“Summer Stock” proved to be Judy Garland’s final movie for MGM. She had previously been replaced by Betty Hutton in “Annie Get Your Gun,” which had just reached neighborhood theatres after a record-breaking run at Loew’s State.
Will the Chinese Theatre be participating in “National Cinema Day” on Saturday, September 3rd, with tickets priced at just $3? More details of the industry event reported here
Alan Freed’s “First Anniversary Rock ‘N Roll Show” added a headliner more identified with the popular/jazz field. The one-week booking included the Labor Day holiday on September 5th.
This was a “Limited Time Engagement” and not a resumption of the legendary screen/stage policy with continuous performances. House was cleared after each complete show, which were four on Friday-Sunday and three on Tuesday-Thursday (none on Mondays).
The Kings listed in section with “Neptune’s Daughter,” supported by 10th Anniversary revival of “The Wizard of Oz.” The all Technicolor double bill had played exclusively at the Paradise and Valencia the previous week.
MGM’s B&W comedy used sets and costumes made for “Kismet,” which was currently in its 12th “record-breaking” week across Broadway at the Astor Theatre.
The latest revival of “GWTW” was in celebration of the “Civil War Centennial.” The area-wide saturation was led by Loew’s Theatres in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Westchester.
These were first-run NEIGHBORHOOD showings of “Come Blow Your Horn,” following an exclusive New York premiere engagement at Radio City Music Hall (with stage revue).
On that day, Paramount Pictures launched “Grease” at more than 860 theatres in the United States and Canada. Those marked here with a *
offered Dolby Stereo prints, including all three in Manhattan.
Columbia decided to launch the two films as a package, with as many theatres as possible. By this time, Loew’s had dropped the Canal Theatre, but bookings stayed pretty much the same under Island Circuit management.
Two performances daily, with all seats reserved. The Broadway Theatre had been “dark” more often than open in recent years, so Walt Disney Productions was able to arrange a flexible operating lease, for a minimum of one year and extension options.
In NYC, MGM usually launched its major releases at the Capitol or Astor, but made an exception for what was the Roxy Theatre’s Fifth Anniversary Presentation.
The movie was later transformed by Rodgers & Hammerstein into the Broadway stage musical “The King and I,” which was eventually filmed by 20th-Fox with its NYC premiere engagement at the Roxy Theatre.
“Summer Stock” proved to be Judy Garland’s final movie for MGM. She had previously been replaced by Betty Hutton in “Annie Get Your Gun,” which had just reached neighborhood theatres after a record-breaking run at Loew’s State.
Will the Chinese Theatre be participating in “National Cinema Day” on Saturday, September 3rd, with tickets priced at just $3? More details of the industry event reported here
Larger version of photo can be found in article about Greenpoint at the Forgotten New York website. Click here
Alan Freed’s “First Anniversary Rock ‘N Roll Show” added a headliner more identified with the popular/jazz field. The one-week booking included the Labor Day holiday on September 5th.
This was a “Limited Time Engagement” and not a resumption of the legendary screen/stage policy with continuous performances. House was cleared after each complete show, which were four on Friday-Sunday and three on Tuesday-Thursday (none on Mondays).
The Kings listed in section with “Neptune’s Daughter,” supported by 10th Anniversary revival of “The Wizard of Oz.” The all Technicolor double bill had played exclusively at the Paradise and Valencia the previous week.
MGM’s B&W comedy used sets and costumes made for “Kismet,” which was currently in its 12th “record-breaking” week across Broadway at the Astor Theatre.
By that time, the Capitol had ended a stage/screen policy, but would resume it from 1943-51.
The opening film at the original Green Acres in 1961 was “Gone With the Wind,” in a revival keyed to the “Civil War Centennial.” Ad displayed here
The latest revival of “GWTW” was in celebration of the “Civil War Centennial.” The area-wide saturation was led by Loew’s Theatres in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Westchester.
First Marx Brothers feature since ending their MGM contract in 1941 with “The Big Store.”
These were first-run NEIGHBORHOOD showings of “Come Blow Your Horn,” following an exclusive New York premiere engagement at Radio City Music Hall (with stage revue).
On that day, Paramount Pictures launched “Grease” at more than 860 theatres in the United States and Canada. Those marked here with a * offered Dolby Stereo prints, including all three in Manhattan.
This is an ad for the theatre listed at CT under its original name of Major. Click here
Columbia decided to launch the two films as a package, with as many theatres as possible. By this time, Loew’s had dropped the Canal Theatre, but bookings stayed pretty much the same under Island Circuit management.
Two performances daily, with all seats reserved. The Broadway Theatre had been “dark” more often than open in recent years, so Walt Disney Productions was able to arrange a flexible operating lease, for a minimum of one year and extension options.
The Capitol had offered a stage/screen policy from 1919 opening until 1935, and again from 1943-51.
In NYC, MGM usually launched its major releases at the Capitol or Astor, but made an exception for what was the Roxy Theatre’s Fifth Anniversary Presentation.
Film debut of Marlon Brando, who’d created a sensation on the Broadway stage in “A Streetcar Named Desire.”
A video of the Detroit Opera’s presentation of “Bliss” in what remains of the Michigan Theatre can be viewed here
Marquee displays Clara Bow’s all-talking “Dangerous Curves” as feature attraction, which had a national release date of July of that year.
The movie was later transformed by Rodgers & Hammerstein into the Broadway stage musical “The King and I,” which was eventually filmed by 20th-Fox with its NYC premiere engagement at the Roxy Theatre.
This was probably the only first-run engagement of “Annie Get Your Gun” in the USA that had a stage show in support.
How can a preview be described as “sneak” when the title is revealed in a display ad for the film?
Probably not. It was specifically designed for movies, and had no stage facilities.