Opening day ad for this engagement, which included a stage show topped by the fast-rising comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, can be viewed here
The New York Times has published yet another article about “sightline” pricing, this one filed from Los Angeles by Brooks Barnes:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/05/business/media/movie-theaters-ticket-prices.html
Jessie Matthews was England’s most popular movie star at the time, but numerous attempts to establish her in North America proved unsuccessful except for Canada.
This view is apparently looking north towards Queens, which would place the Garden on the opposite side of Manhattan Avenue from the Meserole and Greenpoint Theatres.
Debbie Reynolds provided the voice for Charlotte the spider in the Hanna-Barbera animated feature, with Paul Lynde, Henry Gibson, Agnes Moorehead, and Charles Nelson Reilly also among those heard but not seen. Rex Allen served as narrator.
The B&W comedy was later re-made in Panavision and Technicolor as “Walk, Don’t Run” (1966), which didn’t get booked by RCMH and proved to be the final film of Cary Grant’s iconic career.
This opened on February 15th, 1952, as Judy Garland herself was nearing the end of her record-breaking two-a-day stage engagement at the RKO Palace, which totaled 19 weeks.
Waiting lines for Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” frequently extended for a full block along the side of the Stanley Theatre, and around the corner into the next. Needless to say, the B&W shocker broke all attendance records for New Jersey’s largest cinema.
The B&W comedy was the first solo vehicle for Abbott & Costello, who rapidly landed among the Box Office Champions for the rest of the decade and into the next.
Part of the ground site of the Roxy’s 6,000-seat auditorium is now occupied by Urban Hawker, an authentic Singapore street food center with main entrance at 135 West 50th Street. Official website with photographs can be viewed here
“Empire of Light” has just started streaming in the USA and possibly elsewhere on HBO Max. One of very few films in which a cinema is one of the main characters. Hard to believe that most of the interiors are just sets constructed for the production within the moldering remains of Dreamland.
Front cover of trade journal issue of September 12th, 1945…Workers preparing for the opening of “Captain Eddie” with Fred MacMurray, and stage show topped by comedian Phil Silvers.
If someone happens to notice an empty seat in a higher-priced section, what is to prevent them from moving there? Will an employee of management suddenly turn up and demand that they return to the seat they paid for?
Opening day ad for this engagement, which included a stage show topped by the fast-rising comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, can be viewed here
Thursday’s “Bank Night” jackpot of $320 would be equivalent to about $7,000 in 2023.
The Hippodrome was reportedly the very first theatre operated by the Schine Circuit, and by time of this photo had been fully modernized.
The New York Times has published yet another article about “sightline” pricing, this one filed from Los Angeles by Brooks Barnes: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/05/business/media/movie-theaters-ticket-prices.html
“Female Fugitive” was a year-old melodrama from minor-league Monogram Pictures.
Jessie Matthews was England’s most popular movie star at the time, but numerous attempts to establish her in North America proved unsuccessful except for Canada.
This view is apparently looking north towards Queens, which would place the Garden on the opposite side of Manhattan Avenue from the Meserole and Greenpoint Theatres.
Debbie Reynolds provided the voice for Charlotte the spider in the Hanna-Barbera animated feature, with Paul Lynde, Henry Gibson, Agnes Moorehead, and Charles Nelson Reilly also among those heard but not seen. Rex Allen served as narrator.
The B&W comedy was later re-made in Panavision and Technicolor as “Walk, Don’t Run” (1966), which didn’t get booked by RCMH and proved to be the final film of Cary Grant’s iconic career.
This is a cropped version of a newspaper ad that contained fuller details of the supporting stage revue. Original displayed here
The Clairidge was in the news spotlight yesterday with a unique “BYOB” event. Details can be viewed here
This opened on February 15th, 1952, as Judy Garland herself was nearing the end of her record-breaking two-a-day stage engagement at the RKO Palace, which totaled 19 weeks.
Rita Hayworth, pictured at bottom left, died in 1987 at age 68, reportedly from the consequences of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Image displayed on the screen in the ad is a collage, and not an actual scene from “Thunder Bay.”
Amazon Prime Video charges subscribers an additional $3.99 to view the SD version, and $4.99 for the SD. Outrageous!
Waiting lines for Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” frequently extended for a full block along the side of the Stanley Theatre, and around the corner into the next. Needless to say, the B&W shocker broke all attendance records for New Jersey’s largest cinema.
Latest press release from Look Dine-In Cinemas, which will re-open the site this summer with eight screens, can be viewed here
Films were first-run for the neighborhoods, after Chicago premiere engagements in the “Loop.”
The B&W comedy was the first solo vehicle for Abbott & Costello, who rapidly landed among the Box Office Champions for the rest of the decade and into the next.
Part of the ground site of the Roxy’s 6,000-seat auditorium is now occupied by Urban Hawker, an authentic Singapore street food center with main entrance at 135 West 50th Street. Official website with photographs can be viewed here
“Empire of Light” has just started streaming in the USA and possibly elsewhere on HBO Max. One of very few films in which a cinema is one of the main characters. Hard to believe that most of the interiors are just sets constructed for the production within the moldering remains of Dreamland.
Front cover of trade journal issue of September 12th, 1945…Workers preparing for the opening of “Captain Eddie” with Fred MacMurray, and stage show topped by comedian Phil Silvers.
If someone happens to notice an empty seat in a higher-priced section, what is to prevent them from moving there? Will an employee of management suddenly turn up and demand that they return to the seat they paid for?
Spotlighted in full-page trade journal ad by Du Pont Film Manufacturing Corporation.
Did you expect me to post it at every AMC site listed at Cinema Treasures? I picked Lincoln Square because it’s mentioned in the article.