Bravo, JodarMovieFan, the Uptown DC wasn’t showing it, so you enjoyed it here. I was in London on vacation and was thrilled to see it on a screen larger than the Ziegfeld’s, with 2 curtains used, a THX trailer and fantastic sound, at the Empire at Leicester Square: /theaters/912/
I, too, enjoyed “Star Trek” seeing it last week. 2 curtains were used. THX trailer was shown. Projection was perfect on the huge screen. Sound was fantastic as AndySummers indicates.
Rhett raised concerns about the framing & focus of the movie. From reading his post, those would seem “legit” rather than “pedestrian” whatever the latter means.
Confronting people can be difficult. Somebody was recently shot here in Philadelphia in a theater.
I’m getting concerned about the personal attack, Aldo, that you are making “contradictions between his internet attitude and his daily operating persona” This website frowns on personal attacks, so I’d advise you to talk about the theater, the movies, the crowds, etc. without attacking other posters.
I’m also getting curious, are you indeed, an employee there?
Well, Aldo Ray, you better not express those anti-Rocky sentiments if you ever visit Philadelphia. We recently put a statue of “Rocky” near the Art Museum.
There are differences between popular, well loved movies, and “high art” In recent years, “high art” usually wins the Oscars, but those aren’t the films most people are seeing and enjoying.
“Rocky” isn’t “high art” but it also is NOT mediocre.
As a Philadelphian, I can tell everybody that “Rocky” justifiably has a huge following here. Movie experts may not consider it as “high art” compared to “Raging Bull” but any movie that won the Oscar for Best Picture is going to have its fans!
Rhett earlier raised some legit concerns about projection at his experience. He didn’t need to be so critical of high school kids working concessions & the like. Adults often given the same answers as to projection. And, Rhett, in your last comment, you go too far. There may be “idiots” posting, but on cinematreasures.org we are not allowed to resort to namecalling. So, let’s please restore the level of civility! and let’s hope somebody from the theater replies as to the projection issue.
Upstairs in the large auditorium this past week, the movie “Synecdoche, New York”
A sign at the theater states there will be presentations in “digital” of “Spartacus” I’m curious as to whether that classic has been put into 2 k or 4 k (the digital that some new movies are presented in, though neither would likely equal 70mm) or DVD or blue-ray (neither of which would equal 35mm)?
JodarMovieFan, for years, Paramount films went to KB Cinema and not to the Uptown. Reason right now would likely because “Angels and Demons” is arriving next week at the Uptown.
Classics continue with original Technicolor 35 mm print of “The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean” the Beatles “Yellow Submarine” and “Horror Hotel” (Christopher Lee)
As the Boyd is the sole surviving downtown Philadelphia movie palace, it is important to preserve it, restore and reopen it. Friends of the Boyd, Inc. www.FriendsOfTheBoyd.org is a nonprofit organization of volunteers who welcome your help. We are paying for overnight security to protect the movie palace while solutions are found, and can dearly use your contributions. 100% of all contributions will be used to pay the security.
I’m also reviewing Box Office week by week (though not all issues are online or cover Philadelphia) from the late 1930s when Philadelphia coverage began for world premieres and other major events. I’m currently up to the mid 1950s so some introductions may be updated later! And, I’ve added other interesting tidbits as Comments.
