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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Nov 13, 2016 at 8:56 am

This was Frank Sinatra’s first Broadway booking at a theatre other than the Paramount, which had been the launching pad for his phenomenal success.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Nov 11, 2016 at 1:43 pm

Arrived a day before the national holiday honoring war veterans, which in NYC included a grand parade on Fifth Avenue.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Astor Theatre on Nov 11, 2016 at 11:13 am

The national holiday celebrated every November 11th was re-named Veterans Day in 1954. This ad includes the Astor’s spectacular electric sign, which used vivid red, white, and blue coloring.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Little Carnegie Theatre on Nov 11, 2016 at 9:34 am

Timed to benefit from the celebration of a national holiday newly re-named Veterans Day, which included a parade on NYC’s Fifth Avenue.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Nov 11, 2016 at 8:49 am

Published on the first Armistice Day since the end of World War Two. The national holiday was re-named Veterans Day in 1954.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Nov 10, 2016 at 8:07 am

Twenty years earlier, Music Hall patrons saw Charles Laughton portray the same regal character in “The Private Life of Henry VIII.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Nov 10, 2016 at 7:04 am

This was the Paramount’s Memorial Day holiday presentation for that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Audubon Theatre on Nov 9, 2016 at 1:12 pm

Theatres are listed by area in three columns, starting with Manhattan at the top left.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Nov 9, 2016 at 1:04 pm

In this ad, Betty Grable’s form-fitting gown is a modern adaptation of her turn-of-the-century wardrobe in the Technicolor extravaganza.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Nov 9, 2016 at 10:36 am

This was both a screen and stage tribute to the coronation of England’s Queen Elizabeth II in June of that year. The film was the second projected on the Music Hall’s new wide screen, preceded by “Shane.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Astor Theatre on Nov 8, 2016 at 1:39 pm

One of the last major productions in B&W standard ratio by 20th Century-Fox, which was preparing to launch CinemaScope on the world.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Palace Theatre on Nov 8, 2016 at 1:05 pm

MGM’s “The Feminine Touch” debuted in 1941. The anthology of short stories was published in 2015.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Brooklyn Paramount on Nov 8, 2016 at 12:38 pm

With songs by Rodgers & Hart, the B&W comedy marked the “talkie” debut of George M. Cohan in the title role…Belle Baker topped the stage bill in NYC and Fannie Brice in Brooklyn, two of the biggest stars of the time.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Nov 8, 2016 at 8:37 am

During this period, the Paramount Theatre had suspended stage shows as a Depression measure.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Valencia Theatre on Nov 8, 2016 at 5:48 am

Advertised on November 4th, 1932, the day that Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President of the USA, to replace the incumbent Herbert Hoover.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Odum Theatre on Nov 7, 2016 at 11:19 am

I’ve posted an image in the Photos Section which strongly suggests that this was originally called the Dixie Theatre.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Pantages Theatre on Nov 7, 2016 at 10:20 am

A week later, on August 9th, “High Society” opened in NYC at Radio City Music Hall (supported by a stage revue).

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Nov 7, 2016 at 9:21 am

Fourteen years had passed since Katharine Hepburn made her Music Hall screen debut in “Christopher Strong.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Odum Theatre on Nov 7, 2016 at 8:59 am

The caption to this 1930 trade journal photo says that the Dixie Theatre is operated by Walter Odom and his three sons. “Odom” is near enough to “Odum” to be a misspelling.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Nov 5, 2016 at 8:58 am

The Daily Mirror was a Hearst morning tabloid that had gossip columnist and radio commentator Walter Winchell as its star attraction.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Fox Theatre on Nov 4, 2016 at 1:38 pm

B&W only in those days.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Nov 4, 2016 at 9:19 am

In earlier times, the top balcony of large theatres was often referred to as “nosebleed heaven.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Nov 3, 2016 at 1:50 pm

The Music Hall’s first opening of 1969 followed a hold-over of the 1968 Christmas holiday show, which had “The Impossible Years” on screen.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Prospect Theatre on Nov 3, 2016 at 11:19 am

The bizarre double bill opened at the RKO Prospect and many other neighborhood theatres on November 3rd, 1964.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Nov 2, 2016 at 1:16 pm

An opening day ad for this engagement was uploaded on April 28th, 2016, and can be found in the archive of Roxy images.