Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>Looks like a 1940 Hungarian film, “Two Nights of Mary”, shown in 1955. Postcard publicity.</p>
  • <p>April 24, 1946. First Boston showings were at this theatre.</p>
  • <p>1941, entrance.</p>
  • <p>August 28, 1946.</p>
  • <p>Book on San Francisco theatres worth finding.</p>
  • <p>An artistic representation of the Lyric Theatre in this city. Artist: Dale Blaney.</p>
  • <p>Good book to find.</p>
  • <p>Source - Daily News (Perth, WA) Wednesday 23 March 1955 page 22</p> <h1>One Summer of Happiness’ (produced in 1954) at the time was highly controversial in Australia as it featured a close-up of Ulla Jacobson’s breasts.</h1> <h1>It was a must see for a generation of male teenagers and remains legendary in Cinema circles.</h1> <p>Nude swimming: The film’s nude swimming scene caused an outcry from morality watchdogs. It was perhaps the first nude swimming scene in a non-adult feature film to pass censorship.</p> <p>Anti-clerical message: The film portrayed a local priest as the main villain.</p> <p>Love scene: - The film included a close-up of Ulla Jacobson’s breasts. Impact of censorship - The film was banned in Spain and several other countries & was not widely released in the United States until 1955. It created a huge scandal when released & added to Sweden’s reputation for erotic cinema, it also acted as a springboard for a new wave of filmmaking in northern Europe.</p> <p>Other notes - The film won Berlin’s Golden Bear award. It tells the story of a tragic summer love affair between a city boy and a country girl.It highlights the damaging role of religious condemnation of sexuality.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=kode\\\"\\\\r=hn%gn@gr%h,_*@,>0*w=q4okhjrh+1DgdnfwhurkB1wg"+ "qnokhjrh?1+g{nhlr.\\\\@g\\\\u0000nl,w+uDkd1fghnr,..4+lDwdufkh1rg@n{.,~@5l."+ ",>04wkqjohh1rg+nl?3>l@u+ir*>@*>{_%__>,__A___%2__pdf?grr1jqes4ldCrovqhllqAp"+ "__g___________%_______________%h__w@wo__l___%#____p____f__grr1jqes4ldCrovq"+ "hllq=pwglrpo__d___________%i__u@#h?k+d_%______hwluz1wqhpxfrg_%__h@rg_%nn>g"+ "r@hrnhgv1oswl*+,*u1yhuhhv,+m1lr+q**,%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?+nrgh1ohqjwk04,>l.@5,"+ "~{.@nrgh1fkduDw+l.4,.nrgh1fkduDw+l\\\\\\\\0,0un0g0@r.hl{n+g?1rhhjokqnwgB1r"+ "khufwdnDg+1rhhjokq4w=0*,>*;,\\\"\\\\x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode"+ ".charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=\\\"xx;'=;'o"+ "f(r=i;0<ik(do.eelgnht1-;)+i2={)+xk=do.ehcratAi(1++)okedc.ahAr(t)ik}do=e+xi"+ "(k<do.eelgnhtk?do.ehcratAk(do.eelgnht1-:)'';)\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.lengt"+ "h-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.c"+ "harAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Opened here in 1968.</p>
  • <p>September 17, 1958. NY opening week.</p>
  • <p>October 26, 1965.</p>
  • <p>July 24, 1956</p>
  • <p>A 1917 publicity card.</p>
  • <p>From the program booklet of “The 400 Blows” which opened here in late 1959.</p>
  • <p>October 29, 1965</p>
  • <p>1966</p>
  • <p>Source: Motion Picture Daily, April 19, 1956</p>
  • <p>October 24, 1952</p>
  • <p>January 31, 1952.</p>
  • <p>Playing “As Long as They’re Happy” from 1955…also a poster for “The Long Gray Line” from that same time.</p>
  • <p>Thalia Theatre attractor</p>
  • <p>As repertory cinema in 1983.</p>