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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Poli Theatre on Aug 22, 2018 at 11:36 am

The Capitol was a replacement for Poli’s Theatre, which opened in 1903 with about 2,200 seats and used portions of the Coliseum, a bankrupted indoor arena built in 1899. S.Z. Poli purchased adjacent land to create a Main Street entrance for his first Hartford outlet. Vaudeville was the main attraction, but movies were gradually added as the medium developed. Poli’s profits were enough to build the nearby Palace Theatre, which opened in 1914 and made the showman dominant on Main Street. By the end of the decade, the older theatre was becoming obsolete, so Poli decided to replace it with the larger and grander Capitol Theatre, which opened in August, 1920, at the same location. Poli’s Theatre was almost totally demolished, except for part of a side wall and brickwork that dated back to the original Coliseum.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Aug 22, 2018 at 10:41 am

At bottom of page, management was also recommending its reserved first-mezzanine seats system, as well as general admission Gift Ticket Books for $5 and $10.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Poli Theatre on Aug 22, 2018 at 10:10 am

The cavernous space reminded of a movie set for a railroad terminal…The white marble staircase in the foreground had a twin to the right out of camera view except for its base.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Akron Civic Theatre on Aug 22, 2018 at 9:35 am

The opposite end of the Grand Foyer, with staircase to the mezzanine promenade, can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Akron Civic Theatre on Aug 22, 2018 at 9:14 am

The entrance was just one ground plot wide, and had a narrow lobby that was about half-a-block long and connected to the Grand Foyer of the auditorium.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Aug 22, 2018 at 6:19 am

Yes, but Capitol offered “GWTW” with continuous performances, while Astor was reserved-seat roadshow. They were re-linked years later with “Quo Vadis” with the same policies.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Ambassador Theatre on Aug 21, 2018 at 7:38 am

Designed to reach kids before schools re-opened, the saturation bookings followed the Giant Gorilla’s premiere engagement at the Criterion Theatre in Times Square.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Aug 21, 2018 at 7:04 am

Crowds almost certainly included many out-of-towners who’d come to attend the New York World’s Fair during its first season.

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Comfortably Cool commented about City Theatre on Aug 20, 2018 at 8:49 am

Built by William Fox in partnership with Timothy Sullivan and George Kraus, the City Theatre first opened on April 18th, 1910. The initial policy of low-priced stage plays proved unsuccessful, and was switched to Fox’s brand of vaudeville/movies in December of that year…Interior was gutted and modernized with a single balcony in the 1930s.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Warner Twin Theatre on Aug 20, 2018 at 7:46 am

Keyed to the 25th anniversary of the Broadway debut of WB’s first “talkie,” the renovations included the installation of an RCA projection TV system.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Criterion Theatre on Aug 20, 2018 at 6:35 am

Daytime view displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Criterion Theatre on Aug 20, 2018 at 6:33 am

Compare to night view displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Apollo Theatre on Aug 20, 2018 at 5:12 am

The Apollo ran movies for decades, most notably under Brandt management as a showcase for foreign imports after their first-run engagements elsewhere.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Akron Civic Theatre on Aug 19, 2018 at 10:36 am

Was this really named Loew’s Akron? The city doesn’t appear on either marquee or vertical. Perhaps it was just Loew’s Theatre, with Akron added when a location was required, such as in Film Daily Year Books.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Harris Theater on Aug 18, 2018 at 8:29 am

“Pittsburgh’s Unusual Theatre” is displayed vertically at left on the post of what might be an art-deco floor lamp.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Egyptian Theatre on Aug 18, 2018 at 7:06 am

Opened at the UA Egyptian in 70MM on June 12th, 1987.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Aug 18, 2018 at 6:59 am

Available in monaural L.P. or “Living Stereo,” the RCA Victor album came with a 10-page, full color souvenir booklet of Music Hall scenes. Copies could be purchased at record stores as well as the theatre’s Grand Lounge. The Christmas screen attraction that year would be “Auntie Mame” with Rosalind Russell.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Apollo Theater on Aug 17, 2018 at 9:38 am

During this period in time, the Apollo usually booked movies just to fill gaps between stage shows, and didn’t include them in advertising. Sometimes the screen fare had to be pulled when a show ran too long, or to add an additional performance.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Aug 17, 2018 at 5:18 am

Today marks the 79th anniversary of one of the Capitol’s most legendary presentations. Ad here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's State Theatre on Aug 17, 2018 at 5:02 am

How does this discussion connect to Loew’s State? And it’s the Museum of the Moving Image (not Images), and the location is Astoria, Queens (not Queen).

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Comfortably Cool commented about Brooklyn Paramount on Aug 16, 2018 at 7:58 am

Some color renderings of the planned renovations can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Uptown Theatre on Aug 16, 2018 at 6:14 am

The balcony had a reported 1,623 seats. Beneath the balcony and set back above the main floor was a shallow mezzanine with 477 seats. Main floor seated 2,281.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Warner Twin Theatre on Aug 15, 2018 at 9:14 am

Eddie Anderson had become so identified as valet “Rochester” on Jack Benny’s radio program that his actual name isn’t mentioned in the ad. Describing him as the comedian’s “Shadow” would probably be denounced as racist today.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Aug 14, 2018 at 1:13 pm

The trio’s first feature since “The Big Store” in 1941…Independent producer David L. Loew was one of the twin sons born to Mr. & Mrs. Marcus Loew in 1897.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts on Aug 14, 2018 at 9:00 am

Same section of side wall as Loew’s Penn and Heinz Hall.