BoxOfficeBill,
“Juliet of the Spirits” had simultaneous runs at three N.Y.C. theatres beginning in November 1965: the New Embassy (Broadway at 46th Street), RKO 23rd Street Cinema, and the RKO 58th St. November 3rd, one day before the run at the other two theatres began, was the gala premiere at the RKO 58th. I saw it at the New Embassy. From your description of the RKO 58th Street, I wish I had gone there to see it instead. For the record, “Juliet” was not Fellini’s first film in color. That was “The Temptation(s) of Dr. Antonio,” a one-hour episode in the 1962 “Boccaccio ‘70.” It was, however, his first FEATURE in color.
Here is a photo of the Nickel. Grace Church, to the left, still exists. The building to the right is still there. The R.K.O. Albee, which eventually replaced the Nickel, was itself torn down in the 1970s. The space is a parking lot now. View link
Here are two photos, one relatively recent one of the exterior, another of the program booklet (front) of the December 3, 1971 presentation of Rudolph Valentino’s “The Eagle” with Lee Erwin at the organ console. That program has a B/W photo of the auditorium and stage. View link
This photo of the New Yorker Theater with owner Dan Talbot appeared in The New York Times on April 21, 1972 and is credited to Meyer Liebowitz. View link
This photo and this photo of the lamentably lost Park Theatre/Opera House of Woonsocket were credited to George E. Rooney and published in an article on the Park in The Providence Journal of December 17, 1972.
Roland L.,
Would love to see your photos of local R.I. area theatres. Why not host them on?: http://www.photobucket.com/
Free and easy. I did it. Once you’ve got the photo to Photobucket, simply copy the URL and paste on the appropriate Cinema Treasures page.
Re: Legion of “Decency.” In high school (LaSalle Academy in Providence) we had to take a solemn oath in 1956 not to see “Baby Doll” which was then playing at the Majestic. Lists of films not to see were also read off from the pulpit at Sunday mass in the early 1950s, and we had to take a pledge to avoid them, while standing with our right hand raised! I don’t remember all the titles, but one was the 1951 version of “M”.
Great masterpieces and other significant classics of the cinema on the Legion of Decency no-no condemned list included, among others:
“Breathless"
"Contempt"
"Jules and Jim"
"Knife in the Water"
"L'Avventura"
"La Notte"
"The Silence"
"Viridiana"
"The Balcony"
"Boccaccio ‘70"
"Bell'Antonio"
"Kiss Me, Stupid"
"Never on Sunday"
"Ways of Love” with Rossellini’s “The Miracle”
When “Never on Sunday” was to be shown on the University of R.I. campus, the Catholic chaplain protested vociferously and tried to get it banned.
According to a Providence Journal article on old theatres on October 20, 1996, this silent-era theatre was closed on July 3, 1925. Another later Bijou, formerly called the Westminster, was further up Westminster St. at Snow Street.
BoxOfficeBill,
“Juliet of the Spirits” had simultaneous runs at three N.Y.C. theatres beginning in November 1965: the New Embassy (Broadway at 46th Street), RKO 23rd Street Cinema, and the RKO 58th St. November 3rd, one day before the run at the other two theatres began, was the gala premiere at the RKO 58th. I saw it at the New Embassy. From your description of the RKO 58th Street, I wish I had gone there to see it instead. For the record, “Juliet” was not Fellini’s first film in color. That was “The Temptation(s) of Dr. Antonio,” a one-hour episode in the 1962 “Boccaccio ‘70.” It was, however, his first FEATURE in color.
A photo of the exterior of the Zeiterion:
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An earlier photo from 1900:
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Two photos:
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Here’s a photo:
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Photo of the West Newton entrance and marquee, summer 2004:
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Here is a photo of the Nickel. Grace Church, to the left, still exists. The building to the right is still there. The R.K.O. Albee, which eventually replaced the Nickel, was itself torn down in the 1970s. The space is a parking lot now.
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Here is a historic photo of the Povidence Opera House.
Historic photo of the Auburn Theatre after its 1918 fire.
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Here are some photos of the theatre I took in 1989 when it was doing repertory programming.
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Photo of Pastime.
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Here are three shots of the Empire taken in 2003. The last shot is of a pre-film piano player.
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Here are two photos, one relatively recent one of the exterior, another of the program booklet (front) of the December 3, 1971 presentation of Rudolph Valentino’s “The Eagle” with Lee Erwin at the organ console. That program has a B/W photo of the auditorium and stage.
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This photo with blurb was a recollection of the Metropolitan. It appeared in The Providence Journal, date unknown by me.
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This small photo with blurb was a recollection of the Capitol Theatre. It appeared in The Providence Journal, date unknown by me.
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This photo of the New Yorker Theater with owner Dan Talbot appeared in The New York Times on April 21, 1972 and is credited to Meyer Liebowitz.
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Link to my pic of the United.
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This photo and this photo of the lamentably lost Park Theatre/Opera House of Woonsocket were credited to George E. Rooney and published in an article on the Park in The Providence Journal of December 17, 1972.
Here are a couple of photos:
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This photo shows the marquee of the Powell Theatre (left) at the cable car turnaround at Powell and Market.
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Roland L.,
Would love to see your photos of local R.I. area theatres. Why not host them on?:
http://www.photobucket.com/
Free and easy. I did it. Once you’ve got the photo to Photobucket, simply copy the URL and paste on the appropriate Cinema Treasures page.
Shade,
Here it is:
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Re: Legion of “Decency.” In high school (LaSalle Academy in Providence) we had to take a solemn oath in 1956 not to see “Baby Doll” which was then playing at the Majestic. Lists of films not to see were also read off from the pulpit at Sunday mass in the early 1950s, and we had to take a pledge to avoid them, while standing with our right hand raised! I don’t remember all the titles, but one was the 1951 version of “M”.
Great masterpieces and other significant classics of the cinema on the Legion of Decency no-no condemned list included, among others:
“Breathless"
"Contempt"
"Jules and Jim"
"Knife in the Water"
"L'Avventura"
"La Notte"
"The Silence"
"Viridiana"
"The Balcony"
"Boccaccio ‘70"
"Bell'Antonio"
"Kiss Me, Stupid"
"Never on Sunday"
"Ways of Love” with Rossellini’s “The Miracle”
When “Never on Sunday” was to be shown on the University of R.I. campus, the Catholic chaplain protested vociferously and tried to get it banned.
Such stupidity!
My list above included several films by Akira Kurosawa, who seemed to love black-and-white wide films (Tohoscope.)
We can add his 1965 “Red Beard.”
According to a Providence Journal article on old theatres on October 20, 1996, this silent-era theatre was closed on July 3, 1925. Another later Bijou, formerly called the Westminster, was further up Westminster St. at Snow Street.