Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>August 28, 1951.</p>
  • <p>Interior photos and description (1940)</p>
  • <p>Photo in March 13, 1980 Boston Globe. Just before the cinema closed for good.</p>
  • <p>October 7, 1952.</p>
  • <p>“L'ebreo errante” in 1949.</p>
  • <p>August 3, 1984.</p>
  • <p>Sidney Poitier across from the Apollo and Times Square theatres on January 14, 1959.</p>
  • <p>The Oct. 6, 1951 issue of Boxoffice ran a two-page story about manager Ronald Means' work in transforming an 8x10-foot space into a little concession stand. The original caption:</p> <p>Maximum efficiency in minimum space has been achieved in this 8x10-foot concession stand at the Oak Park Theatre, Kansas City, Mo. Since remodeling the neighborhood theatre has almost doubled its former refreshment business.</p>
  • <p>Film director Jean Renoir spoke at the nearby Loeb Center. Though this event did not occur at the Brattle itself, since many of his films have been shown here over the decades, I feel it is apt to post this Harvard Crimson article here from March 6, 1965.</p>
  • <p>December 2, 1928.</p>
  • <p>1968 end-of-season classic film series.</p>
  • <p>Tax photo taken between 1939 and 1941.</p>
  • <p>Auditorium, December 2021.</p>
  • <p>October 3, 1973 in the Harvard Crimson.</p>
  • <p>April 29, 1968 trade ad in BO Magazine.</p>
  • <p>April 19, 1961. First day.</p>
  • <p>Playing the 1944 Hopalong Cassidy western “Mystery Man”.</p>
  • <p>October 28, 1928. Part of a full page ad in the Hartford Courant urging people to “Buy in Parkville.” Page A9.</p>
  • <p>May 18, 1924 as the Rialto Theatre. In the Courant.</p>
  • <p>I programmed this here on a double bill with Rossellini’s “Flowers of St. Francis” in July 1988.</p>
  • <p>1937 shot of the Webster Theatre</p>
  • <p>November 28, 1944 in the Havre Daily News.</p>
  • <p>United, Westerly, RI from their website.</p>
  • <p>From an ad in the Hartford Courant June 4, 1944 which touts the air-conditioning in this theatre and the Rivoli.</p>
  • <p>Opening night crowd, November 19, 1937. Photo in Courant November 28.</p>