Opened as the Paramount on June 20, 1930. The theatre would be called the Paramount only briefly, before reverting to the Strand name after about four years.
I attended that event and remember it very well. I remember Truffaut spoke in French and there was a person translating as he spoke. Some francophone members of the audience did not like the translations. At least one person heatedly proclaimed, “No that’s not what he said!” and proceeded to add his own translation.
Regret never having taken a photo of the building over the years. It was a wooden structure. The front entrance had a large star/sun figure carved over it with the word “STAR” visible.
Regret never having taken a photo of the building over the years. It was a wooden structure. The front entrance had a large star/sun figure carved over it with the word “STAR” visible.
Can be seen complete on YouTube as “La tratta delle bianche,” in Italian with no English subtitles.
That was the US premiere of “Rocco,” here and at the Beekman.
…and the PIX on the left.
Italian film noir from 1952 “La tratta delle bianche” (White Slave Trade) directed by Luigi Comencini.
Viewable as “Amici per la pelle,” complete, on YouTube in Italian with optional Italian subtitles.
New York Daily News.
Would run 267 weeks. Would end in mid-March 1976.
I remember seeing “Basileus Quartet” here after a Boston Symphony Sunday afternoon concert at nearby Tanglewood on August 5th.
The film I most remember with Sidney Poitier. I saw it when it first came out around this time.
“Gli uomini non guardano il cielo,” 1952.
Released in 1952. Violet and Daisy Hilton had also appeared in Tod Browning’s “Freaks,” 20 years earlier in 1932.
Released in 1952. Violet and Daisy Hilton had also appeared in Tod Browning’s “Freaks,” 20 years earlier in 1932.
Circa 1948, because of “Emperor Waltz” poster on the right. That must have been a revival of the 1941 “Grapes of Wrath.”
New York Daily News review.
I attended a couple of these 16mm showings.
In 1963?
The theatre would be called the Paramount only briefly, before reverting to the Strand name after four years on August 15, 1934.
May 11, 1934. Still the Paramount, but not for long before becoming named the Strand again.
Opened as the Paramount on June 20, 1930. The theatre would be called the Paramount only briefly, before reverting to the Strand name after about four years.
I attended that event and remember it very well. I remember Truffaut spoke in French and there was a person translating as he spoke. Some francophone members of the audience did not like the translations. At least one person heatedly proclaimed, “No that’s not what he said!” and proceeded to add his own translation.
Error in description. Looks like 1947, not 1967.
Mario Lanza films were very popular back then in theatres in or near Italian neighborhoods in Rhode Island.
Regret never having taken a photo of the building over the years. It was a wooden structure. The front entrance had a large star/sun figure carved over it with the word “STAR” visible.
Regret never having taken a photo of the building over the years. It was a wooden structure. The front entrance had a large star/sun figure carved over it with the word “STAR” visible.
Opened in February 1958 and played for about three weeks.