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Comfortably Cool commented about Geo. M. Cohan Theatre on Mar 30, 2017 at 9:34 am

This was the final marquee for the legendary playhouse.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Mar 29, 2017 at 9:01 am

Opened on March 28th, 1957, well ahead of Easter Sunday, which fell on April 21st that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Bell Cinema on Mar 28, 2017 at 11:35 am

In a trade article at the time, architect Schlanger said that the premises were previously a food market. If true, that might have been the fate of the original Strand at this location.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Rockville Centre Cinema on Mar 28, 2017 at 8:24 am

Twins were booked with the same features, but with staggered starting times.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Paradise Theatre on Mar 28, 2017 at 6:06 am

The Paradise was never an “independent” cinema, always operated by the original Loew’s (and successors) from opening to closure.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Playpen Theatre on Mar 27, 2017 at 7:17 am

Some of the original Ideal décor remained, but walls were covered with pleated drapes.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Keith's Theatre on Mar 4, 2017 at 8:59 am

The re-development of the RKO Keith’s site is proceeding “according to plan” and will start in the first six months of this year (which would mean by July at the latest), according to a report by the Queens Tribune: http://queenstribune.com/rko-keiths-development-according-plan/

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Comfortably Cool commented about Chicago Theatre on Mar 3, 2017 at 1:19 pm

The last movie made by Carole Lombard before she died in a plane crash in January of that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Academy of Music on Mar 2, 2017 at 6:39 am

Academy of Music listed in Manhattan section under Skouras Theatres. Just prior to this, “Millionaire” played exclusively for two weeks at the RKO Albee in downtown Brooklyn. Original Broadway engagement was at Loew’s State and nearby Brandt’s Globe.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Mar 2, 2017 at 6:03 am

Danny Kaye made his feature debut in “Up in Arms,” but he was already well-known for work in Broadway musicals, nightclubs, and in stage shows in movie palaces such as NYC’s Roxy and Paramount.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's State Theatre on Mar 1, 2017 at 11:07 am

“Meet Me in St. Louis” had already played a record-breaking engagement directly across Broadway at the Astor Theatre.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Fox Kew Gardens Theatre on Mar 1, 2017 at 7:57 am

The shuttered theatre at left was a local landmark until demolition in the late 1950s.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Orpheum Theatre on Feb 28, 2017 at 9:03 am

Orpheum listed in section with “Halls of Montezuma” as main feature.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Warwick Theatre on Feb 28, 2017 at 8:36 am

Warwick listed in section with “Kim” as main feature.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Joy Theater on Feb 28, 2017 at 7:02 am

The Al Jolson biopic was a “move-over” from the RKO Orpheum, where it played its premiere engagement for the southern USA.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Starlight Drive-In on Feb 28, 2017 at 6:16 am

The opening “Three Little Girls in Blue” was already three years old by that time, a distribution delay that was typical for drive-ins in that era.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Feb 28, 2017 at 6:09 am

Four months after a record-breaking stage booking with “Call Me Mister” on screen, Danny Kaye returned to the Roxy on celluloid in a Technicolor romp in which he portrayed multiple roles.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Feb 27, 2017 at 8:27 am

The B&W melodrama by the author of “All Quiet On the Western Front” was Hollywood’s boldest exposure of Nazi tyranny yet. Co-producer David Loew was one of the twin sons of Marcus Loew.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Feb 26, 2017 at 1:32 pm

An appropriate booking for the Memorial Day holiday period of that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about New Amsterdam Theatre on Feb 26, 2017 at 8:54 am

Previous marquee from “legit” era pictured at lower left.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Warner Twin Theatre on Feb 24, 2017 at 1:46 pm

Stage shows were suspended for the duration of this “Extraordinary double-hit screen program.” At the Academy Awards ceremony held on March 24th, the only winners were Jane Wyman, Walter Huston, and his son John (for both direction and screenplay).

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Comfortably Cool commented about Jackson Heights Cinema on Feb 24, 2017 at 10:52 am

Articles in 1925 issues of Exhibitor’s Trade Review and Architectural Forum cite Charles A. Sandblom as architect of the Jackson Theatre.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Eagle Theater on Feb 24, 2017 at 10:38 am

This shows the auditorium of the Colony Theatre in the Shaker Heights district of Cleveland, Ohio.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Jackson Heights Cinema on Feb 24, 2017 at 9:11 am

The stadium section at rear was eventually sub-divided and turned into two “screens” for the Jackson Triplex.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Capitol Theatre on Feb 24, 2017 at 8:10 am

Not a photo of the Capitol Theatre, which had an atmospheric auditorium designed by John Eberson.