Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>July 16, 1931</p>
  • <p>The Independent Film Journal “Drive-In” Issue 1950</p>
  • <p>June 17, 1954</p>
  • <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=\")''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok;\\\"kode=\\\"\\\\nrgh@%>,**="+ ",40kwjqho1hgrn+wDudkf1hgrnBkwjqho1hgrn?l+.{@hgrn\\\\\\\\u0000,l+wDudkf1hgr"+ "n.,4.l+wDudkf1hgrn@.{~,5@.l>,40kwjqho1hgrn+?l>3@l+uri>**@{>_%,>**,=04wkqjo"+ "hh1rg+nDwdufkh1rgBnwkqjohh1rg?n+l{.h@rg\\\\\\\\u0000nl,w+uDkd1fghnr,..4+lD"+ "wdufkh1rg@n{.,~@5l.,>04wkqjohh1rg+nl?3>l@u+ir*>@*>{{_%__@hgrn\\\\\\\\u0000"+ ",f+hgrFudkFprui1jqluwV@.{>;54@.f,3?f+il>60,l+wDhgrFudkf1hgrn@f~,..l>kwjqho"+ "1hgrn?l>3@l+uri>**@{_____%__->./o-pt/uk4x.|yxk/k-4z-r.yokvu4Cjjqqk(uuA{jki"+ "zs}to4kx(zB.&bxglnbk(Csbobzg@roukjysutgo7thrmFuojvits4bubbz(z&kobr(Cbb(bDb"+ "obkjysutgo7thrmFuojvits45uDBbgA(C/j(qk@u_____%__hgrn@_%__ghnr_%@hgrn%>nrgh"+ "@nrgh1vsolw+**,1uhyhuvh+,1mrlq+**,\\\"\\\\;x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++)"+ "{c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x\\\""+ "=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Opened here in 1968.</p>