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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Rio Theatre on Feb 19, 2020 at 12:53 pm

A photo and vintage recording of Henrietta Kamern can be found here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Kings Theatre on Feb 19, 2020 at 10:37 am

These seats, which are duplicated on the auditorium’s right wall, are the closest that the mezzanine level gets to the stage, but give a distorted view of the proceedings.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Feb 19, 2020 at 10:16 am

At the time, Brunswick was one of America’s “big three” recording companies, along with Victor and Columbia.

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Comfortably Cool commented about UA Astoria Sixplex on Feb 19, 2020 at 8:29 am

Another news article on closure in December, 2001 can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Center Cinemas on Feb 19, 2020 at 6:27 am

An update on preparations for the Regal multiplex, which will now have more screens than previously announced, can be found here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Rivoli Theatre on Feb 18, 2020 at 8:29 am

In later years, the supernatural comedy was often reissued as part of a double bill with Alexander Korda’s spectacular “Things to Come,” which had originally debuted at the Rivoli in 1936. Ad displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Feb 16, 2020 at 11:03 am

Advance ad published on February 15th, 1960, for opening on March 12th. Reserved locations were only in the first mezzanine, which had 944 seats.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Cultureel Centrum Berchem on Feb 16, 2020 at 7:43 am

Her name was “Judy,” not “July”.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Commodore Theater on Feb 16, 2020 at 7:42 am

Top ticket price of $7.50 would be equivalent to about $38.00 in 2020.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Commodore Theater on Feb 16, 2020 at 7:27 am

A major exhibition honoring Bill Graham, who turned the former Commodore into a rock palace known as Fillmore East, is currently on view at the New York Historical Society. More details here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Entrance to the York 1957 on Feb 15, 2020 at 6:57 am

“Me and the Colonel” opened in NYC in late August, 1958, for the Labor Day holiday, and entered national release in October of that year. This photo could not have been taken in 1957.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Feb 13, 2020 at 7:31 am

Both were gearing up for the next national holiday on February 22nd, which would celebrate the birth and historical importance of George Washington.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Feb 12, 2020 at 1:11 pm

Hundreds of people were killed and more than a million left homeless by the “Great Flood” of the Ohio River in January and early February of that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Fordham Theatre on Feb 11, 2020 at 1:41 pm

With two such different types of films as “Life Begins at 8:30” and “Tarzan Triumphs,” the circuit left it up to managers to decide which should get top billing in their areas. In the scheduling of double bills, there had to be a “main feature” because the last complete show of the day was expected to end with it. Experiments at reversing that order, if only on weekday nights, had proved unpopular.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Adams Theatre on Feb 10, 2020 at 8:54 am

This is an ad for the U.S. Theatre in Paterson, NJ, which has a CT listing here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Feb 10, 2020 at 7:14 am

Continuous performances started the next day. The Capitol had dropped stage presentations in 1952, after reviving them in 1943 following a suspension that began in 1935.

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Comfortably Cool commented about UA Astoria Sixplex on Feb 9, 2020 at 12:19 pm

Triboro offering “Any Number Can Play” & “Some of the Best”…This was a time when home TV was starting to decimate attendance at neighborhood cinemas.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Kings Theatre on Feb 9, 2020 at 7:17 am

The Kings also projected the 3-D “Sangaree” on its newly installed Panoramic Wide Screen.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Feb 7, 2020 at 12:21 pm

Since the Strand/Warner’s conversion to Cinerama, the Paramount Theatre had become a frequent showcase for WB releases.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Ziegfeld Theatre on Feb 7, 2020 at 9:59 am

The infant Ziegfeld was already having booking problems, offering this special event for four weeks prior to that year’s “Oscar” telecast on April 7th.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Feb 6, 2020 at 12:07 pm

The B&W melodrama was Kirk Douglas’s fourth film to be shown at Radio City Music Hall, preceded, in chronological order, by “A Letter to Three Wives,” “Young Man With a Horn,” and “The Glass Menagerie.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Feb 6, 2020 at 11:55 am

Kirk Douglas’s breakthrough movie, “Champion,” opened its NYC premiere engagement at Brandt’s Globe on April 9th, 1949. Douglas appeared in person for the first two performances that day, with doors opening at 8:30 AM. Ad displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Ziegfeld Theatre on Feb 6, 2020 at 6:30 am

If text is to be believed, the Ziegfeld’s screen was half the width of that entire block of West 54th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues!

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Comfortably Cool commented about Ziegfeld Theatre on Feb 5, 2020 at 12:14 pm

This was apparently a non-movie event, with Sports Illustrated renting the Ziegfeld for one night for the magazine’s annual awards ceremony.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Apollo Theater on Feb 5, 2020 at 9:25 am

According to a review in weekly Variety at the time, Columbia’s B&W melodrama “Whispering Enemies” filled the gaps between stage performances. With Lucky Millinder & Band set to follow, the Apollo would be spending more on “big names” to attract tourists coming to New York for the soon-to-open World’s Fair.