Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>March 15, 1976. Tribute to an esteemed reviewer/critic for The Providence Journal.</p>
  • <p>“The Dream of Butterfly” (Il sogno di Butterfly, Premiere der Butterfly) 1939 poster. Shown here as “Sogno di Butterfly” in 1941 and 1942.</p>
  • <p>April 14, 1931</p>
  • <p>February 18, 1970</p>
  • <p>January 13, 1939</p>
  • <p>February 20, 1916</p>
  • <p>In 1962.</p>
  • <p>Italian poster for the 1947 film shown at the Avon in 1948 as “La Traviata” or “The Lost One”, a rendition of Verdi’s opera. Gino Mattera, a performer in the film, had a RI relative who came to see the movie every day it played here.</p>
  • <p>February 23, 1979</p>
  • <p>1941</p>
  • <p>Its original projection and one of its two owners June Tarrant, taken in 1984.</p>
  • <p>Photographed as the Clapton Cinematograph Theatre in 1916.</p>
  • <p>San Francisco - Painting by Stanton Manolakas (1946-2022) Powell Cinema marquee visible on left.</p>
  • <p>“The Sad Horse”, 1959 film.</p>
  • <p>As a church in 2025. Google image.</p>
  • <p>May 1, 1958</p>
  • <p>August 1, 1951</p>
  • <p>Old postcard view of Broadway with a portion of the President marquee visible.</p>
  • <p>February 28, 1953 in Boxoffice.</p>
  • <p>Source: Motion Picture Herald, April 5, 1941</p>
  • <p>Teatro Globe</p>
  • <p>In 1961.</p>
  • <p>Photo of Los Feliz 3’s theater, facing the screen, circa 1/19/2026</p>
  • <p>Stage and screen actors Tallulah Bankhead and Marlon Brando together in Cocteau’s play “Eagle Rampant” (Eagle Has Two Heads). December 25, 1946 ad in The Providence Journal.</p>