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Comfortably Cool commented about Amityville Twin on Aug 4, 2020 at 2:00 pm

This was a subsequent run for “Myra Breckinridge,” which played its New York premiere engagement at the Criterion and Loew’s Tower East earlier in the year. Ad displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Aug 4, 2020 at 8:56 am

Stage presentations were being dropped for “All-The-Show-On-The-Screen” offerings, including a top-quality feature at lower than roadshow prices. The change remained until 1943, when the wartime boom in attendance caused management to resume stage support.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Proctor's 58th Street Theatre on Aug 2, 2020 at 12:28 pm

Photo omits boxes on side wall opposite those shown.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Aug 2, 2020 at 12:07 pm

The Roxy deserves to be returned to its rightful place in the “Famous Movie Theaters” feature on the main PHOTOS page. For whatever reason, the Roxy was removed to make way for the former Loew’s Kings when rejuvenated for performing arts.

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Comfortably Cool commented about 1933 photo courtesy Tammy Markel Poff‎. on Jul 31, 2020 at 12:59 pm

Booking might have been a reissue of the 1933 “Sagebrush Trail.” Clothing of children looks too “modern” for that period. More likely post-WWII.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Jul 30, 2020 at 7:49 am

The screen/stage package had the biggest opening day in RCMH’s history so far, grossing a reported $27,226, which would be equivalent to about $258,000 in 2020.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Regal UA Midway on Jul 29, 2020 at 9:13 am

With Kirk Alyn in the title role, Columbia’s B&W serial “Superman” had 15 episodes, one shown weekly at Wednesday-Saturday matinees.

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Comfortably Cool commented about TCL Chinese Theatre on Jul 29, 2020 at 6:38 am

Latest speculation on the future of moviegoing as practiced for more than a century can be read here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Winter Garden Theatre on Jul 28, 2020 at 7:17 am

Marilyn Miller became an overnight star in Florenz Ziegfeld’s original Broadway stage production of “Sally,” which opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre in December 1920 and ran until April 1922, followed by a lengthy road tour of major cities.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Ziegfeld Theatre on Jul 26, 2020 at 11:36 am

The Ziegfeld had an exclusive engagement for Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Vue West End on Jul 26, 2020 at 7:41 am

The nearby Hippodrome Theatre was later converted into the world-famous nightclub, Talk of the Town, where Judy Garland played her final London engagement in 1968.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Camberwell Electric Theatre on Jul 24, 2020 at 11:04 am

Photo is undated, but the comedy feature with Mabel Normand, Charlie Chaplin, and Mabel Normand was first released in the USA in December, 1915.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Bay Ridge Theatre on Jul 23, 2020 at 7:25 am

At that time, films shown at the Bay Ridge were mostly shorts and newsreels used as fillers on the vaudeville bills.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Valencia Theatre on Jul 22, 2020 at 9:18 am

First neighborhood showings for “Fort Ti” since its premiere engagement at the Criterion Theatre in Times Square in May-June.

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Comfortably Cool commented about New Kingston Theater on Jul 19, 2020 at 12:55 pm

Gated entrance of New Kingston Airdrome at left.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Berklee Performance Center on Jul 18, 2020 at 11:11 am

Engagement opened May 1st, using ad displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's State Theatre on Jul 17, 2020 at 1:48 pm

State listed directly below “Great Stage Shows” arrow. The second-run “The World Changes” was also being shown at Loew’s Paradise and Valencia with stage support.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Prospect Theatre on Jul 17, 2020 at 7:56 am

First neighborhood run for the feature movie.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Grand Theatre on Jul 16, 2020 at 10:31 am

Key Food supermarket will be closed in October. Prior to the arrival of the pandemic, Target was reportedly interested in re-developing the site, but that may have changed since. News item displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about State Theatre on Jul 15, 2020 at 1:08 pm

A video of Rosita Royce performing her legendary “Dance of the Doves” can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Jul 14, 2020 at 7:21 am

Renovations took place over a period of months, but the Paramount was actually closed just a few days for installation of new screen and projection equipment. Made possible by deal with 20th-Fox for major releases that would have gone to the Roxy Theatre, which was about to become a showcase for the Cinemiracle process.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Hippodrome Theatre on Jul 14, 2020 at 6:04 am

Despite the influenza pandemic in 1918, New York theatres remained open, according to this New York Times article

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Comfortably Cool commented about Joyce Theater on Jul 12, 2020 at 11:29 am

Double features, at $1.50 until 6PM, $2 after 6PM and all of Sunday.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Rialto Theatre, New York in 1917 on Jul 10, 2020 at 1:44 pm

Center portrait shows “Roxy” before he acquired that nickname.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Triboro Theatre on Jul 10, 2020 at 8:42 am

“The Wizard of Oz” was in one of its periodic reissues, and had yet to be shown on television.