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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Answering my own question, this was signage for a charity benefit for the American Cancer Society in March, 1965.
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.
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.
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.
Presumably 1903.
Opened on Christmas Day, December 25th, 1926.
I’ve been engraved on a toenail! Not quite a footprint at Grauman’s Chinese, but getting there. Thanks so much!
Deanna Durbin’s first and only feature in color (by Technicolor) had an original musical score by Jerome Kern and E.Y. Harburg.
This shows the original Rialto Theatre, not the replacement. You’ve uploaded to the wrong listing.
The corner entrance and marquee faced not only the elevated subway structure on Sixth Avenue, but also trolley tracks at street level.
Due to the ultra-high legal costs, such cases were often settled out-of-court. I suspect that happened here.
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.
Eugene Pleshette was the father of movie and TV luminary Suzanne Pleshette, who died from lung cancer in 2008 at age 71.
The Rochdale was the last stop on the tour’s first night of June 17th, 1966.
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.
This is cropped from the cover of the sheet music to a song performed in “Road House.” Why upload it here?
Introduction of the SMELLO-O-VISION process, courtesy of Michael Todd, Junior.
Ad placed by Rockefeller Center Inc. in national magazines in November and December, 2016.
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.
The reissue package of B&W spectacles was one of the first to use “spot” advertising on local TV stations.
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.
The Roxy would be resuming the stage/screen policy it dropped for the introduction of CinemaScope with “The Robe” in 1955.