In October of that same year, Danny Kaye, Georgia Gibbs, and Tip, Tap & Toe re-grouped for the 25th anniversary stage show at the Chicago Theatre. Ads posted in the photos section for that Loop landmark, which has survived the fate of the NYC Paramount.
Featured stage entertainers Yma Sumac and puppeteer Bil Baird would soon join the cast of the now legendary Broadway musical, “Flahooley,” which opened in May at the Broadhurst Theatre but survived for only 40 performances.
The Warner ended its cinematic life after the last screening of “Winter Meeting” on Sunday night, May 16th, 1948. The name “Warner,” used by the original “Hollywood” since August, 1947, was revived in 1951 for the Strand. Under its new name, the ex-Strand dropped stage shows, but briefly revived them
before the theatre was transformed into a Cinerama showcase.
This might have been the first day of the re-naming and a sub-run double feature policy similar to the by then demolished Loew’s 42nd Street. That theatre was originally called the Murray Hill before Loew’s took over and changed the name.
This was the Paramount’s first CinemaScope presentation, and also the first feature produced by Warner Bros. in that anamorphic process. By this time, the Paramount no longer offered stage shows with its movies.
Long before “Irene” in 1973, Debbie Reynolds made her Broadway debut in a 12-minute stage “act” with Carleton Carpenter that opened at the Capitol Theatre on January 11th, 1951.
Although Sonja Henie had never performed in theatres before this, she had participated in the production of some of the now defunct ice-skating revues at the Center Theatre in Rockefeller Center. Her previous NYC appearances were at Madison Square Garden.
This is a photo of the Broadway Theatre in Manhattan on Broadway at 41st Street, which was briefly operated by Loew’s after it finished a “legit” career that started in 1882. That Broadway has a CT listing as #4426.
“Lili” was finally reaching neighborhood theatres after an exclusive 95-week engagement at the Trans-Lux 52nd Street, just a block away from Loew’s Lexington.
This was an Easter holiday presentation, opening a day before Radio City Music Hall’s, which had “Bye, Bye, Birdie” on screen. Ironically, Gower Champion directed the original Broadway stage version, but was replaced by George Sidney for the movie.
In October of that same year, Danny Kaye, Georgia Gibbs, and Tip, Tap & Toe re-grouped for the 25th anniversary stage show at the Chicago Theatre. Ads posted in the photos section for that Loop landmark, which has survived the fate of the NYC Paramount.
Sorry, that should read “Silver Jubilee,” not “Golden.”
Architect Walter W. Ahlschlager is most remembered for the Roxy Theatre in NYC, which opened two years after the Belmont.
Featured stage entertainers Yma Sumac and puppeteer Bil Baird would soon join the cast of the now legendary Broadway musical, “Flahooley,” which opened in May at the Broadhurst Theatre but survived for only 40 performances.
The Warner ended its cinematic life after the last screening of “Winter Meeting” on Sunday night, May 16th, 1948. The name “Warner,” used by the original “Hollywood” since August, 1947, was revived in 1951 for the Strand. Under its new name, the ex-Strand dropped stage shows, but briefly revived them before the theatre was transformed into a Cinerama showcase.
This might have been the first day of the re-naming and a sub-run double feature policy similar to the by then demolished Loew’s 42nd Street. That theatre was originally called the Murray Hill before Loew’s took over and changed the name.
This is a subsidiary staircase elsewhere in the building.
Listed as RKO Republic in section with “You Were Meant For Me” as main feature.
This was the stage used for vaudeville and movies.
This was the second consecutive Columbia Technicolor release to open at the Music Hall that year, preceded by “A Song to Remember.”
“The Animal Kingdom” and stage show were the first booking at the theatre’s opening on December 29th, 1932.
Advertised on January 19th, 1930.
“Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo” had already played a record-breaking engagement at the Capitol Theatre (with stage show).
The second inauguration of Harry S. Truman as President of the USA was held on January 20th, 1949, the day of this ad.
This was the Paramount’s first CinemaScope presentation, and also the first feature produced by Warner Bros. in that anamorphic process. By this time, the Paramount no longer offered stage shows with its movies.
This was the first color feature of Barbara Stanwyck’s screen career, which started in 1927.
Proctor’s Newark listed just below the Albee.
The Woodside is listed in the section with “Sahara” as top feature.
Long before “Irene” in 1973, Debbie Reynolds made her Broadway debut in a 12-minute stage “act” with Carleton Carpenter that opened at the Capitol Theatre on January 11th, 1951.
Although Sonja Henie had never performed in theatres before this, she had participated in the production of some of the now defunct ice-skating revues at the Center Theatre in Rockefeller Center. Her previous NYC appearances were at Madison Square Garden.
This is a photo of the Broadway Theatre in Manhattan on Broadway at 41st Street, which was briefly operated by Loew’s after it finished a “legit” career that started in 1882. That Broadway has a CT listing as #4426.
This was during the second and final season of the New York World’s Fair, by which time much of the world was at war.
A year and nearly seven months had passed since “Jesse James” opened at the Roxy, but the same “bargain” ticket prices were still being offered.
“Lili” was finally reaching neighborhood theatres after an exclusive 95-week engagement at the Trans-Lux 52nd Street, just a block away from Loew’s Lexington.
This was an Easter holiday presentation, opening a day before Radio City Music Hall’s, which had “Bye, Bye, Birdie” on screen. Ironically, Gower Champion directed the original Broadway stage version, but was replaced by George Sidney for the movie.