Comments from Gerald A. DeLuca

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Hippodrome on Jun 19, 2026 at 5:19 pm

This was a subsequent run. First shown at the Providence Opera House.

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Infantry Hall on Jun 19, 2026 at 10:33 am

Important part of this hall’s history.

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Avon Cinema on Jun 19, 2026 at 8:12 am

Can be seen complete on YouTube with English subtitles. 72 minutes.

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Avon Cinema on Jun 19, 2026 at 8:12 am

Can be seen complete on YouTube with English subtitles. 72 minutes.

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Infantry Hall on Jun 18, 2026 at 3:18 pm

Can be watched on YouTube. The score by Dmitri Shostakovich is superb and cannot be heard in any other context.

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Infantry Hall on Jun 18, 2026 at 3:17 pm

The score by Dmitri Shostakovich is superb and cannot be heard in any other context.

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Avon Cinema on Jun 18, 2026 at 10:09 am

Fine British double bill plus a short film by Roberto Rossellini with Ingrid Bergman.

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Infantry Hall on Jun 17, 2026 at 6:04 am

There had been a fire earlier in the year.

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Infantry Hall on Jun 17, 2026 at 6:03 am

Auditorium without seating.

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Infantry Hall on Jun 17, 2026 at 6:03 am

Too bad there was a destructive fire in a few months.

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Infantry Hall on Jun 17, 2026 at 5:51 am

The Providence Boys Club, lower right, was the location of the esteemed Talma Theatre, a local theatre group. The also showed movies, including the now-lost “Four Devils” by Murnau.

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Infantry Hall on Jun 17, 2026 at 5:42 am

Important part of this hall’s history.

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Infantry Hall on Jun 17, 2026 at 5:37 am

Two concerts on Thanksgiving Day in 1894…and more.

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Bomes Theatre on Jun 16, 2026 at 6:19 am

The film can be watched in full on YouTube. Runs a little over an hour but has no subtitles.

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Soviet propaganda film. on Jun 16, 2026 at 6:19 am

The film can be watched in full on YouTube. Runs a little over an hour but has no subtitles.

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Soviet propaganda film. on Jun 16, 2026 at 6:13 am

This theatre was then called the Liberty.

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Bomes Theatre on Jun 16, 2026 at 6:07 am

Description: A bricklayer of Jewish ancestry leaves capitalist America during the Depression for the promise of Soviet Russia.

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about JTP Film + Event Center on Jun 15, 2026 at 12:54 pm

Nice show. Great color on both.

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about JTP Film + Event Center on Jun 15, 2026 at 12:53 pm

Hey, perfect aspect ratio!

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Laurier Palace Theatre on Jun 14, 2026 at 7:13 am

Grim tragedy!

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Cinema Italia 83 Queens Parade, Melbourne, VIC on Jun 14, 2026 at 5:24 am

Google tells me the place is now called Aikenhead Hall.

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Cinema Italia on Jun 14, 2026 at 5:10 am

There was an Italy Cinema in Johnston, RI, USA in the 1960s-1970s. https://www.cinematreasures.org/theaters/6388

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Cinema Italia 83 Queens Parade, Melbourne, VIC on Jun 14, 2026 at 4:52 am

There was a Cinema Italia (Italy Cinema) in Johnston, Rhode Island, where I came from. It has a page on Cinema Treasures.

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Avon Cinema on Jun 13, 2026 at 5:39 pm

The Avon’s second movie. The first had been “Life and Loves of Beethoven” by Abel Gance. So the first two attractions were French.

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Gerald A. DeLuca commented about Empire Theatre on Jun 13, 2026 at 7:54 am

Orignally called “They Shall Have Music”.