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Comfortably Cool commented about TCL Chinese Theatre on Dec 20, 2016 at 6:19 am

I’ve been engraved on a toenail! Not quite a footprint at Grauman’s Chinese, but getting there. Thanks so much!

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Comfortably Cool commented about Criterion Theatre on Dec 19, 2016 at 10:04 am

Deanna Durbin’s first and only feature in color (by Technicolor) had an original musical score by Jerome Kern and E.Y. Harburg.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Rialto Theatre on Dec 18, 2016 at 9:23 am

This shows the original Rialto Theatre, not the replacement. You’ve uploaded to the wrong listing.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Dec 18, 2016 at 8:26 am

The corner entrance and marquee faced not only the elevated subway structure on Sixth Avenue, but also trolley tracks at street level.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Rochdale Cinema on Dec 17, 2016 at 9:59 am

Due to the ultra-high legal costs, such cases were often settled out-of-court. I suspect that happened here.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Dec 17, 2016 at 9:54 am

Opened with an invitational gala on the night of December 25th, 1959, and to the general public the next day. The engagement was standard, with continuous performances, and not a reserved-seat roadshow.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Brooklyn Paramount on Dec 16, 2016 at 5:39 am

Eugene Pleshette was the father of movie and TV luminary Suzanne Pleshette, who died from lung cancer in 2008 at age 71.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Rochdale Cinema on Dec 12, 2016 at 1:57 pm

The Rochdale was the last stop on the tour’s first night of June 17th, 1966.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Imitation of Life on Dec 12, 2016 at 6:36 am

Not an ad for the Roxy Theatre…It has been mentioned in earlier uploads to this listing that BOTH versions of “Imitation of Life,” the first with Claudette Colbert and the second with Lana Turner, had their first and exclusive NYC showings at the Roxy. Ads for both those engagements can be found in the archive.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Road House on Dec 11, 2016 at 1:28 pm

This is cropped from the cover of the sheet music to a song performed in “Road House.” Why upload it here?

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Warner Twin Theatre on Dec 11, 2016 at 1:11 pm

Introduction of the SMELLO-O-VISION process, courtesy of Michael Todd, Junior.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Dec 11, 2016 at 11:00 am

Ad placed by Rockefeller Center Inc. in national magazines in November and December, 2016.

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Comfortably Cool commented about NYC ROXY Theatre Feb 18,1946 on Dec 11, 2016 at 10:16 am

Thanks, Joseph! I wonder why the photo hasn’t turned up in the Roxy’s frame in the “Famous Theaters” section, as new uploads always do? Another “delete/repeat” by the talking toenail is still displayed.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Pantages Theatre on Dec 11, 2016 at 10:03 am

The reissue package of B&W spectacles was one of the first to use “spot” advertising on local TV stations.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Dec 10, 2016 at 1:17 pm

This was the second in a three-picture deal with MGM which brought that studio’s product to the Music Hall for the first time since its opening in 1933. “Drama School” was preceded by “Young Dr. Kildare,” and would soon be followed by “A Christmas Carol” for the Music Hall’s holiday show.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Dec 10, 2016 at 8:39 am

The Roxy would be resuming the stage/screen policy it dropped for the introduction of CinemaScope with “The Robe” in 1955.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Warner Twin Theatre on Dec 9, 2016 at 11:30 am

Opened on December 11th, 1941, with Academy Award winner described as “Your own Hattie McDaniel.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about BRIC Arts Media House on Dec 8, 2016 at 6:59 am

During this period, the Strand was trying to establish itself as Brooklyn’s version of the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, often with headliners that the indie Manhattan mecca couldn’t afford. The Strand, as well as the neighboring Paramount and Fox, were managed by the Fabian subsidiary of Warner Brothers.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Oyster Bay Movies on Dec 7, 2016 at 1:27 pm

Stage draperies were in antique white, highlighted with gold.

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Comfortably Cool commented about El Capitan Theatre on Dec 7, 2016 at 9:52 am

Recently resumed stage plays after the L.A. premiere engagement of “Citizen Kane.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Rialto Theatre on Dec 5, 2016 at 10:25 am

This reissue had a synchronized musical score and sound effects (sometimes including massed voices in the background).

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Comfortably Cool commented about Century's Prospect Theatre on Dec 4, 2016 at 1:44 pm

The block was the turning point for the trolley line connecting Flushing and Ridgewood. The route still exists, but serviced by MTA buses.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Directors Guild of America Theater on Dec 4, 2016 at 11:11 am

The Cinema Rendezvous was the first theatre in Manhattan to show “The Sound of Music” after the end of its 93-week roadshow engagement at the Rivoli Theatre.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Columbia Theatre on Dec 4, 2016 at 10:41 am

This ad was published on Sunday, October 10th, 1915, the Columbia’s final day under Klaw & Erlanger management (with “Rags”). The official opening date as Loew’s Columbia was October 11th.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Columbia Theatre on Dec 4, 2016 at 10:33 am

News article published on September 21st, 1915