Victoria Theatre

1547 Broadway,
New York, NY 10036

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DavidZornig
DavidZornig on April 17, 2021 at 6:13 am

1964 photo that will enlarge within Flickr link.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/33216291@N08/5517282238/in/photolist-9pxvMQ-8rGu1e-eDxdAn-b7wVxF-bJav9g-7DYT5c-7DMoFb-8guC8K-dMPHgK-ecjmcA-7DHxyc-9pxvLA-8rKz7b-7E3h2y-7DYyya-9pxvJN-8mTiYX-8rKztC-8mWsCf-fwJp79-eiD1gv-dRShLi-dXzgZB-8mWt2o-8mWt17-8mWsMG-8mWsZ7-8mTj6Z-8mWsK5-8mTj3P-dWpEsa-aFT5rz-edjBhE-dtaG5Z-eenh3v-8b2we7-8t875q-dW9d3r-cd3EkC-e9c1ct-eiJJzw-eiJQww-fdLXLS-fd1ivu-frCW7R-fcPKyi-fdbgDd-ehRCdt-cd3EX5-92u4VD-ehXmqh

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on April 6, 2018 at 4:01 pm

Shorpy link with a 1949 photo. Be sure to click on View Full Size.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/23240

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on January 30, 2018 at 6:14 pm

1955 photo added via Al Ponte’s Time Machine-New York Facebook page.

vindanpar
vindanpar on June 17, 2017 at 3:46 pm

Funny but the proscenium in this theater was larger than what it appears in that photo. I saw Lady and the Tramp here. The other film was some Disney glacial or artic adventure of which I can’t remember the title nor did I want to see it

Anyway it was in 1.85 aspect ratio and when Lady started the borders of course had not been changed and the image was playing on the borders on the sides. Surprise.

There wasn’t a peep out of the audience and of course I went to an usher to complain. He looked at me in astonishment and said nobody had said anything before. They changed it and it was a nice sized Cinemascope screen.

Mike (saps)
Mike (saps) on June 17, 2017 at 12:16 pm

That photo does seem to show the orchestra sloping upwards at the front.

Reminds me of the seating at the Thalia…

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez on June 17, 2017 at 12:10 pm

There is an interior photo on page six.

Mike (saps)
Mike (saps) on June 17, 2017 at 12:02 pm

Due to its central location in Times Square, there are hundreds (thousands?) of photos of the exterior, but it seems there are scant representations of the interior…

Joseph Angier
Joseph Angier on June 17, 2017 at 11:10 am

I started going to the Victoria in the late ‘60s, and I recall that it had an unusual auditorium. The rear of the orchestra started high and then sloped downward (similar, in a way, to today’s “stadium seating”), but then raked upward again as it got the front rows, which was bizarre. Does anyone else remember the Victoria this way?

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on June 3, 2017 at 1:05 pm

1964 photo added courtesy of Ralph Fidelman‎.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on February 6, 2017 at 4:55 pm

New Years Eve 1936 photo as Minsky’s Gayety added, courtesy of Al Ponte’s Time Machine – New York Facebook page.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on May 5, 2016 at 6:55 pm

1947 photo added courtesy of the Hemmings Motor News Facebook page.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on April 24, 2016 at 9:14 am

1954 photo added. Photographer unknown. Via Al Ponte’s Time Machine – New York Facebook page.

Comfortably Cool
Comfortably Cool on March 19, 2016 at 9:01 am

“Formal” premiere meant that guests were expected to dress “formally,”— men in tuxedos, women in evening gowns.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez on November 7, 2015 at 10:45 am

There were two in 1943, Robboehm.

robboehm
robboehm on November 7, 2015 at 9:53 am

It’s indicated this was once the Laffmovie. Is that correct? I remember the Laffmovie as being on 42nd Street where the Empire 25 now is.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on November 6, 2015 at 11:06 pm

1963 photo added courtesy of Richard Thurbin.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on June 30, 2015 at 11:46 am

1944 photo added courtesy of the IM STILL SO NYC Facebook page.

Cimarron
Cimarron on March 26, 2014 at 10:24 pm

Pic of 1948 Ad for World Premiere “Joan of Arc” added to Photo Section

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on October 21, 2012 at 4:32 am

FYI. Just uploaded a 1929 theatre program for John Ford’s “the Black Watch” to the Photos section. It includes a small floor plan diagram. Photo courtesy of Decaying Hollywood Mansions FB page.

Mike (saps)
Mike (saps) on August 27, 2012 at 11:29 pm

Boxoffice “deplored” the type of ballyhoo used to sell this doc. Ha! If they could only see what lay down the road…

RobertR
RobertR on June 19, 2012 at 1:57 pm

Love those crowds in the picture :)

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez on October 15, 2010 at 7:27 pm

A September 7, 1943 article in the New York Times explains how this location became an outlet for Russian films in 1943-1944.

Maurice Maurer, owner of the lease for several Times Square theatres including the Victoria, sold his lease to the Stanley, which had been an established outlet for Russian films since 1941. He then competed with the sucessful Stanley by programming first-run films from Russia (or about Russia) at the Victoria for almost a year.

Just prior to this it had been the Laffmovie and the often raided Gaiety Burlesque.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on September 2, 2010 at 6:54 pm

Nice link Tinseltoes.