Here’s some early 1950s history of films shown at the Midtown, from Box Office:
10 June 1950 Box Office “So Young, So Bad” given premiere on June 7th
10 May 1952 Box Office: Tony Curtis and Piper Laurie will greet people May 14 in the Midtown lobby when their film “No Room for the Groom” opens
8 Aug 1953 Box Office: Michener’s Return to Paradise" had eastern premiere at Midtown on 5 Aug
From when it reopened in WW2, the Mastbaum had a steady showing of films. This isn’t a complete list, but a selection from Box Office for the 1st half of the 1950s:
1951 “Captain Horatio Hornblowerâ€
1952 “The Quiet Manâ€
19 April 1952 Box Office: “Quo Vadis” ended 10 week run at Mastbaum
3 May 1952 Box Office “The African Queen”
10 Jan 1953 Box Office “April in Paris”
1953 Box Office “I Confessâ€
21 Nov 1953 Box Office: “How to Marry a Millionaire”
1954 “The High and the Mightyâ€
24 April 1954 Box Office:p 24 photo of Carnival Story star Steve Cochran in Mastbaum lobby to promote film
31 July 1954 Box Office: “Apache” broke one day house record at Mastbaum for box office
18 April 1942 Box Office ad stated that “Ghost of Frankenstein” broke 8 year record for opening week business at Stanton
27 Oct 1951 Box Office: star Barbara Payton was due here Oct 27 to appear on Stanton stage to promote the film (Civil war drama) “Drums in the Deep South”
22 Dec 1951 Box Office: local parade to promote the showing of the movie “Fort Defianceâ€
Bravo, JodarMovieFan, the Uptown DC wasn’t showing it, so you enjoyed it here. I was in London on vacation and was thrilled to see it on a screen larger than the Ziegfeld’s, with 2 curtains used, a THX trailer and fantastic sound, at the Empire at Leicester Square:
/theaters/912/
I, too, enjoyed “Star Trek” seeing it last week. 2 curtains were used. THX trailer was shown. Projection was perfect on the huge screen. Sound was fantastic as AndySummers indicates.
Rhett raised concerns about the framing & focus of the movie. From reading his post, those would seem “legit” rather than “pedestrian” whatever the latter means.
Confronting people can be difficult. Somebody was recently shot here in Philadelphia in a theater.
I’m getting concerned about the personal attack, Aldo, that you are making “contradictions between his internet attitude and his daily operating persona” This website frowns on personal attacks, so I’d advise you to talk about the theater, the movies, the crowds, etc. without attacking other posters.
I’m also getting curious, are you indeed, an employee there?
Well, Aldo Ray, you better not express those anti-Rocky sentiments if you ever visit Philadelphia. We recently put a statue of “Rocky” near the Art Museum.
There are differences between popular, well loved movies, and “high art” In recent years, “high art” usually wins the Oscars, but those aren’t the films most people are seeing and enjoying.
“Rocky” isn’t “high art” but it also is NOT mediocre.
As a Philadelphian, I can tell everybody that “Rocky” justifiably has a huge following here. Movie experts may not consider it as “high art” compared to “Raging Bull” but any movie that won the Oscar for Best Picture is going to have its fans!
Rhett earlier raised some legit concerns about projection at his experience. He didn’t need to be so critical of high school kids working concessions & the like. Adults often given the same answers as to projection. And, Rhett, in your last comment, you go too far. There may be “idiots” posting, but on cinematreasures.org we are not allowed to resort to namecalling. So, let’s please restore the level of civility! and let’s hope somebody from the theater replies as to the projection issue.
Many photos including one of the auditorium at flickr:
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Set of photos of the Roxy, including exterior, lobby, auditorium:
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What’s a D-Box?
Interior photos of this movie palace, which I recently visited (though not my photos)
grand lobby:
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auditorium facing screen
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Hall of Mirrors (balcony foyer)
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That’s why I wrote in the theater page introduction’s 1st sentence:
The Keswick Theater is in Glenside, a Montgomery County suburb of Philadelphia.
Various classics continue including “Stagecoach” from 1939, the year the Senator came into being.
My photo from last week of the auditorium of this fantastic cinema:
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Sound, screen & projection, seats, everything was topnotch.
Upstairs in the large auditorium this past week, the movie “Synecdoche, New York”
A sign at the theater states there will be presentations in “digital” of “Spartacus” I’m curious as to whether that classic has been put into 2 k or 4 k (the digital that some new movies are presented in, though neither would likely equal 70mm) or DVD or blue-ray (neither of which would equal 35mm)?
JodarMovieFan, for years, Paramount films went to KB Cinema and not to the Uptown. Reason right now would likely because “Angels and Demons” is arriving next week at the Uptown.
Classics continue with original Technicolor 35 mm print of “The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean” the Beatles “Yellow Submarine” and “Horror Hotel” (Christopher Lee)
Darby, it is abusive to post that on every LA theater page.
