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Comfortably Cool commented about Kings Theatre on Nov 20, 2020 at 9:09 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 9:59 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 2:08 pm

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 2:03 pm

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 9:31 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 8:51 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 9:28 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 2:21 pm

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 5:03 pm

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 9:17 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 9:06 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 2:47 pm

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.

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Comfortably Cool commented about S.V.A. Theatre on Nov 3, 2020 at 8:15 pm

“Kisses” was having its first neighborhood showings since its NYC debut in late August at the Criterion and Trans-Lux 85th Street. “PT 109” was originally released in 1963.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Nov 3, 2020 at 2:55 pm

Opened a day before MGM’s “Kiss Me Kate” debuted at Radio City Music Hall with stage revue.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Nov 2, 2020 at 6:00 pm

This was starting the 11th month of the Music Hall’s switch to a screen/stage policy under the direction of “Roxy.” The resident troupe of precision dancers was still known as “The Roxyettes.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Rivoli Theatre on Nov 2, 2020 at 2:52 pm

Date??? The 3-D premiere engagement in NYC of “House of Wax” took place in 1953 at the Paramount Theatre, with Eddie Fisher headlining the stage show.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Chester Theatre on Nov 2, 2020 at 2:42 pm

An “Off Year” for national politics, following re-election of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Jim Kastner at the Winter Garden-1971 on Nov 1, 2020 at 8:58 pm

Theatre was strictly “legit” by that time!

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Comfortably Cool commented about Cove Theatre on Oct 31, 2020 at 3:16 pm

Due to Halloween being celebrated on a school day of Friday, special shows for kids were offered during Saturday’s matinees at three theatres.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Alpine Cinema on Oct 29, 2020 at 6:12 pm

P.S. The unnamed theatre “deep in Brooklyn” that is up for sale is very probably the Cinema Kings Highway (original Jewel).

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Comfortably Cool commented about Alpine Cinema on Oct 29, 2020 at 5:56 pm

During the Alpine’s current pandemic closure, owner Nick Nicolaou is doing extensive renovations to the nearly 100-year-old interior, according to an article in yesterday’s New York Times. Nicolaou also operates Cinema Village in Manhattan and the Cinemart in Queens, and is reportedly selling another cinema “deep in Brooklyn” that he’d been leasing out. Full text can be found here

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Comfortably Cool commented about El Capitan Theatre on Oct 29, 2020 at 1:39 pm

During the pandemic, management is generating income by renting the marquee for personalized messages.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Ziegfeld Theatre on Oct 29, 2020 at 12:59 pm

Annual membership of $26 would be equivalent to about $175 in 2020. All Walter Reade sites, including the Ziegfeld, were covered, “anywhere, anytime.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Center Theatre on Oct 27, 2020 at 8:25 pm

Full-page congratulatory ad by National Screen Service in trade publications.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Warner Twin Theatre on Oct 27, 2020 at 7:31 pm

Actual title of the B&W melodrama was “On Dress Parade.” Original theatrical trailer can be viewed here