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.
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/
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
This was the final marquee for the legendary playhouse.
Opened on March 28th, 1957, well ahead of Easter Sunday, which fell on April 21st that year.
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.
Twins were booked with the same features, but with staggered starting times.
The Paradise was never an “independent” cinema, always operated by the original Loew’s (and successors) from opening to closure.
Some of the original Ideal décor remained, but walls were covered with pleated drapes.
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/
The last movie made by Carole Lombard before she died in a plane crash in January of that year.
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.
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.
“Meet Me in St. Louis” had already played a record-breaking engagement directly across Broadway at the Astor Theatre.
The shuttered theatre at left was a local landmark until demolition in the late 1950s.
Orpheum listed in section with “Halls of Montezuma” as main feature.
Warwick listed in section with “Kim” as main feature.
The Al Jolson biopic was a “move-over” from the RKO Orpheum, where it played its premiere engagement for the southern USA.
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.
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.
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.
An appropriate booking for the Memorial Day holiday period of that year.
Previous marquee from “legit” era pictured at lower left.
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).
Articles in 1925 issues of Exhibitor’s Trade Review and Architectural Forum cite Charles A. Sandblom as architect of the Jackson Theatre.
This shows the auditorium of the Colony Theatre in the Shaker Heights district of Cleveland, Ohio.
The stadium section at rear was eventually sub-divided and turned into two “screens” for the Jackson Triplex.
Not a photo of the Capitol Theatre, which had an atmospheric auditorium designed by John Eberson.