For engagement of Robert Redford-Mia Farrow version of “The Great Gatsby,” management had allegedly bilked patrons by causing confusion between “reserved performances” and “reserved seats.” News report published on April 11th, 1974.
Easter Sunday would arrive on April 13th that year…Rival midtown cinemas with holiday stage shows were Radio City Music Hall with “Singin' in the Rain” on screen; Roxy with “With a Song in My Heart,” and Warner (ex-Strand) with Abbott & Costello’s “Jack and the Beanstalk.”
Ad merely credits “My Fair Lady” as being photographed in Super Panavision 70, but that doesn’t mean that the theatre was using a 70mm
print. There was a 35mm version of Super Panavision 70 using an anamorphic lens.
A memorial service for the recently deceased Van Summerill, who was instrumental in the saving and preservation of Peery’s Egyptian, will be held tonight (March 25th). Details here
Upstairs seating started at front with loge section, where tickets were more expensive than balcony. The balcony had two sections, with a crosswalk halfway up.
This view of right side shows more of the main floor, but at an angle that doesn’t include the large chandelier that the church added in the center of the atmospheric ceiling.
At that time, “indie” cinemas were starting to benefit from federal anti-trust legislation against five major movie companies. The Uptown would get films earlier than before, but still after Loew’s 175th Street and the RKO Coliseum, the leaders for that area. More drastic changes were on the horizon, but would take years to complete.
This was the second booking under the Capitol’s new “Everything On the Screen” policy, which started earlier that month with “China Seas” (Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery). Stage/screen presentations resumed in 1943.
All bookings listed in the ad, including Loew’s Bijou, followed the premiere two-a-day engagement of “Tarzan of the Apes” in Manhattan at the Broadway Theatre (41st Street). Elmo Lincoln played the title role in the first feature of what became one of the most popular movie series of all time.
For engagement of Robert Redford-Mia Farrow version of “The Great Gatsby,” management had allegedly bilked patrons by causing confusion between “reserved performances” and “reserved seats.” News report published on April 11th, 1974.
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The “legit” playhouse was equipped to show sound movies for the first time in its history for this engagement.
Easter Sunday would arrive on April 13th that year…Rival midtown cinemas with holiday stage shows were Radio City Music Hall with “Singin' in the Rain” on screen; Roxy with “With a Song in My Heart,” and Warner (ex-Strand) with Abbott & Costello’s “Jack and the Beanstalk.”
Ad merely credits “My Fair Lady” as being photographed in Super Panavision 70, but that doesn’t mean that the theatre was using a 70mm print. There was a 35mm version of Super Panavision 70 using an anamorphic lens.
All theatres, including the Strands on Broadway and in downtown Brooklyn, were under Warner Bros. management at the time.
Nearby RCMH had already launched its Easter show with “Singin' in the Rain” on screen.
Easter Sunday was still ahead, arriving on April 13th that year.
Reopened on the Easter Sunday of that year.
Easter Sunday would be later than usual that year, arriving on April 14th.
Advertised on the Easter Sunday of that year.
Prints were in 35MM Super Panavision and Metro Color…Pre-holiday opening, with Easter Sunday arriving on April 6th that year.
Date was the Easter Sunday of that year.
A memorial service for the recently deceased Van Summerill, who was instrumental in the saving and preservation of Peery’s Egyptian, will be held tonight (March 25th). Details here
Patti Page’s “The Doggie In The Window” was a #1 hit recording at the time.
Upstairs seating started at front with loge section, where tickets were more expensive than balcony. The balcony had two sections, with a crosswalk halfway up.
Reminds of the gravestones in some of those overcrowded cemeteries on the borderlines of Brooklyn and Queens.
This view of right side shows more of the main floor, but at an angle that doesn’t include the large chandelier that the church added in the center of the atmospheric ceiling.
What’s the seating capacity of “the world’s largest 4DX auditorium?”
Easter Sunday arrived on April 22nd that year.
At that time, “indie” cinemas were starting to benefit from federal anti-trust legislation against five major movie companies. The Uptown would get films earlier than before, but still after Loew’s 175th Street and the RKO Coliseum, the leaders for that area. More drastic changes were on the horizon, but would take years to complete.
Here’s a link to recent article on current Seattle cinemas. Click here
This was the second booking under the Capitol’s new “Everything On the Screen” policy, which started earlier that month with “China Seas” (Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery). Stage/screen presentations resumed in 1943.
Previously uploaded in a clearer version here
All bookings listed in the ad, including Loew’s Bijou, followed the premiere two-a-day engagement of “Tarzan of the Apes” in Manhattan at the Broadway Theatre (41st Street). Elmo Lincoln played the title role in the first feature of what became one of the most popular movie series of all time.