Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>The Lorraine Theater can be seen in the distance on the edge of the water</p>
  • <p>October 7, 1922. Piece in the Evening World.</p>
  • <p>Pix Theatre schedule from 1944.</p>
  • <p>July 31, 1952</p>
  • <p>In 1954.</p>
  • <p>In 1944 during the drive to combat infantile paralysis, this theatre (then called Loew’s State) collected more than any other RI theatre. This newspaper ad shows what participating RI theatres collected.</p>
  • <p>A Rare Of The Loews, Who Celebrated Its 50th Anniversary Taken On October 6, 1978.</p>
  • <p>The Darlton Theatre at its Grand Opening in 1940.</p>
  • <p>This 2003 film is as timely now in 2021 as it was in that earlier moment. IMDb description: “After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a pre-teen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.”</p>
  • <p>January 10, 1938. Pro-Italian-Fascist-Navy drama, “Aldebaran.” The day before, the Rialto showed the pro-Spanish-Republic documentary by Joris Ivens, “The Spanish Earth.”</p>
  • <p>©Providence Journal</p>
  • <p>Fire at this drive-in, 1978. Providence Journal story.</p>
  • <p>In 1937, the land occupied by this cycledrome would become the E.M. Loew’s Providence Drive-In.</p>
  • <p>1937</p>
  • <p>Two Gone With the Wind tickets from 1940.</p>
  • <p>The old auditorium.</p>
  • <p>In 1941.</p>
  • <p>I enjoy the way the railroad tracks used by the Rail Runner Express commuter train end right next to the Jean Cocteau.</p> <p>A moviegoer could probably take the train up from Albuquerque, see an afternoon show, then walk several yards back to the historic train station behind the theater and catch a train home.</p> <p>Photo taken in May 2014.</p>
  • <p>Coleman Theatre block, vintage postcard.</p>