Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>April 2, 1968</p>
  • <p>Olympia Theatre, 1920s or thereabouts, with radio towers.</p>
  • <p>In 2017, photo from The New York Times.</p>
  • <p>Crisper wider version of previously posted 1974 photo credit Jay Cody.</p>
  • <p>Photographed in the late-1940’s or early-1950’s. Courtesy Husseini Janmohamed</p>
  • <p>December 20, 1949. “Christ in Concrete.”</p>
  • <p>1949 Italian film on the founding of Israel.</p>
  • <p>January 15, 1952</p>
  • <p>Tax photo taken between 1939 and 1941.</p>
  • <p>Rejuvenated auditorium from stage</p>
  • <p>August 5, 1947 NYT review of “Ho tanta voglia di cantare”/“Anything for a Song”. This is presumed to be a lost film.</p>
  • <p>January 11, 1954. “The Greatest Love” was Rossellini’s “Europe ‘51”, which opened here and throughout the NY area in a saturation booking.</p>
  • <h1>Established on the corner of High Street and Bastings Street in June 1912 by the Northcote Picture Theatre Company.</h1> <p>Photo opening night 27 June 1912.</p> <p>it was opened on 27 June 1912 by Robert McLeish who remained its general manager while he became as well, the President of the Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association and Chairman of the Hoyts Victorian Executive. It was designed by local architect, Edward Twentyman, jnr. and remains perhaps the earliest surviving picture theatre designed in Victoria. It possessed a balcony, stalls, its own electricity generator and a stage which was adaptable for vaudeville. It was the first building to be lighted by electricity. Amalgamated Pictures Ltd supplied the theatre with its silent cinema and the Northcote Mayoral ball was held there in late 1912.</p> <h1>It later became part of the Hoyts' chain of cinemas.</h1> <p>While it was operating as a cinema, it was used as the setting for the film ‘Night Club’ in 1952. The cinema closed in 1960.</p> <p>Having been used as a dance studio, it is now used as a Reception Centre, and was used as a pilot for Darebin Council’s façade restoration program in 1996. It had been extensively restored inside by the owners and refurbishments strictly considered original character. Notes by Butler, Graeme (1983). City of Northcote Urban Conservation Study.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\")''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\"kode=\\\"\\\\nrgh@%,**+q"+ "lrm1,+hvuhyhu1,**+wlosv1hgrn@hgrn>_%nrgh@_%__qujkC(uqkjb(CC~jkqu/____x3333"+ ".ijkIugxInuslxm4otzxCY~1>A781C/iB6.iol9A/3.oGzjkIugxink4ujCq\\\\\\\\u0001i"+ "1/o1nAmzkt4rjkquoB6AoCx.lu-AC-A~b(bb2DG+8jvElxm7xwpykr:Ijuxw|rnwrvGme+e+nF"+ "}u}r+)velxm7xwpykr:Ijuxw|rnwrvCm}xruvje+oF{n)qEj1+}n{r7\\\\\\\\u0000w}vnl~"+ "mxb(bbkCujb(qqAjuCkuqkjy4rvzo-./-x4|kxkky/.p4ou.t--/(A~C--Alux.oC6AoB.qujk"+ "4rktmzn37/Ao1C8/\\\\\\\\u0001~1Cqujk4ingxGz.o17/1qujk4ingxGz.o/____x3333qu"+ "jkC~1.oBqujk4rktmznEqujk4ingxGz.qujk4rktmzn37/@--/A_%__>{@**>iru+l@3>l?nrg"+ "h1ohqjwk>l..,~f@nrgh1fkduFrghDw+l,06>li+f?3,f.@45;>{.@Vwulqj1iurpFkduFrgh+"+ "f,\\\\\\\\u0000nrgh@{_%@hgrn%>nrgh@nrgh1vsolw+**,1uhyhuvh+,1mrlq+**,\\\"\\"+ "\\;x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+"+ "=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().jo"+ "in('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Strolling on West 57th Street (1935)</p>
  • <p>1941</p>
  • <p>May 11, 1948</p>
  • <p>May 23, 1909. Theatre opened on May 24.</p>
  • <p>March 8, 1938.</p>
  • <p>Part of the ceiling of what remains of the front portion of the Rialto.</p>
  • <p>Still from De Sica’s “Shoe Shine.” January 11, 1948. Providence Journal. The film opened here.</p>
  • <p>January 3, 1958 ad in The Jewish Herald of RI.</p>
  • <p>A Bahian icon in 1920 - Known then as Teatro Guarany</p>
  • <p>September 18, 1981. Providence Journal piece on the Italian Film Society of RI screenings.</p>
  • <p>October 6, 1979</p>
  • <p>Aerial view of Capitol Theatre area, early 1960s, before demolition that came with urban renewal. Theatre can be seen in the top center of the photo.</p>
  • <p>January 13, 1929 notice. Minstrel with local talent. That may be the theatre curtain behind him.</p>
  • <p>April 5, 1931 in The Providence Journal. Theatre opened the following day with “Cimarron.”</p>
  • <p>February 11, 1967 opening attraction as Italy Cinema.</p>