I watched the first season of the Rockford Files on DVD yesterday. The opening montage does show the red and white marquee of the Optic, circa 1974. The current attraction was Point Blank, a 1967 film by John Boorman starring Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson.
Here is a map, circa 1950, which shows the location of the theater on Broadway, next to the Central Theater:
http://www.uncanny.net/~wetzel/subwayarea.htm
Here is a map, circa 1950, which shows the Art, Optic, Star and Gayety theaters on Main between Fifth and Sixth:
http://www.uncanny.net/~wetzel/subwayarea.htm
Here is a map, circa 1950, which shows the location of the Muse and Rosslyn theaters:
http://www.uncanny.net/~wetzel/subwayarea.htm
There is a good color photo of the Town on this site:
http://www.uncanny.net/~wetzel/subwayarea.htm
I watched the first season of the Rockford Files on DVD yesterday. The opening montage does show the red and white marquee of the Optic, circa 1974. The current attraction was Point Blank, a 1967 film by John Boorman starring Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson.
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