This was the 70mm widescreen re-release. From IMDB: “Originally shot in a 1.37:1 ratio; the prints re-released in 1967 by MGM, were converted to a simulated wide screen ratio, chopping strips at the top and bottom of the image.”
“Johann Strauss” (“So lang' noch ein Walzer vom Strauß erklingt”) and “Ist mein Mann nicht fabelhaft?” from 1931 and 1933. This program played in December 1936 according to the NYDN; so the photo must be from then.
She was there to introduce the up-to-then never shown silent “Queen Kelly.” Also on the program was “The Trespasser.” Music for the silent was provided by organist Lee Erwin.
I attended that memorable event on Monday, May 8, 1967 at the Beacon. I took a photo of the marquee (posted elsewhere here) and of Swanson herself onstage.
This was the 70mm widescreen re-release. From IMDB: “Originally shot in a 1.37:1 ratio; the prints re-released in 1967 by MGM, were converted to a simulated wide screen ratio, chopping strips at the top and bottom of the image.”
That’s 1992.
“Johann Strauss” (“So lang' noch ein Walzer vom Strauß erklingt”) and “Ist mein Mann nicht fabelhaft?” from 1931 and 1933. This program played in December 1936 according to the NYDN; so the photo must be from then.
She was there to introduce the up-to-then never shown silent “Queen Kelly.” Also on the program was “The Trespasser.” Music for the silent was provided by organist Lee Erwin.
Program started at the Regal December 14, 1949.
The Regal Theatre was demolished in 1952.
This is a little more than a week before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
I can see posters for “All That Money Can Buy” (left) and “Lady Scarface” (right) which were playing that weekend.
From 1946.
Two films from 1946 on the marquee.
I’m not sure the World Theatre is on Cinema Treasures.
I’m wondering if that was the owner Joseph W. Walsh peering out the window.
Entrance, right. This photo was from an oil dealer’s ad touting the economy of oil heat vs. more expensive coal.
Two years after the Rivoli opened in 1926.
In 1985.
As the Thalia Soho.
Always admired that unique facade.
There must have been a Norwegian-speaking community in this region.
There must have been a Norwegian-speaking community in this region.
That’s GIUSEPPE Verdi.
May 8, 1967.
Interesting grand opening day film: “Forever Yours” with Italian tenor Beniamino Gigli. It had played the previous month at the Bushnell Memorial.
“The Tunnel” was the 1940 “Proud Valley.”
I attended that memorable event on Monday, May 8, 1967 at the Beacon. I took a photo of the marquee (posted elsewhere here) and of Swanson herself onstage.
Clever promotion.