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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Dec 18, 2020 at 8:18 am

Yul Brynner was an unexpected replacement for Tyrone Power, who suffered a fatal heart attack after filming a strenuous dueling scene with George Sanders.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Dec 16, 2020 at 1:36 pm

Opened on December 6th, 1945, during the first Christmas season since the end of WWII…The above ad, published in The New York Times, was much smaller than one in the rival Herald-Tribune, which can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Bijou Theatre on Dec 14, 2020 at 6:15 am

Also the world premiere for the B&W classical romance, which earned Jose Ferrer an Academy Award as “Best Actor” of 1950.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Stanley Theatre on Dec 12, 2020 at 1:42 pm

A slide show of many Camden cinemas, including the Stanley, can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Dec 12, 2020 at 9:08 am

Listed in top left corner with “1776,” the Music Hall was New York’s last remaining theatre with a screen/stage policy.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Dec 5, 2020 at 8:55 am

Not included in the group is the RKO Palace, which was experimenting with a revival of traditional vaudeville (8 acts) and a first-run “B” feature. Loew’s State, by that time, had dropped vaudeville for single first-run features.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Palace Theatre on Dec 4, 2020 at 12:37 pm

“The Maltese Falcon” was returning to Broadway at the Palace after its premiere engagement in October at the Strand Theatre (with stage show)…Many New Yorkers were attending these RKO programs four days later, on December 7th, when screenings were interrupted for the announcement of a Japanese bombing attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Center Theatre on Dec 4, 2020 at 10:30 am

Designed to hype the national release of RKO Radio’s “The Animal Kingdom,” the full-page ad neglected to mention that the B&W feature was being supported by a lavish stage revue at the new showcase, a policy that was planned to continue with future bookings.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Nov 30, 2020 at 6:50 am

Due to disappointing attendance, “The Brain” and stage revue closed earlier than planned.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Nov 29, 2020 at 10:21 am

An update on the current status of the Rockettes as a troupe can be found in this article from the Curbed section of New York Magazine. Click here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Queens Theatre on Nov 27, 2020 at 6:28 am

The latest edition of the Forgotten New York website has a short article on Queens Village, including a color photo and update on the still shuttered Queens Theatre. Click here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Chicago Theatre on Nov 26, 2020 at 8:28 am

The Chicago Theatre was in its final day with “Go West, Young Man,” with “The Garden of Allah” and change in stage presentation arriving on Friday.

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Comfortably Cool commented about TCL Chinese Theatre on Nov 23, 2020 at 6:48 am

Moviegoing as practiced for more than a century appears over. This could be the “new normal.” The following New York Times article does not mention Grauman’s Chinese specifically, but the theatre would be affected if it ever re-opens. Click here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Kings Theatre on Nov 20, 2020 at 1:09 pm

Currently preparing for Streaming of the Moscow Ballet’s Christmas holiday “Nutcracker” from December 19th-29th. More details here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Valencia Theatre on Nov 17, 2020 at 1:59 pm

Bus is on Merrick Boulevard headed towards Jamaica Avenue.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Odeon Marble Arch on Nov 16, 2020 at 6:08 am

At that time, this was reportedly the largest organ in Europe, which presumably included the United Kingdom as well.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Rialto Theatre on Nov 16, 2020 at 6:03 am

More than four years later, it’s still displayed at the wrong CT listing.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Olympia Theatre at Gusman Center on Nov 13, 2020 at 1:31 pm

Booking of the movie musical coincided with the 1958 World Series, with the New York Yankees triumphing over the Milwaukee Braves 4 games to 3.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Moorabbin Village Drive-In 43 Keys Road, Moorabbin, VIC - Grand opening 1966 on Nov 13, 2020 at 12:51 pm

The mind boggles at what the definition might be of a “self-service” drive-in.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Nov 11, 2020 at 1:28 pm

That night, Ingrid Bergman made her Broadway stage debut at the Alvin Theatre in Maxwell Anderson’s “Joan of Lorraine”…Bergman’s recent movies had proved so popular that MGM was reissuing the B&W melodrama, which originally opened at the Capitol Theatre in 1941 during its “Everything on the screen” policy of 1935-43.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Regal Times Square on Nov 10, 2020 at 6:21 am

Although this never re-opened after pandemic shutdown, all Regal Cinemas that did have now closed again until further notice. News report here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Chicago Theatre on Nov 8, 2020 at 9:03 am

The Chicago Theatre’s first 3-D feature projected on its panoramic wide screen, and with “perfected” viewing glasses provided.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Rivoli Theatre on Nov 5, 2020 at 1:17 pm

Booster ad for critically-acclaimed world premiere engagement that opened in mid-October.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Metropolitan Theatre on Nov 4, 2020 at 1:06 pm

No wide screens and very few features in color. How moviegoers of that period must have suffered!

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Comfortably Cool commented about S.V.A. Theatre on Nov 4, 2020 at 6:47 am

The incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson, who had succeeded John F. Kennedy after his assassination in 1963, won that day’s Presidential Election
over Barry Goldwater.