Manhattan’s second and much smaller Paramount was close to the west boundaries of Central Park at Broadway and 62nd Street, just above Columbus Circle.
A decline in movie attendance due to competition from the New York World’s Fair was blamed for the B&W romantic comedy being pulled after just one week, though mixed reviews and lack of major stars didn’t help. RKO’s “in Name Only,” with Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, and Kay Francis, followed on August 3rd, with an all-new stage show.
Since dropping stage/screen policy, the Paramount had been booking Warner Brothers features that, in the past, probably would have opened at the Strand/Warner (now converted to Cinerama roadshows).
Tickets have gone on sale for the 2024 “Christmas Spectacular.” which opens on November 8th. Reserved seats are priced from $56 to $438, depending on date, time of performance, and location in the auditorium.
Details here
“Titanic” had debuted at the Roxy Theatre (with stage show)…The 86th Street was the first of the RKO “nabes” to install a “Miracle Mirror” wide screen.
Kings listed in section with “The Stratton Story” as main feature. The B&W baseball biopic made its NYC debut at Radio City Music Hall (with stage revue).
The stage presentation was a condensed version of what proved to be the final edition of legendary “legit' revues produced on Broadway in NYC by George White and had run for 120 performances at the Alvin Theatre.
“At Dawn We Die” was a new title for the British-made “Tomorrow We Live,” which Republic Pictures acquired for USA release. Original title was already being used for a PRC thriller starring Ricardo Cortez and Jean Parker.
Stage revue had a patriotic theme keyed to the July 4th national holiday. Ran for seven weeks, replaced on August 8th by “A Date With Judy” and new stage show.
Even with 3-D projection and Polaroid viewers, I don’t think patrons could see anything but a “flat” version sitting in a car at ground level of a towering screen.
Still practiced in 2024, such advertising doesn’t tell us that much about actual attendance, which is the true test of popularity. At least, provide the average price of a ticket for that engagement. And “conventional motion picture theatre” is a new one on me. The indoor type as opposed to drive-ins?
The full-page ad was published in The New York Times on that date, a week after “That’s Entertainment” premiered as the Ziegfeld’s Memorial Day presentation. The flexible Federal holiday was celebrated on May 27th that year.
I’ve never seen any individual advertising for the Rainbow Theatre, but I’ve just noticed it listed in the bottom section of this April 1959 booking of “Gidget” and co-feature. Click here
By-passing Broadway, the exclusive engagement in downtown Brooklyn preceded a 73-theatre booking in neighborhoods throughout New York and New Jersey, with the Loew’s circuit as leader.
A full-page article about this incident can be found in the Motion Picture Herald issue of August 21st, 1937, page 33.
Can a person attend just to see a movie, without needing to purchase food and/or drink?
Manhattan’s second and much smaller Paramount was close to the west boundaries of Central Park at Broadway and 62nd Street, just above Columbus Circle.
A decline in movie attendance due to competition from the New York World’s Fair was blamed for the B&W romantic comedy being pulled after just one week, though mixed reviews and lack of major stars didn’t help. RKO’s “in Name Only,” with Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, and Kay Francis, followed on August 3rd, with an all-new stage show.
Since dropping stage/screen policy, the Paramount had been booking Warner Brothers features that, in the past, probably would have opened at the Strand/Warner (now converted to Cinerama roadshows).
Tickets have gone on sale for the 2024 “Christmas Spectacular.” which opens on November 8th. Reserved seats are priced from $56 to $438, depending on date, time of performance, and location in the auditorium. Details here
“Magic Mirror” screen was specifically designed for CinemaScope, but could also be used for other wide-angle processes.
“Titanic” had debuted at the Roxy Theatre (with stage show)…The 86th Street was the first of the RKO “nabes” to install a “Miracle Mirror” wide screen.
Side view of original auditorium as Colony Theatre.
Kings listed in section with “The Stratton Story” as main feature. The B&W baseball biopic made its NYC debut at Radio City Music Hall (with stage revue).
The stage presentation was a condensed version of what proved to be the final edition of legendary “legit' revues produced on Broadway in NYC by George White and had run for 120 performances at the Alvin Theatre.
“At Dawn We Die” was a new title for the British-made “Tomorrow We Live,” which Republic Pictures acquired for USA release. Original title was already being used for a PRC thriller starring Ricardo Cortez and Jean Parker.
The Eagle was the only site in Manhattan programmed with all five features.
Stage revue had a patriotic theme keyed to the July 4th national holiday. Ran for seven weeks, replaced on August 8th by “A Date With Judy” and new stage show.
Replaced on July 11th with “The Tamarind Seed” and new stage revue. Ad here
Even with 3-D projection and Polaroid viewers, I don’t think patrons could see anything but a “flat” version sitting in a car at ground level of a towering screen.
By that time, “Jane” had returned to the “Tarzan” series, with Brenda Joyce replacing Maureen O'Sullivan as soulmate.
Published in the entertainment section of the New York Herald-Tribune on June 11th, 1933.
Still practiced in 2024, such advertising doesn’t tell us that much about actual attendance, which is the true test of popularity. At least, provide the average price of a ticket for that engagement. And “conventional motion picture theatre” is a new one on me. The indoor type as opposed to drive-ins?
Now a component of El Museo & El Teatro del Barrio. More details can be found here
A vintage view of a street poster for Loew’s Woodside is currently displayed at the Forgotten New York website. Click here
The full-page ad was published in The New York Times on that date, a week after “That’s Entertainment” premiered as the Ziegfeld’s Memorial Day presentation. The flexible Federal holiday was celebrated on May 27th that year.
I’ve never seen any individual advertising for the Rainbow Theatre, but I’ve just noticed it listed in the bottom section of this April 1959 booking of “Gidget” and co-feature. Click here
By-passing Broadway, the exclusive engagement in downtown Brooklyn preceded a 73-theatre booking in neighborhoods throughout New York and New Jersey, with the Loew’s circuit as leader.
Except for the title, the B&W comedy had nothing in common with a prior Paramount classic starring the Marx Brothers.