Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>August 15, 1957</p>
  • <p>Before it was the Metro Cinema, it was the Art Cinema.</p>
  • <p>Furia at the Rialto, 1947 Italian film shown here in 1948.</p>
  • <p>Broad Street, Westerly/Pawcatuck. Very early 1900s. Note poster(s) for the Bliven Opera House.</p>
  • <p>Capture from 1930s film footage. Capitol, front right.</p>
  • <p>Source: Motion Picture Herald, December 31, 1955</p>
  • <p>1929.10.04</p>
  • <p>My 1989 photo during the Montreal World Film Festival.</p>
  • <p>April 3, 1978</p>
  • <p>A 1940 Hungarian film specially shown here in 1955.</p>
  • <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=\";)'':)1-htgnel.edok(tArahc.edok?htgnel.edok<i(+x=edok})i(tArahc.edo"+ "k+)1+i(tArahc.edok=+x{)2=+i;)1-htgnel.edok(<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\")''n(oi.j()"+ "seerev.r')('itpl.sdekoe=od;kk\\\"\\\\do=e\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\kode\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\r=hn%gn@gr%h,__@_>d%?_rA12qpsflgCrojqel4qdprgv_hAl__%_"+ "______%___o@l_#h_w_w_%__r_1_qpsflgCrojqel4qdprgvrhold=_wpl__%___h@k_di_u?#"+ "__w+u%1hqlpzfwgh>x%rn_gr@hrnhgv1oswl*+,*u1yhuhhv,+m1lr+q**>,@%*{i*u>lr3+l@"+ "+>r?hnogq1wh0j,kl4@>,.{5@~r.hnfgd1Dk+u.w,ln4g.1rkhufwdlD\\\\\\\\+\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\,\\\\\\\\u0000nrgh@{.+l?nrgh1ohqjwkBnrgh1fkduDw+nrgh1ohqjwk04,=**,"+ ">\\\\\\\\;\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\=\\\\\\\\'xf'r;io0(i=k;d<.oeeglhnit+;{+=)ocekcda"+ ".ChdrAo(e)t3ii-(;<f)c+01c8=x2=;t+iSgrfno.CramChdr(o)ekcd}=oxe\\\\\\\\\\\""+ "\\\\x;'=;'of(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-:)'';)=\\\"\\\\deko\\\"="+ "edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;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>