Just to be clear, as the person who uploaded this lied when they said this was licensed under a Creative Commons (Attribution) license, this image is a copyrighted work of WBIR screenshotted from this article:
Yep, as the link I provided a day before you already said. Also, that’s WBIR’s copyrighted image which you haven’t obtained permission to use, and not a Creative Commons-licensed image as you claimed when uploading it, which is why I didn’t upload it myself.
While trying to find a TV filming location, I stumbled on an old article mentioning a new show in the Yorkville Theatre, published in the New York Clipper (20 Nov 1918), just a week or so after the end of World War I.
The text of the article, which includes some history of the theatre itself, follows:
YORKVILLE TO HAVE BLANEY STOCK CO.
OPENS NOV. 23 WITH “THE BRAT”
Charles and Harry Blaney have taken a lease on the Yorkville Theatre and will open it next Saturday with a matinee performance of “The Brat,” rehearsals of which are now progressing under the direction of Hal Briggs.
The company, which was engaged through the Paul Scott offices, has Frances McGrath as leading woman and Forrest Orr as leading man, both well known players. Miss McGrath will be remembered as leading woman of the Keith Stock Company in the Bronx a few years ago, when her work established her as a prime favorite with the Bronxites.
Other members of the company are Cecil Kern, Mabel Montgomery, Helen Chase, William Wagner, John O'Hara and John Ravold.
The Yorkville Theatre, located on Eighty-sixth Street, near Third Avenue, has during its career been given over to various forms of amusement. In its early days it was one of the week stand combination houses and played many good attractions. It was also the home of vaudeville. Later it was the home of burlesque and still later was given over to pictures. Before the United States entered the war it was conducted by Adolf Philipp, who presented plays with a German stock company. This season Manager Philipp opened it with the intention of producing a series of musical comedies from his own pen in English. He opened with a brand new play, but it found no favor, and after a very short season he closed.
The house is well located for a first class stock house, being of easy access from upper New York’s East Side population, and the fact that there is no dramatic stock company in that district augurs well for its success.
The Blaney’s [sic] intend to give their patrons none but the best of the recently released successes with an occasional production of a new play. Each will be made a special production, with special scenery by their own scenic artist. The prices will range from 25 cents to $1.00, and there will be three matinees a week, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
There are several interesting things I’ve found online related to this theater. Of these, by far the most detailed, not surprisingly, is the National Register of Historic Places registration form, which covers its genesis, design, construction and the many alterations made over the years in extreme detail, complete with diagrams, quotes from historic newspaper articles and more:
An article from May 2000 discussing its resurrection can be found here:
https://web.ornl.gov/info/reporter/no15/etd.htm
Finally, a couple of photos of the Ritz playing backdrop to violent anti-desegregation protests in 1956 can be seen in an issue of Life Magazine from that year, courtesy of Google’s archive:
Admittedly rather late, CinemaHolic, but I can answer your question.
When they closed with not even one day’s notice — the closing was announced the day after the last customers left the building — they were screening the following eight films: Joker, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, IT Chapter Two, The Addams Family, Hustlers, Gemini Man, Abominable and Zombieland: Double Tap.
You can see the marquee with Regal’s name blanked out in a photo shot the morning that the closure was announced, and published in an article by local TV station WBIR here:
It’s sadly too late to have captured the street level facade, marquee etc., but a new website called 1940s New York has a nice shot of the Yorkville building shot sometime between 1939-41, and showing the stores that were there at the time. You can see it at the link below, after acknowledging their popover. (You’ll see a different, unrelated image until it’s acknowledged.)
Correction to the address: It was Yue Man Square at the junction of Fu Yan Street, not Yuen Man Square.
It was one of the three oldest buildings in the commercial centre of Kwun Tong, built shortly after reclamation was completed, and was demolished as part of the Urban Renewal Authority’s Kwun Tong Town Centre project.
You can see a lot more info on the original area here:
Just to be clear, as the person who uploaded this lied when they said this was licensed under a Creative Commons (Attribution) license, this image is a copyrighted work of WBIR screenshotted from this article:
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/knoxville-center-mall-to-announce-it-will-close-at-the-end-of-january/51-ca6d04ae-5a18-436e-adeb-ce2531b1c7a8
Per their template footer, it is explicitly a copyrighted work and should therefore be removed.
I have reported it to the site admin almost six months ago; there is nothing else I can do if they choose to ignore copyright theft as they’ve done.