It is fantasy time? classics & midnight movies as primary source of profit????
As the Boyd is the sole surviving downtown Philadelphia movie palace, it is important to preserve it, restore and reopen it. Friends of the Boyd, Inc. www.FriendsOfTheBoyd.org is a nonprofit organization of volunteers who welcome your help. We are paying for overnight security to protect the movie palace while solutions are found, and can dearly use your contributions. 100% of all contributions will be used to pay the security.
I’m also reviewing Box Office week by week (though not all issues are online or cover Philadelphia) from the late 1930s when Philadelphia coverage began for world premieres and other major events. I’m currently up to the mid 1950s so some introductions may be updated later! And, I’ve added other interesting tidbits as Comments.
Here’s some early 1950s history of films shown at the Midtown, from Box Office:
10 June 1950 Box Office “So Young, So Bad” given premiere on June 7th
10 May 1952 Box Office: Tony Curtis and Piper Laurie will greet people May 14 in the Midtown lobby when their film “No Room for the Groom” opens
8 Aug 1953 Box Office: Michener’s Return to Paradise" had eastern premiere at Midtown on 5 Aug
Here’s some tidbits from the 1952 to 1953 of Goldman history:
1952 Box Office: showing film noir “Clash by Night”
1 Aug 1953 Box Office: Goldman Theatre installing 3 D
29 Aug 1953 Box office: “The War of the Worlds” at Goldman
14 Nov 1953 Box Office: Jack Palance star of “Flight to Tangier†was in town to help promotion, which will open locally at the Goldman
From when it reopened in WW2, the Mastbaum had a steady showing of films. This isn’t a complete list, but a selection from Box Office for the 1st half of the 1950s:
1951 “Captain Horatio Hornblowerâ€
1952 “The Quiet Manâ€
19 April 1952 Box Office: “Quo Vadis” ended 10 week run at Mastbaum
3 May 1952 Box Office “The African Queen”
10 Jan 1953 Box Office “April in Paris”
1953 Box Office “I Confessâ€
21 Nov 1953 Box Office: “How to Marry a Millionaire”
1954 “The High and the Mightyâ€
24 April 1954 Box Office:p 24 photo of Carnival Story star Steve Cochran in Mastbaum lobby to promote film
31 July 1954 Box Office: “Apache” broke one day house record at Mastbaum for box office
30 Oct 1954 Box Office “A Star is Born”
Here’s some more Stanton history from Box Office:
18 April 1942 Box Office ad stated that “Ghost of Frankenstein” broke 8 year record for opening week business at Stanton
27 Oct 1951 Box Office: star Barbara Payton was due here Oct 27 to appear on Stanton stage to promote the film (Civil war drama) “Drums in the Deep South”
22 Dec 1951 Box Office: local parade to promote the showing of the movie “Fort Defianceâ€
Here’s some more Fox history from Box Office:
24 June 1939 Box Office “Young Mr. Lincoln†with vaudeville show
20 July 1946 Box Office “Centennial Summer†exterior photos at Fox with crowd
15 Nov 1947 Box Office p 16, Catholic students & war veterans protested showing of film “Forever Amber”
18 March 1949 Box Office “A Letter to Three Wives” in its 3rd week at the Fox
11 Feb 1950 Box Office “Twelve O'Clock High” being shown at Fox
22 Sept 1951 Box Office p 13 photo of huge crowd outside Fox for the film “The Frogmen”
22 March 1952 Box Office: movie “Viva Zapata!” at Fox, 3rd week
24 May 1952 Box Office: “Deadline-U.S.A.†being shown
4 Oct 1952 Box Office: Fox recent policy to play film from other studios, not just Fox
16 June 1956 at Fox, for opening of movie “D-Day the Sixth of June” a tank driven by the Army
14 July 1956 Box Office to promote “The King and I” movie opening at Fox, Thailand finance minister’s wife Princess Rudivorian appeared
if you type in exactly
Boxoffice March 5, 1955
and enter 101 in page
there is description and INTERIOR PHOTOS, including auditorium and lobby. page 91 has daytime photo