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Comfortably Cool commented about Chicago Theatre on Jan 4, 2017 at 1:39 pm

This was the second stop for a national tour by Mary Pickford, which started at the Paramount Theatre in NYC’s Times Square just before Christmas (1933).

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Jan 4, 2017 at 1:32 pm

This was the Paramount’s defense against Radio City Music Hall’s first Christmas show, which had “Flying Down To Rio” on screen. Pickford was starting a national tour, with the Chicago Theatre as next stop.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Jan 4, 2017 at 7:46 am

The first booking of 1967 opened on January 19th, following a hold-over of the Christmas holiday show that had MGM’s “Follow the Boys” on screen.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Jan 3, 2017 at 1:10 pm

Answering my own question, this was signage for a charity benefit for the American Cancer Society in March, 1965.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Dec 21, 2016 at 10:16 am

Advertising claimed “World’s Largest Theatre,” which was probably true for those with movies on the bill. The New York Hippodrome was still a showcase for stage spectaculars.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Criterion Theatre on Dec 21, 2016 at 7:51 am

The record-breaking business in France wasn’t repeated in the USA, where the B&W epic bombed as a roadshow and in general release.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Dec 21, 2016 at 7:42 am

Advertised on December 23rd, 1956, a time when the Roxy’s only NYC rival with a stage show was Radio City Music Hall, which had “Teahouse of the August Moon” on screen.

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Comfortably Cool commented about 12-30-03 photo via Don Berry. on Dec 20, 2016 at 1:09 pm

Presumably 1903.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Dec 20, 2016 at 7:01 am

Opened on Christmas Day, December 25th, 1926.

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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.