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Comfortably Cool commented about El Capitan Theatre on Sep 15, 2016 at 6:33 am

For its grand re-opening engagement, the El Capitan was one of three theatres offering 70mm projection of “The Rocketeer.” See lower left corner of ad for details.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Sep 14, 2016 at 10:03 am

Personally produced by 20th-Fox’s studio chief, the Technicolor biography of America’s 28th President was modestly described as the most important motion picture event in 50 years. Due to the film’s running time of 154 minutes, the Roxy’s stage show was trimmed to a patriotic tribute by Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians.

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Comfortably Cool commented about El Capitan Theatre on Sep 14, 2016 at 7:59 am

On this day only, boxes of popcorn could be purchased for just 10 cents each.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Sep 14, 2016 at 7:37 am

This was the Music Hall’s Thanksgiving holiday presentation for 1945, and its first since the end of WWII.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Rivoli Theatre on Sep 13, 2016 at 1:13 pm

Rita Hayworth, then at the zenith of worldwide notoriety, attended the invitational event, which was televised by WPIX-11, a local channel owned by the Daily News.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Sep 13, 2016 at 6:21 am

Milton Berle was still a year away from entering the rival entertainment medium that brought him enduring fame as the first “King of Television.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Warner Twin Theatre on Sep 12, 2016 at 12:52 pm

At the time, the NYC subway fare was five cents.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Sep 12, 2016 at 10:31 am

The B&W musical was later re-made in Technicolor by MGM as “Lovely to Look At,” which played at the Music Hall in 1952.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Culver Theatre on Sep 12, 2016 at 10:18 am

The Culver Theatre was a major influence on the life of writer Steven Gaines, who vividly recalls his experiences and the movies he saw there in a new memoir, “One of These Things First.” More about the book here: http://www.delphiniumbooks.com/book/one-of-these-things-first/

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Sep 12, 2016 at 9:06 am

The stage revue included “Kol Nidrei,” the Hall’s annual pageant for the Jewish High Holy Days.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Sep 12, 2016 at 7:59 am

Based on Cole Porter’s Broadway stage hit starring Ethel Merman, the Technicolor musical used very little beyond the title song and a wacky plot device about a character’s tooth filling that could pick up radio broadcasts.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Sep 11, 2016 at 1:10 pm

This was the Capitol’s Thanksgiving holiday offering for that year. That the movie became a box office and critical “Golden Turkey” was strictly coincidental.

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Comfortably Cool commented about El Capitan Theatre on Sep 11, 2016 at 7:56 am

The public and news media were invited to the “sneak preview” and street party on a Tuesday night, with “The Rocketeer” due to open at the El Capitan and numerous other theatres throughout the region on Friday.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Victoria Theatre on Sep 10, 2016 at 1:35 pm

“The North Star” was the first major Hollywood release to open at the Victoria since its name had been changed from Laffmovie.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Sep 10, 2016 at 1:02 pm

Hyped as one of the greatest movies ever made, the B&W drama had a gala invitational world premiere at the Roxy on the night of November 19th, 1946, with public performances starting the next day. The booking was also the Roxy’s Thanksgiving holiday offering for that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Sep 10, 2016 at 6:44 am

This was the Music Hall’s presentation for the Memorial Day holiday period of 1952. The Technicolor musical was a remake of the B&W “Roberta,” which played at RCMH in 1935 with support from a stage show.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Embassy 1,2,3 Theatre on Sep 9, 2016 at 10:15 am

Both theatres were under Walter Reade management at the time.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Criterion Theatre on Sep 9, 2016 at 8:37 am

Olivia de Havilland portrayed twin sisters in the B&W melodrama, with double advertising to further confuse.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Chicago Theatre on Sep 8, 2016 at 1:36 pm

This was the Chicago’s Labor Day holiday presentation for that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Modern Playhouse on Sep 7, 2016 at 12:10 pm

According to research in The New York Times, the Modern Playhouse first opened nearly eighty years ago, on September 13th, 1936, with the American premiere of the Hungarian-made “The New Landlord.” An incomplete address of “Third Avenue near 81st Street” was given…A subsequent review of the new cinema in Variety gave a seating capacity of 300, but no address except for the “upper reaches of Third Avenue.” The trade weekly attributed ownership to Danuba Pictures, whose chief executive, Eugene J. Lang, also managed the theatre. The Modern Playhouse would show Hungarian films exclusively, under a contract between Danuba and eight Magyar production companies. For at least its inaugural period, the Playhouse employed an emcee billed as “Mr. Szemere,” who told jokes and anecdotes about the homeland during a ten-minute interval between the short subjects and feature. Admission was 25 cents for matinees and 35 cents at night. NYC’s Hungarian population was estimated to be about 100,000 at the time, and had its own newspaper which Modern Playhouse would use for advertising and publicity.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Sep 7, 2016 at 10:30 am

The day before, patrons could see “Lydia Bailey” in addition to the exiting “Kangaroo!” and its stage show.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Criterion Theatre on Sep 6, 2016 at 8:10 am

Wood and Wagner were married at the time, later divorced, and re-married in 1972.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Warner Twin Theatre on Sep 5, 2016 at 11:07 am

The B&W comedy was filmed in 1941, but couldn’t be distributed until the long-running Broadway play closed, which didn’t happen until June 17th, 1944.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Sep 5, 2016 at 8:01 am

Opened on August 11th, 1960, and ran for a total of six weeks.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Sep 4, 2016 at 12:53 pm

This newspaper cartoon by the great Don Freeman needs to be examined closely for maximum enjoyment.