The change remained until 1943, when the wartime boom in attendance caused management to resume stage support.
Photo omits boxes on side wall opposite those shown.
The Roxy deserves to be returned to its rightful place in the “Famous Movie Theaters” feature on the main PHOTOS page. For whatever reason, the Roxy was removed to make way for the former Loew’s Kings when rejuvenated for performing arts.
Booking might have been a reissue of the 1933 “Sagebrush Trail.” Clothing of children looks too “modern” for that period. More likely post-WWII.
The screen/stage package had the biggest opening day in RCMH’s history so far, grossing a reported $27,226, which would be equivalent to about $258,000 in 2020.
With Kirk Alyn in the title role, Columbia’s B&W serial “Superman” had 15 episodes, one shown weekly at Wednesday-Saturday matinees.
Latest speculation on the future of moviegoing as practiced for more than a century can be read here
Marilyn Miller became an overnight star in Florenz Ziegfeld’s original Broadway stage production of “Sally,” which opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre in December 1920 and ran until April 1922, followed by a lengthy road tour of major cities.
The Ziegfeld had an exclusive engagement for Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island.
The nearby Hippodrome Theatre was later converted into the world-famous nightclub, Talk of the Town, where Judy Garland played her final London engagement in 1968.
Photo is undated, but the comedy feature with Mabel Normand, Charlie Chaplin, and Mabel Normand was first released in the USA in December, 1915.
At that time, films shown at the Bay Ridge were mostly shorts and newsreels used as fillers on the vaudeville bills.
First neighborhood showings for “Fort Ti” since its premiere engagement at the Criterion Theatre in Times Square in May-June.
Gated entrance of New Kingston Airdrome at left.
Engagement opened May 1st, using ad displayed here
State listed directly below “Great Stage Shows” arrow. The second-run “The World Changes” was also being shown at Loew’s Paradise and Valencia with stage support.
First neighborhood run for the feature movie.
Key Food supermarket will be closed in October. Prior to the arrival of the pandemic, Target was reportedly interested in re-developing the site, but that may have changed since. News item displayed here
A video of Rosita Royce performing her legendary “Dance of the Doves” can be viewed here
Renovations took place over a period of months, but the Paramount was actually closed just a few days for installation of new screen and projection equipment. Made possible by deal with 20th-Fox for major releases that would have gone to the Roxy Theatre, which was about to become a showcase for the Cinemiracle process.
Despite the influenza pandemic in 1918, New York theatres remained open, according to this New York Times article