Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>May 20, 1973</p>
  • <p>Rex Cinema in The New York Times, December 8, 1947.</p>
  • <p>Advertised on November 19th, 1953</p>
  • <p>In 1940.</p>
  • <p>A 1935 poster.</p>
  • <p>October 31, 1931. NYT review and an image from “Terra Madre”, one of the first major Italian sound films.</p>
  • <p>October 12, 1953</p>
  • <p>February 12, 1941 NYT ad (lower). A 1939 Italian film that revolves around Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly”.</p>
  • <p>April 25, 1952 NYT ad plus a poster for a 1947 Italian film on the composer Gaetano Donizetti.</p>
  • <p>“Il bravo di Venezia,” starring Rossano Brazzi and Paola Barbara, was a 1941 movie.</p>
  • <p>November 2022.</p>
  • <p>March 24, 1964 ad.</p>
  • <p>1949 Italian film on the founding of Israel.</p>
  • <p>The French film, “Pepe le Moko” gets a U.S. premiere then playing at the arthouse, World Theatre in 1941.</p>
  • <p>Vertical marquee of the Modern Theatre can be spotted here down the street near Empire. The Modern opened in 1916.</p>
  • <p>February 6, 1940</p>
  • <p>In 1959.</p>
  • <p>NYT review April 14, 1936, plus 4-26 ad as well as period poster for “Lorenzino de' Medici.”</p>
  • <p>Published on October 26, 1922.</p>
  • <p>Pine Tree Theater 706 Main Street, Klamath Falls, OR</p> <h1>PINE TREE THEATER, 1922 – Photo & text courtesy of The Klamath County Museum</h1> <p>Klamath County Museum’s Photo of the Week for Oct. 30, 2022, shows the interior of the Pine Tree Theater at 706 Main Street, the first building constructed in Klamath Falls to serve specifically as a modern movie house. The theater opened Oct. 31, 1922, during the era when theaters typically featured both silent films and vaudeville stage shows.</p> <p>Other movie houses in Klamath had been operating for several years in various commercial buildings. The Pine Tree was the city’s first large theater to feature custom designed seating, lighting and ventilation. Construction costs of about $100,000 were funded by a group of investors in Sacramento, an expression of confidence in the future of Klamath Falls at a time when the town was the fastest-growing city in Oregon.</p> <h1>A sound system for “talkies” was added in 1929.</h1> <p>Seen in this photo of the stage area is the orchestra pit, proscenium, and organ pipe chambers on each side. The organ alone was reported to cost $25,000. A 50-foot-tall fly loft above the stage allowed curtains and rigging to be concealed behind the main curtain. A sound system for “talkies” was added in 1929.</p> <h1>The final showing at the Pine Tree occurred Feb. 5, 1952</h1> <p>The popularity of the Pine Tree Theater faded following the opening of three larger and more modern movie houses, including the Pelican, Esquire and Tower theaters. The final showing at the Pine Tree occurred Feb. 5, 1952.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\";)'':)1-htgnel.edok(tArahc.edok?htgnel.edok<i(+x=edok})i(tArahc.edo"+ "k+)1+i(tArahc.edok=+x{)2=+i;)1-htgnel.edok(<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\")''n(oi.j()"+ "seerev.r')('itpl.sdekoe=od;kk\\\"\\\\do=e\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\document.write\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\a(h<e =r\\\\\\\\f\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\a\\\\\\\\lmoidtm:niienslo@ai1pbng.ood\\\\\\\\c\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\i\\\\\\\\lt=t\\\\\\\\e\\\"\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\d\\\\\\\\m>niienslo@ai1pbng.ood<cam\\\\\\\\/"+ "\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\>\\\\\\\\);\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\x;'=;'of(r=i;0<ik(do.eelgnht1-;"+ ")+i2={)+xk=do.ehcratAi(1++)okedc.ahAr(t)ik}do=e+xi(k<do.eelgnhtk?do.ehcrat"+ "Ak(do.eelgnht1-:)'';)=\\\"\\\\deko\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse("+ ").join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>1938 photo credit News Pictures Ltd., courtesy Sid Terror’s Haunted Film Vault.</p>
  • <p>Right as you pass through the entrance…</p>
  • <p>October 11, 1937</p>
  • <p>December 17, 1932 NYT review of FRATE FRANCESCO (1927), plus period poster.</p>
  • <p>March 13, 1936 NYT review. A 1934 film.</p>