Festivities and screening were also held simultaneously at the Capitol Theatre, where “GWTW” started continuous performances the next day. The Astor was a two-a-day road show with reserved seats. The Capitol, which then had a reported seating capacity of 4,520, offered three continuous performances daily, with the last starting at 9:00 PM.
Veronica Lake vaulted to stardom in a supporting role, and quickly became one of Hollywood’s most glamorous and publicized sirens of the World War II era.
A trade journal review claimed that the projected image of “Happy Days” measured 42 feet by 21 feet, compared to the Roxy’s normal size of 24 feet by 18 feet.
The Music Hall’s first opening of the year followed a hold-over of the Christmas holiday presentation that included MGM’s Technicolor musical, “Good News,” on screen.
This is the Embassy on Broadway in same block as the Palace Theatre. Overhead, you can see a portion of the famous “Mr. Peanuts” billboard sponsored by Planters.
In block below, the Strand Theatre was still offering a screen/stage policy, with “Night Unto Night” (Ronald Reagan, Viveca Lindfors), and an “Hour of Charm” revue with Phil Spitalny and His All-Girl Orchestra.
The Music Hall would offer spectacular variety shows, performed twice daily…Two days later (December 29th), the smaller New Roxy opened with a policy of first-run movie and stage revue.
In top photo, the screen is shown open to its fullest size. During performances, it was masked down to the 1:33 to 1:00 ratio used at that time. Also, the screen was always covered by curtains between showings.
Audiences were never confronted by a blank screen, which is often the practice now.
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.
A new AMC Tiered Pricing Policy makes “good” seats even more expensive, according to news reports like this one
Festivities and screening were also held simultaneously at the Capitol Theatre, where “GWTW” started continuous performances the next day. The Astor was a two-a-day road show with reserved seats. The Capitol, which then had a reported seating capacity of 4,520, offered three continuous performances daily, with the last starting at 9:00 PM.
Veronica Lake vaulted to stardom in a supporting role, and quickly became one of Hollywood’s most glamorous and publicized sirens of the World War II era.
Night before the federal holiday of Memorial Day, which fell on a Wednesday that year.
A trade journal review claimed that the projected image of “Happy Days” measured 42 feet by 21 feet, compared to the Roxy’s normal size of 24 feet by 18 feet.
First program change of 1973, following extended run of the Christmas ‘72 holiday presentation that included “1776” on screen.
Complete shows included stage appearances by a claimed “Nazi Slave Girl,” plus a “German Nudist Queen.”
Queen Elizabeth II greets Gina Lollobrigida at the Odeon Leicester Square Theatre prior to the unveiling of Alfred Hitchcock’s “To Catch a Thief.”
First starring vehicle for Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, following supporting roles in “My Friend Irma” and “My Friend Irma Goes West.”
“Movie Quiz” was an industry-sponsored contest being conducted nationally, with thousands of theatres participating.
The latest “Avatar” has been bursting bladders on 34th Street and around the world, according to a New York Times article linked here
I believe the photo was taken in 1929, just prior to the Fox’s opening in late January of that year.
For this engagement, known as Warner Theatre, with no reference to Cinerama, since the Technicolor musical was produced in Todd-AO.
The Music Hall’s first opening of the year followed a hold-over of the Christmas holiday presentation that included MGM’s Technicolor musical, “Good News,” on screen.
RKO’s “Second Chance” was being promoted as the first 3-D feature with “Big Stars” heading the cast.
This was the Mastbaum’s Thanksgiving holiday presentation for that year.
Link to Embassy listing here
This is the Embassy on Broadway in same block as the Palace Theatre. Overhead, you can see a portion of the famous “Mr. Peanuts” billboard sponsored by Planters.
In block below, the Strand Theatre was still offering a screen/stage policy, with “Night Unto Night” (Ronald Reagan, Viveca Lindfors), and an “Hour of Charm” revue with Phil Spitalny and His All-Girl Orchestra.
The Music Hall would offer spectacular variety shows, performed twice daily…Two days later (December 29th), the smaller New Roxy opened with a policy of first-run movie and stage revue.
Courtesy of Forgotten New York website, which has a larger photo and short article with details of the conversion.
Note Christmas tree atop the Capitol’s marquee and a portion of the Hollywood Theatre’s vertical sign beyond that.
Opened on December 21st, 1933, and ran through January 4th of the coming year. Replaced on January 5th, 1934 by “If I Were Free” and new stage revue.
In top photo, the screen is shown open to its fullest size. During performances, it was masked down to the 1:33 to 1:00 ratio used at that time. Also, the screen was always covered by curtains between showings. Audiences were never confronted by a blank screen, which is often the practice now.