Yep, as the link I provided a day before you already said. Also, that’s WBIR’s copyrighted image which you haven’t obtained permission to use, and not a Creative Commons-licensed image as you claimed when uploading it, which is why I didn’t upload it myself.
While trying to find a TV filming location, I stumbled on an old article mentioning a new show in the Yorkville Theatre, published in the New York Clipper (20 Nov 1918), just a week or so after the end of World War I.
https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=NYC19181120.2.63&e=———-en-20—1—img-txIN————–
The text of the article, which includes some history of the theatre itself, follows:
YORKVILLE TO HAVE BLANEY STOCK CO.
OPENS NOV. 23 WITH “THE BRAT”
Charles and Harry Blaney have taken a lease on the Yorkville Theatre and will open it next Saturday with a matinee performance of “The Brat,” rehearsals of which are now progressing under the direction of Hal Briggs.
The company, which was engaged through the Paul Scott offices, has Frances McGrath as leading woman and Forrest Orr as leading man, both well known players. Miss McGrath will be remembered as leading woman of the Keith Stock Company in the Bronx a few years ago, when her work established her as a prime favorite with the Bronxites.
Other members of the company are Cecil Kern, Mabel Montgomery, Helen Chase, William Wagner, John O'Hara and John Ravold.
The Yorkville Theatre, located on Eighty-sixth Street, near Third Avenue, has during its career been given over to various forms of amusement. In its early days it was one of the week stand combination houses and played many good attractions. It was also the home of vaudeville. Later it was the home of burlesque and still later was given over to pictures. Before the United States entered the war it was conducted by Adolf Philipp, who presented plays with a German stock company. This season Manager Philipp opened it with the intention of producing a series of musical comedies from his own pen in English. He opened with a brand new play, but it found no favor, and after a very short season he closed.
The house is well located for a first class stock house, being of easy access from upper New York’s East Side population, and the fact that there is no dramatic stock company in that district augurs well for its success.
The Blaney’s [sic] intend to give their patrons none but the best of the recently released successes with an occasional production of a new play. Each will be made a special production, with special scenery by their own scenic artist. The prices will range from 25 cents to $1.00, and there will be three matinees a week, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
There are several interesting things I’ve found online related to this theater. Of these, by far the most detailed, not surprisingly, is the National Register of Historic Places registration form, which covers its genesis, design, construction and the many alterations made over the years in extreme detail, complete with diagrams, quotes from historic newspaper articles and more:
https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/330817f7-06f0-479d-a5b9-6d6ac51b4177
There are also numerous historic photos of the Ritz in a separate document, although note that they may still be copyrighted:
https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/a0d9a95c-f0df-4672-a04c-87a3a69e5acd
An article from May 2000 discussing its resurrection can be found here:
https://web.ornl.gov/info/reporter/no15/etd.htm
Finally, a couple of photos of the Ritz playing backdrop to violent anti-desegregation protests in 1956 can be seen in an issue of Life Magazine from that year, courtesy of Google’s archive:
https://books.google.com/books?id=6kcEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA34&pg=PA34#v=onepage
Admittedly rather late, CinemaHolic, but I can answer your question.
When they closed with not even one day’s notice — the closing was announced the day after the last customers left the building — they were screening the following eight films: Joker, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, IT Chapter Two, The Addams Family, Hustlers, Gemini Man, Abominable and Zombieland: Double Tap.
You can see the marquee with Regal’s name blanked out in a photo shot the morning that the closure was announced, and published in an article by local TV station WBIR here:
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/knoxville-center-mall-to-announce-it-will-close-at-the-end-of-january/51-ca6d04ae-5a18-436e-adeb-ce2531b1c7a8
It’s sadly too late to have captured the street level facade, marquee etc., but a new website called 1940s New York has a nice shot of the Yorkville building shot sometime between 1939-41, and showing the stores that were there at the time. You can see it at the link below, after acknowledging their popover. (You’ll see a different, unrelated image until it’s acknowledged.)
https://1940s.nyc/map/photo/nynyma_rec0040_1_01515_0026#18.23/40.779546/-73.954794
Correction to the address: It was Yue Man Square at the junction of Fu Yan Street, not Yuen Man Square.
It was one of the three oldest buildings in the commercial centre of Kwun Tong, built shortly after reclamation was completed, and was demolished as part of the Urban Renewal Authority’s Kwun Tong Town Centre project.
You can see a lot more info on the original area here:
http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/CADAL/B3863143X.pdf