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Comfortably Cool commented about Rainbow Theatre on May 28, 2024 at 8:18 pm

By that time, the religious sign above marquee had been removed, revealing what was left of the glass panels of the lighting system that gave the Rainbow Theatre its name.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Rainbow Theatre on May 28, 2024 at 2:46 pm

Translucent glass lighting system above the marquee was covered by signage proclaiming “Jesus Is Lord.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Palace Theatre on May 27, 2024 at 3:07 pm

A lengthy article about the re-opening, covering two full pages of the Arts Section of The New York Times, was published yesterday (5/26). Link here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on May 24, 2024 at 3:58 pm

This was the first year since federal legislation changed observance of Memorial Day from a fixed date of May 30th to the final Monday in May. As luck would have it, this ad was published on Sunday, May 30th, with Memorial Day following on Monday, May 31st.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Museum of the Moving Image on May 23, 2024 at 6:48 pm

“See It Big at the ‘90s Multiplex” is the title of a new revival series starting tomorrow. Details here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on May 20, 2024 at 5:05 pm

The one-week stage engagement enabled the Marx Brothers to experiment with ideas and scenes for their next MGM comedy, “Go West.” Earlier in the month, they “tested” at the Michigan Theatre in downtown Detroit, with “Seventeen” on screen.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Westbury Drive-In on May 20, 2024 at 2:04 pm

This was a second-run “Premiere Showcase.” New York premiere of “Charade” was part of Radio City Music Hall’s Christmas Holiday Presentation of 1963.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on May 17, 2024 at 4:45 pm

Newcomer Bob Hope, who recently scored a hit in the Broadway “legit” musical “Roberta,” topped the Capitol’s stage offering.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on May 14, 2024 at 5:04 pm

RCMH unveiled a new presentation just one day after its largest rival did. At that time, the Music Hall’s seating capacity was reported as 6,200, and the Roxy’s as 5,717.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on May 10, 2024 at 8:59 pm

The Roxy had dropped stage presentations in September of the previous year to become an exclusive showcase for CinemaScope features, starting with “The Robe,” and had no plans to change that “screen only” policy.

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Comfortably Cool commented about WCMU's Destination Michigan visits the US 23 DI on May 9, 2024 at 9:49 pm

SPAMER!

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Comfortably Cool commented about Fox Theatre on May 9, 2024 at 5:24 pm

Exclusive first-run in Brooklyn for the 3-D shocker, following its premiere engagement at the Paramount Theatre in Times Square.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Kings Theatre on May 6, 2024 at 5:18 pm

At the Kings, Lana Turner shared the screen with the Frankenstein monster and the Wolf Man.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on May 1, 2024 at 7:55 pm

The original version of “Windjammer” in the rival Cinemiracle process opened in New York in 1958 as a reserved-seat roadshow at the Roxy Theatre, where it failed to live up to expectations and contributed to structural damage that ended with demolition of the “Cathedral of Motion Pictures” in the summer of 1960.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Proctor's 58th Street Theatre on Apr 30, 2024 at 5:25 pm

“Up in Arms” was Danny Kaye’s first feature movie, and had debuted at Radio City Music Hall (with stage revue).

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Apr 26, 2024 at 5:31 pm

Patrons that day could see “Conspirator” plus last performances of “The Reformer and the Redhead” and its supporting stage offering.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Apr 24, 2024 at 8:00 pm

Remembering Shirley Temple, who would have turned 96 yesterday (April 23rd) and was one of the most adored cinema stars of the Depression era.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Kings Theatre on Apr 23, 2024 at 2:31 pm

Kings listed with “Sailor Beware” as main feature…Easter Sunday fell on April 13th that year, at which time the Kings had been offering “Quo Vadis” as single feature.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Apr 18, 2024 at 3:59 pm

Engagement opened on April 4th, with Easter Sunday arriving on April 14th that year. Opening week gross was a reported $233,825, claimed to be the highest in Music Hall history up to that time.

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Comfortably Cool commented about UNITED Theater on Broadway on Apr 17, 2024 at 4:00 pm

Management certainly has the right to capitalize a theatre’s name in signage and in its own advertising/publicity, but it has always been the practice in newspapers, trade journals, and such to capitalize just the first letter of the name. Note the caption to this photo of the Garmar from Boxoffice Magazine. [Click here[ (https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/2057/photos/244427)

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Apr 16, 2024 at 7:53 pm

Covering the full width of a page, the display included news items about the B&W comedy and supporting short subjects.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Brooklyn Paramount on Apr 16, 2024 at 4:11 pm

No digging is required in this announcement by Live Nation about its booking/management connection to the rejuvenated Brooklyn Paramount. Click here

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Comfortably Cool commented about UNITED Theater on Broadway on Apr 16, 2024 at 2:37 pm

I don’t understand why all letters of United need to be capitalized. Don’t recall ever seeing a theatre name treated like that.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Rialto Theatre on Apr 15, 2024 at 5:01 pm

Seating capacity reported as 750.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Apr 12, 2024 at 9:28 pm

David O. Selznick’s “indie” production was distributed by United Artists…Easter Sunday arrived on April 12th that year.