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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Apr 6, 2020 at 7:13 am

The B&W adaptation of the beloved novel was the first production by David O. Selznick’s independent company, which used United Artists for distribution. Freddie Bartholomew and Mickey Rooney were “borrowed” from MGM, Selznick’s previous employer.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Apr 3, 2020 at 11:10 am

The Easter holiday presentation opened on March 30th, with ad displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO 81st Street Theatre on Apr 3, 2020 at 7:24 am

81st Street and other RKO theatres designated with the number 9 were testing a new policy with the last complete show starting with the main feature around 9:00 PM (except Saturdays).

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's 72nd Street Theatre on Apr 3, 2020 at 7:20 am

72nd Street and other Loew’s designated with the number 9 were testing a new policy with last complete show starting with the main feature around 9PM (except Saturdays).

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Comfortably Cool commented about Avalon Regal Theater on Mar 31, 2020 at 1:33 pm

This is an architect’s color illustration, not a photograph.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Grand Pussycat Cinema on Mar 31, 2020 at 1:04 pm

Ad for the world premiere at the Trans-Lux East on March 26th can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Mar 30, 2020 at 6:48 am

Easter Sunday arrived on April 1st that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Mar 27, 2020 at 10:56 am

The Roxy’s Easter Holiday Presentation for that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Warner Twin Theatre on Mar 27, 2020 at 7:11 am

The roadshow engagement coincided with the Easter holiday season of that year, which had Easter Sunday on April 10th.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Melba Theatre on Mar 26, 2020 at 12:01 pm

The three-day tour started in Queens on Thursday morning and finished in the Bronx at the Melba on Saturday night.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Main Street Cinemas on Mar 26, 2020 at 9:33 am

The Main Street was the first stop on a three-day promotional tour of Queens, Long Island, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. A full list of theatres visited is included in the dark spread of the batcape.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Lyric Theatre on Mar 25, 2020 at 1:43 pm

The Lyric Theatre was the gathering point for a “Wartime Scrap Drive” conducted by local children and teenagers.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Capitol Theatre on Mar 25, 2020 at 12:12 pm

CDs didn’t exist in 1952, nor did Time/Warner as a corporate entity. Perhaps there was an LP album in 1952, with much later reissue in other formats.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Mar 25, 2020 at 7:58 am

The Capitol had an “Everything On the Screen Policy” from 1935 to 1943, when supporting stage shows were resumed into 1952.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Embassy 1 Theatre on Mar 24, 2020 at 12:51 pm

A patriotic short subject in RKO’s “This Is America” series took top billing over the newsreels that constituted most of the program.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Mar 22, 2020 at 8:57 am

Closed until further notice due to the worldwide health emergency. Closing also affects management’s Beacon Theatre in NYC and Chicago Theatre in Chicago. Bulletin here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Ziegfeld Theatre on Mar 20, 2020 at 12:28 pm

Since the Ziegfeld Theatre was barely nine months old, how many “house records” did it have to be broken?

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Comfortably Cool commented about Rivoli Theatre on Mar 19, 2020 at 9:47 am

In September, 1959, the production of “Can-Can” made world history when the Soviet Union’s prime minister, Nikita Khrushchev, visited the set at 20th Century-Fox’s Hollywood studio while in the USA for a Summit Meeting with President Eisenhower. Newsreel footage, including comments by 20th-Fox’s Spyros Skouras, can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Astor Theatre on Mar 19, 2020 at 6:52 am

“Follow the Boys” was Universal’s contribution to the patriotic all-star extravaganzas that started with Paramount’s “Star Spangled Rhythm” and UA’s “Stage Door Canteen.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's State Theatre on Mar 17, 2020 at 1:45 pm

While this was known locally as Loew’s State. it was always listed in circuit advertising and publicity as Loew’s White Plains, which should be included in the alternate names. At present, it doesn’t turn up when using the Search engine.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Center Theatre on Mar 17, 2020 at 9:38 am

Management hoped to benefit from crowds gathered on nearby Fifth Avenue for the Annual Parade…The Music Hall was in its second program change since sharing the premiere week of “King Kong” with the New Roxy.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Mar 16, 2020 at 12:34 pm

Easter Sunday arrived on March 29th that year. This was the final Easter season for the Roxy Theatre, which closed forever in February, 1960…The Music Hall ran a small separate ad for its exiting presentation, which had MGM’s “The Journey” on screen.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Albee Theatre on Mar 15, 2020 at 1:28 pm

The four brothers returned to the Albee in January, 1932 with ad displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Warner Twin Theatre on Mar 14, 2020 at 9:08 am

This was the first Christmas season since the USA entered WWII. Waiting lines for the Strand Theatre often extended around the corner of 48th Street as far west as Eighth Avenue.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Ufa Palast am Zoo on Mar 14, 2020 at 7:57 am

UFA’s first sound feature, produced in four languages and titled in English as “Melody of the Heart,” became an international success and started a vogue for operettas.