OK, they are the same images on both dates. The first is a direct link to the pic itself; the second is a link to the page containing the photo. As I just said on the Criterion (1st) page, Flickr links now only seem to work if they are to entire pages rather than individual image URLs. I’m sorry about this development. I don’t know if anyone else has encountered this problem or if I am doing something wrong. It must be affecting many of my past posts here. Oh well, I’m running out of material to add anyway.
Yes, Warren, I always hit “preview” first and the previews work. But from now on I will submit links to the whole scrapbook page rather than the actual photo’s URL as I have long been doing without problems resulting. There is something askew here, and I can’t figure it out yet, but I think Flickr is now denying certain kinds of direct links to the photos while allowing links to entire Flickr pages.
Those are really nice pictures. I’ve only seen a couple of them before and never the former church interior. I’d love to see the interior as a theatre, either as the Rialto or as Scenic Temple, but alas I don’t think there are any. To create a hyperlink, you put [url =, then “quotes around the actual url http: etc.”, then closing bracket ], then words you want in blue, then [/url]. In case you need to do it in the future. Many people don’t bother anyway.
Ming,
Post the pictures on a photo server. Photobucket (www.photobucket.com) will do. I use Flickr (www.flickr.com) because of its versatility in displaying photos and sets to other audiences. Then take the photo’s URL, paste it here, and voilà , it should link to the photo on your server. I can explain more if you contact me at italiangerry(at)gmail.com. My Flickr set for RI movie theatres is HERE. Would you email me the pictures to look at?
On Saturday, March 22, the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, as it is now called, beautifully restored at a cost of $31,000,000, will host a free open house from noon to 5 P.M. This is a great opportunity for people in the area to tour the theatre and see what can be done with great “cinema treasures” of the past.
I saw a wonderful revival showing of Ingmar Bergman’s Monika here a few weeks ago in a magnificent restored 35mm print. This is the Brattle at its best!
In November 1948 the Italian filmThe Spirit and the Flesh premiered at the Stanley. It had been made in 1941 and was based on the great Manzoni novel, I promessi sposi.
See my previous comment for April 23, 2005 concerning the virtually unknown presentation of De Sica’s I bambini ci guardano / The Children Are Watching Us at the Arena Cinema Verdi under the title of The Little Martyr. And see the newspaper ad here.
For many decades the Exeter Street Theatre published and printed displays and newspaper ads in its own special and idiosyncratic lettering style and format. HERE is an example, from the 1961 run of General della Rovere.
Bernardo Bertolucci’s first film, the 1962 La commare secca (The Grim Reaper), had a belated American commercial premiere at the Public in 1982. The ad misspells screenwriter Pier Paolo Pasolini’s middle name.
OK, they are the same images on both dates. The first is a direct link to the pic itself; the second is a link to the page containing the photo. As I just said on the Criterion (1st) page, Flickr links now only seem to work if they are to entire pages rather than individual image URLs. I’m sorry about this development. I don’t know if anyone else has encountered this problem or if I am doing something wrong. It must be affecting many of my past posts here. Oh well, I’m running out of material to add anyway.
Yes, Warren, I always hit “preview” first and the previews work. But from now on I will submit links to the whole scrapbook page rather than the actual photo’s URL as I have long been doing without problems resulting. There is something askew here, and I can’t figure it out yet, but I think Flickr is now denying certain kinds of direct links to the photos while allowing links to entire Flickr pages.
Of Wayward Love, shown in 1964.
Try this link if my above one doesn’t work for you.
Warren, I can’t explain it. It works for me here now.
Ad for the 1915 Italian film Christus which played here in 1917.
Those are really nice pictures. I’ve only seen a couple of them before and never the former church interior. I’d love to see the interior as a theatre, either as the Rialto or as Scenic Temple, but alas I don’t think there are any. To create a hyperlink, you put [url =, then “quotes around the actual url http: etc.”, then closing bracket ], then words you want in blue, then [/url]. In case you need to do it in the future. Many people don’t bother anyway.
Anna Magnani at the Trans-Lux 60th on Madison in 1953.
Ming,
Post the pictures on a photo server. Photobucket (www.photobucket.com) will do. I use Flickr (www.flickr.com) because of its versatility in displaying photos and sets to other audiences. Then take the photo’s URL, paste it here, and voilà , it should link to the photo on your server. I can explain more if you contact me at italiangerry(at)gmail.com. My Flickr set for RI movie theatres is HERE. Would you email me the pictures to look at?
Beat me to it! I was just about to do it. The gala re-opening is scheduled for March 14. Their website bears repeating HERE.
On Saturday, March 22, the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, as it is now called, beautifully restored at a cost of $31,000,000, will host a free open house from noon to 5 P.M. This is a great opportunity for people in the area to tour the theatre and see what can be done with great “cinema treasures” of the past.
I saw a wonderful revival showing of Ingmar Bergman’s Monika here a few weeks ago in a magnificent restored 35mm print. This is the Brattle at its best!
Critics rave in this 1947 ad for Rossellini’s Open city, which ran for well over a year at the World Theatre after its American premiere there.
Devil in the Flesh in 1949.
A couple of European films that played the Bijou:
Magnani, in 1947
Fernandel, in 1953
In November 1948 the Italian film The Spirit and the Flesh premiered at the Stanley. It had been made in 1941 and was based on the great Manzoni novel, I promessi sposi.
Gina and Silvana double bill from 1962.
This theatre was already listed HERE and this page should be removed.
See my previous comment for April 23, 2005 concerning the virtually unknown presentation of De Sica’s I bambini ci guardano / The Children Are Watching Us at the Arena Cinema Verdi under the title of The Little Martyr. And see the newspaper ad here.
In 1947, when the theatre was known as the Republic, This Anna Magnani film from Italy had its American premiere here.
In 1963 This Italian film followed the opening run of Orson Welles' The Trial.
For many decades the Exeter Street Theatre published and printed displays and newspaper ads in its own special and idiosyncratic lettering style and format. HERE is an example, from the 1961 run of General della Rovere.
Bernardo Bertolucci’s first film, the 1962 La commare secca (The Grim Reaper), had a belated American commercial premiere at the Public in 1982. The ad misspells screenwriter Pier Paolo Pasolini’s middle name.
Publicity from 1988: The Family by Ettore Scola.
This 1931 filming of Leoncavallo’s opera I pagliacci played at the Uptown/Columbus in February 1934. It was supposedly the first opera ever filmed.