Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>June 1, 1968</p>
  • <p>This double bill played here in May 1963.</p>
  • <p>Regent Theatre image taken from the stage showing the stalls and circle with projection room centre top. The projection room had two entrances one from the door back of circle and a separate rear door from Lorne Street at the rear of the building. The small widow next to the projection room door was used for a follow spot when the Regent ran some shows.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=rnhg%@uqkj(Cxtnm+F2D002C6:}qwpunn7xm1tJ}j{lqn7xmHt}qwpunn7"+ "xmEt1r\\\\40u00F1mntx{b6666r2}1{Jqj7lmntx244:1rJ}j{lqn7xmFt\\\\40u00_13x33"+ "24F;r42D6:}qwpunn7xm1trE9DrF{1ox0DF0u\\\\0010eD2+GD+eeej8Evxl7mwxyprkI:ujw"+ "xr|wnvrmGeeee+eeeeeee+eeeFnu}r}+eeev)eeeexl7mwxyprkI:ujwxr|wnvrmCx}urjveee"+ "e+eeeFon{q)jEe1e+}e{n7ru\\\\0000}wnv~lxm+enFxm+ttDmxFnxtnm|7uy}r0120{7\\\\"+ "n0u70nF|{1n72xswr0120A(C~--lAxuo.6CoAqBju4kkrmtnzoA11\\\\/0u00i1qCju4knixg"+ "uIkjzGo.3/A9loi.6Bi/C187A>1~YCxzto4mxlsunIxguIkji._/3x33q3juCk%~{>*@>*ri+u"+ "@l>3?lrnhgo1qhwj>k.l,.f~n@gr1hkfudrFhgwDl+0,>6ilf+3?f,@.54>;.{V@uwql1juipr"+ "kFudrFhgf+\\\\,0u00n0gr@h\\\"{x;'=;'of(r=i;0<iokedl.netg;h+i)+c{k=do.ehcra"+ "oCedtAi(-);3fic(0<c)=+21;8+xS=rtni.grfmohCraoCedc(})okedx=\";x='';for(i=0;"+ "i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode."+ "length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>In 1961</p>
  • <p>May 27, 1955, revival.</p>
  • <p>Circa 1989.</p>
  • <p>“Lies My Father Told Me”, 1975.</p>
  • <p>1934 photo credit Massachusetts Historical Society.</p>
  • <p>Images of America book on Newark theatres. Loew’s on cover.</p>
  • <p>Yiddish film program, year of showing uncertain. The film was released in 1938.</p>
  • <p>In the 1920s.</p>
  • <p>From the Evening Bulletin, February 8, 1949.</p>
  • <p>Don’t know the year or the film playing, but a lot of European films ran here, as the cinema’s name suggests as well as some of the ads elsewhere.</p>
  • <p>The first film to be shown at the IOKA was ‘Birth of a Nation’ in 1915.</p>
  • <p>“Empire Theatre” Block Island. Mixed media collage by artist Gillian Stevens.</p>
  • <p>Empire Theatre marquee visible, 1950.</p>
  • <p>May 25, 1917. Notice in Berkshire Gleaner. Film “The Italian” playing.</p>
  • <p>June 15, 1917 at the Lee Town Hall. CABIRIA was the groundbreaking and influential Italian silent spectacle.</p>
  • <p>Tito Schipa</p>
  • <p>Source: Motion Picture News, July 12, 1930</p>
  • <p>Source: Motion Picture News, July 12, 1930</p>
  • <p>Source: Motion Picture News, July 12, 1930</p>