What do you mean by “only 21 of which are open”? Operating specifically as cinemas, or including other purposes such as performing arts or churches? Yesterday’s “movie clock” in the NY Daily News listed nine, nearly all multiplexes.
The world premiere engagement of the wartime romantic drama was expected to benefit from turn-away crowds at Radio City Music Hall, which was currently breaking records with “The White Cliffs of Dover.”
This was the night before “Memorial Day,” which then had a fixed date of May 30th and fell on a Saturday that year. In 1971, Congress changed the observance date of the holiday to the last Monday in May.
This was the first “Memorial Day” since Congress changed the observance date from May 30th to the last Monday in May. The ad was published the day prior, which happened to be a Sunday.
These were their bookings during the national holiday known as “Memorial Day,” which then had a fixed date of observance on May 30th and fell on a Tuesday that year. The holiday’s date has since been made “flexible” to facilitate three-day weekends.
The asbestos safety curtain was copied from the original one at Proctor’s Pleasure Palace, which had been totally demolished to make way for the Thomas Lamb atmospheric.
Since the departure of Lew Ayres from the title role, MGM’s “Dr. Kildare” series had turned to his superior,
Dr. Gillespie, for the central character…For the stage booking, Loew’s dropped the word “vaudeville,” since it was a packaged revue from a celebrated nightclub.
By this time, most of the individual seating had been replaced by pews. As the Brooklyn Tabernacle, the congregation became world-famous, and eventually moved to the former Loew’s Metropolitan, which has been magnificently rejuvenated. Some photos here
Hollywood’s “Box Office Princess” had blossomed into “Queen of the Teens,” or so publicity claimed.
By this time, vaudeville was no longer being presented, with the word replaced by “talking” at the left end of the marquee.
What do you mean by “only 21 of which are open”? Operating specifically as cinemas, or including other purposes such as performing arts or churches? Yesterday’s “movie clock” in the NY Daily News listed nine, nearly all multiplexes.
Photo has no exact date, but probably taken between Memorial Day and July 4th of that year.
Hollywood Paramount booked with “Bon Voyage,” a Walt Disney feature.
Name used here with single word “Skydome.”
A view towards the balcony and domed ceiling can be seen here
Whether B.F. Keith landed in heaven or not is unknown, but this mural in the auditorium’s central dome has been enchanting audiences since 1928.
Much of this disappeared in 1939, when RKO modernized some of its key theatres for the opening of the New York World’s Fair. See here
Upper left corner of proscenium showing need of repair.
The highest ticket prices of $4.50 for orchestra seats and $5.50 for loges would be equivalent to about $37 and $45 in 2018.
The marquee extended over adjacent stores.
Front of marquee notes opening that night, with vaudeville and Constance Talmadge in “Breakfast At Sunrise” on screen.
The world premiere engagement of the wartime romantic drama was expected to benefit from turn-away crowds at Radio City Music Hall, which was currently breaking records with “The White Cliffs of Dover.”
By this time, the Allied Forces had been victorious in Europe, but were still at war with Japan.
This was the night before “Memorial Day,” which then had a fixed date of May 30th and fell on a Saturday that year. In 1971, Congress changed the observance date of the holiday to the last Monday in May.
This is a wider and clearer view of a previous upload, which I’ve now deleted.
This was the first “Memorial Day” since Congress changed the observance date from May 30th to the last Monday in May. The ad was published the day prior, which happened to be a Sunday.
Advertised as Prudential’s Hempstead Drive-In in a 1958 newspaper ad displayed here
Scalpers are offering tickets for the June 10th “Tony Awards” ceremony at RCMH for upwards of $500 each. Details here
These were their bookings during the national holiday known as “Memorial Day,” which then had a fixed date of observance on May 30th and fell on a Tuesday that year.
The holiday’s date has since been made “flexible” to facilitate three-day weekends.
For the week including the Memorial Day holiday, the Uptown’s top film presented the ice-skating queen in her first color feature.
The asbestos safety curtain was copied from the original one at Proctor’s Pleasure Palace, which had been totally demolished to make way for the Thomas Lamb atmospheric.
Since the departure of Lew Ayres from the title role, MGM’s “Dr. Kildare” series had turned to his superior, Dr. Gillespie, for the central character…For the stage booking, Loew’s dropped the word “vaudeville,” since it was a packaged revue from a celebrated nightclub.
By this time, most of the individual seating had been replaced by pews. As the Brooklyn Tabernacle, the congregation became world-famous, and eventually moved to the former Loew’s Metropolitan, which has been magnificently rejuvenated. Some photos here