Photos favorited by TLSLOEWS

  • <p>Timing’s everything and for Buster Keaton and “The General,” his silent film will get destroyed at the Valentine by the Vitaphone sound films playing at the nearby Warner owned theater. But “The General” did stand the test of time.</p>
  • <p>June 2005</p>
  • <p>Creative DIY layout by the Loew’s Theatre circa 1926.</p>
  • <p>Great DIY ad by the Loew’s in 1928.</p>
  • <p>This is likely the LIFE Magazine photo from July 1945, that Ken C. posted on 11/29/08. But that link is now dead.</p>
  • <p>February 13th, 1921 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>1956 photo courtesy of Cenk Urganci.</p>
  • <p>1938 photo courtesy of Al Ponte’s Time Machine - New York Facebook page. Loew’s State in the background.</p>
  • <p>October 25th, 1990 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>1928 Loew’s State exterior shot playing “Submarine.”</p>
  • <p>Great 1943 shot of the Loew’s Palace which has “For Whom the Bell Tolls.” The largest elements measure 40' by 60'</p>
  • <p>August 14th, 1936 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>Clothing collection drive for war victims 1944, photo courtesy of the History In Pictures Facebook page.</p>
  • <p>Loew’s neon center right.<br>1951 night shot courtesy of Carl Schreiber.</p>
  • <p>The front of the cinema.</p>
  • <p>The front of the cinema.</p>
  • <p>1956 photo courtesy of Victor Coiro.</p>
  • <p>1940 shot of the Loew’s Criterion showing “Women in War.”</p>
  • <p>Strand Sweet Shop, undated photo credit Thomas McNeer, Jr.</p>
  • <p>The old upside-down letter technique is used for the low brow 1943 comedy “Hi Diddle, Diddle” at the Loew’s State.</p>