Milton Berle’s top-rated TV variety show was on summer recess, which enabled him to perform at the Roxy for two weeks only at a reported $27,500 per week, plus a percentage of the grosses.
Despite the name, this never had a corporate connection with the showbiz empire that started with William Fox and grew into such entities as Fox Theatre Circuit, Fox Films, and 20th Century-Fox. Burlesque attracted just as many foxes as it did wolves to its presentations.
The Capitol was being marketed as Loew’s Cinerama at the time, with “How the West Was Won” running nearly 40 weeks by the Thanksgiving holiday. Seating capacity was reported as 1,552 in trade journals…
I never attended a Broadway stage play or reserved-seat movie that started exactly at the time stated on tickets.
Following its Roxy booking, the B&W melodrama was the opening main feature at the brand-new RKO Midway Theatre in Forest Hills, Queens. Ad displayed here
Advertising for the RKO circuit on Tuesday, August 5th, 1947, lists this as a one-day booking of two “B” programmers plus vaudeville on stage at night.
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
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.
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.
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.
Re-opened, but with sparse attendance. News report here
Arrived just in time for Labor Day, with the national holiday celebrated on Monday, September 3rd, that year.
Milton Berle’s top-rated TV variety show was on summer recess, which enabled him to perform at the Roxy for two weeks only at a reported $27,500 per week, plus a percentage of the grosses.
Recent photo and article can be viewed at the Forgotten New York website. Click here
Back in business, according to this news article
Despite the name, this never had a corporate connection with the showbiz empire that started with William Fox and grew into such entities as Fox Theatre Circuit, Fox Films, and 20th Century-Fox. Burlesque attracted just as many foxes as it did wolves to its presentations.
Future superstar Betty Hutton made her feature debut in a supporting role in the B&W musical.
Unfortunately, no progress has been made in the Preservation Campaign. Latest update can be viewed here
The Capitol was being marketed as Loew’s Cinerama at the time, with “How the West Was Won” running nearly 40 weeks by the Thanksgiving holiday. Seating capacity was reported as 1,552 in trade journals… I never attended a Broadway stage play or reserved-seat movie that started exactly at the time stated on tickets.
Trade ad for this exploitation booking can be viewed here
Well, at least I got the spelling corrected!!!
Following its Roxy booking, the B&W melodrama was the opening main feature at the brand-new RKO Midway Theatre in Forest Hills, Queens. Ad displayed here
Festivities started in Hollywood at the Egyptian, with groupings of celebrities then flown by helicopter to other participating theatres.
Riviera listed in center of top row with Mary Pickford in “Suds” on screen.
Marquee banner claims “The Only Refrigeration Plant in Ridgewood.”
Today marks the 61st anniversary of the opening of one of the Music Hall’s most iconic film presentations. Ad displayed here
Advertising for the RKO circuit on Tuesday, August 5th, 1947, lists this as a one-day booking of two “B” programmers plus vaudeville on stage at night.
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
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.
Photo omits boxes on side wall opposite those shown.
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.
Booking might have been a reissue of the 1933 “Sagebrush Trail.” Clothing of children looks too “modern” for that period. More likely post-WWII.
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.
With Kirk Alyn in the title role, Columbia’s B&W serial “Superman” had 15 episodes, one shown weekly at Wednesday-Saturday matinees.
Latest speculation on the future of moviegoing as practiced for more than a century can be read here