Lee Marvin made his first appearance on the top ten box office stars list. In 1967 he was voted number two by the Quigley poll of national theater exhibitors.
“Marty” was the second movie to open first run outside Downtown Columbus to win the Oscar for Best Picture. The first movie was “Hamlet, ” a 1948 release. Both movies ran at the World. “Marty” won the 1955 Oscar.
Source: Motion Picture Daily, May 7, 1957
Opened December 20, 1940 at the RKO Palace in Columbus, Ohio
Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman along with Robert Duvall alternated sharing an apartment in New York City in the fifties.
Treat Williams, RIP (1951 - 2023)
Sidney Poitier Films at Columbus, Ohio Page 27
Source: BOXOFFICE, January 11, 1941
Date of article: March 2, 1950
Quincy Jones, RIP (1933 - 2024)
“The Nebraskan” was also a 3D production, but a conventional, 2D version was shown in the first run Downtown.
Source: Columbus Dispatch, May 5, 1954 - p. 36
Source: Columbus Dispatch, July 17, 2021 - p. 18
Lee Marvin made his first appearance on the top ten box office stars list. In 1967 he was voted number two by the Quigley poll of national theater exhibitors.
“Marty” was the second movie to open first run outside Downtown Columbus to win the Oscar for Best Picture. The first movie was “Hamlet, ” a 1948 release. Both movies ran at the World. “Marty” won the 1955 Oscar.
James “Al” Jackson
March 7, 1928
Source: Columbus Dispatch, August 25, 1985
Source: Columbus Dispatch, October 12, 1961 - p. 18
Raquel Welch, RIP (1940 - 2023)
Raquel Welch, RIP (1940 - 2023)
Raquel Welch, RIP (1940 - 2023)
Source: Boxoffice January 18, 1941
It appears the name of the Drive-In should be spelled STARLITE.
A 1942 view of the auditorium
The year was 1994.
Boxoffice magazine