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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Oct 23, 2016 at 9:54 am

The stage revue included ballerinas flying through the air like birds, using the system employed at the Winter Garden on Broadway for Jean Arthur’s version of “Peter Pan” in 1951.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Oct 23, 2016 at 8:32 am

This was the day after “Gone With the Wind” had its NYC launching at the Astor and Capitol.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Oct 22, 2016 at 11:28 am

Many people have said similar, and no longer will attend anything at the Music Hall because of the disfigurement of the auditorium by technical equipment hanging from the ceiling and TV monitors on both sides of the proscenium.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Lexington Theatre on Oct 21, 2016 at 1:49 pm

First neighborhood showings of “Roman Holiday” since its Radio City Music Hall debut.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Rivoli Theatre on Oct 21, 2016 at 1:17 pm

For both the movie and the Todd-AO process.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Oct 21, 2016 at 12:47 pm

Mel Brooks talking to audience from center stage and TV monitors, with moderator Kevin Salter seated. Screen is still visible in background with settings used.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Oct 20, 2016 at 9:44 am

To combat competition from the second season of the New York World’s Fair, stage shows stressed the spectacular, with scenes such as the dazzling “Magic Mirrors” here.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Oct 20, 2016 at 8:43 am

The B&W spoof of swashbucklers was loosely based on Booth Tarkington’s novel, which had a silent film version as a vehicle for Rudolph Valentino.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Astor Theatre on Oct 19, 2016 at 11:32 am

Nearly seven years and a World War had passed since “GWTW” opened at the Astor as a reserved-seat roadshow, simultaneously with continuous performances at the Capitol.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Sunnyside Theatre on Oct 19, 2016 at 6:58 am

The five-theatre experiment flopped and was soon extinguished.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Egyptian Theatre on Oct 17, 2016 at 11:03 am

By this time in its history, the Egyptian was usually on a “track” with two or three first-runs in other parts of sprawling Los Angeles.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Poster image courtesy of John O'Donnell. on Oct 17, 2016 at 9:51 am

Date was December 26th, 1950.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's 72nd Street Theatre on Oct 17, 2016 at 7:39 am

The 72nd Street is listed in the group with “High Noon.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Oct 16, 2016 at 8:22 am

“Bombshell” also opened that same day in downtown Brooklyn at Loew’s Metropolitan, with vaudeville on stage.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Liberty Theatre on Oct 15, 2016 at 8:04 am

At the same time, the auditorium was also modernized.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Oct 14, 2016 at 10:27 am

This proved to be the highest grossing Christmas show in the Roxy’s history, due primarily to the movie’s fidelity to the scorching best-selling novel. During the week between Christmas and New Year’s, sidewalk waiting lines were often as long as those at Radio City Music Hall, where “Sayonara” shared the bill with the traditional holiday revue.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Oct 14, 2016 at 8:38 am

Instead of the traditional Thursday, this replacement for the Christmas show opened on a Saturday. The B&W epic, which had already opened to smash business in other major cities, was supported by a new Leonidoff revue entitled “Manhattan Melody.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Oct 14, 2016 at 8:29 am

The Christmas holiday presentation ran for two weeks and two days, ending on December 29th, and enabling the Music Hall to boost attendance with an entirely different program for the New Year’s period.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Audubon Theatre on Oct 13, 2016 at 9:15 am

Claimed a “New Look” and a new policy of daily program changes and bargain admission prices.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Metropolitan Theatre on Oct 13, 2016 at 6:30 am

Lasting for several months, the Golden Jubilee celebration used 1904 as the starting date for Marcus Loew’s showbiz empire under the name of People’s Vaudeville Company.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Oct 12, 2016 at 9:42 am

The Columbus Day holiday attraction for that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Cameo Theatre on Oct 12, 2016 at 8:53 am

The cinema was originally called the Opal and opened in 1913, according to Jack Tillmany’s “Theatres of San Francisco,” which gives an address of 3040 Sixteenth Street. No date is given for the name change to Cameo, which closed forever in 1952.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Esquire Theatre on Oct 12, 2016 at 8:15 am

According to the report, the Cameo used the four walls and roof of the former Frolic, but had an entirely new entrance and interior.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Warner Twin Theatre on Oct 11, 2016 at 8:42 am

Stage actor Percy Kilbride repeated a role that he played in the original Broadway play, and stayed on in Hollywood to become a character star as “Pa” Kettle in “The Egg & I” and its spin-off sequels.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Oct 10, 2016 at 1:28 pm

The B&W operetta, with Ilona Massey in her first major screen role, was having its world premiere engagement.