Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>Opened here in February 1948 when it was the Arena Cinema Verdi. This opera-themed film was made in wartime Italy in 1942.</p>
  • <p>September 1, 1948 ad. A 1942 Italian film titled “Don Giovanni,” based on the Mozart opera. With Adriano Rimoldi and Rina Morelli.</p>
  • <p>April 5, 1947</p>
  • <p>October 14, 1953</p>
  • <p>May 10, 1963</p>
  • <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>