Renovations included 70mm projection, with a new booth on the main floor (stalls). “Ben-Hur” roadshow opened with a gala performance on December 16th and ran for 72 weeks, ending on May 28th, 1961. The Empire was then closed for total gutting and re-development.
Winter Garden listed with exclusive first-run engagement of “Tomorrow Is Forever”…“The Bells of St. Mary’s,” at RKO neighborhood theatres,
had been part of Radio City Music Hall’s Christmas holiday presentation of 1945.
MGM never attempted to launch the Technicolor musical during the Easter holiday season, with world premiere run starting June 30th, 1948 at Loew’s State in NYC’s Times Square. Ad displayed here
First neighborhood showings of “It’s a Wonderful Life” followed a Christmas 1946 premiere engagement in midtown at the Globe Theatre, which ended on February 21st, 1947.
Robert Weede, a featured vocalist in the stage presentation, would later portray the title role in the original Broadway production of Frank Loesser’s “The Most Happy Fella.”
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.
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).
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).
Both vertical sign and marquee displayed the hyphen in Mid-West.
Renovations included 70mm projection, with a new booth on the main floor (stalls). “Ben-Hur” roadshow opened with a gala performance on December 16th and ran for 72 weeks, ending on May 28th, 1961. The Empire was then closed for total gutting and re-development.
The Wiltern’s website has been changed and is now here
Winter Garden listed with exclusive first-run engagement of “Tomorrow Is Forever”…“The Bells of St. Mary’s,” at RKO neighborhood theatres, had been part of Radio City Music Hall’s Christmas holiday presentation of 1945.
Easter Sunday was on April 21st that year.
Street address differs from the one displayed on the Overview.
The ceremony was held just prior to the Chinese’s reserved-seat engagement of “West Side Story,” which started on December 14th, 1961.
“Theater” doesn’t necessarily indicate a “cinema.” If the site was a cigar store by 1900, film connection may never have existed.
Marilyn Monroe’s first appearance on the Roxy’s screen was in an uncredited “bit” in the Technicolor romance. A scene clip can be viewed here
The top-billed “Brooklyn I Love You” was a B&W short subject in Paramount’s “Pacemakers” series.
MGM never attempted to launch the Technicolor musical during the Easter holiday season, with world premiere run starting June 30th, 1948 at Loew’s State in NYC’s Times Square. Ad displayed here
Opened one week before the actual Good Friday of that year (4/09/82).
The Patio’s marquee also had to compete with an adjacent signpost for the Flatbush Avenue trolley line.
First neighborhood showings of “It’s a Wonderful Life” followed a Christmas 1946 premiere engagement in midtown at the Globe Theatre, which ended on February 21st, 1947.
Robert Weede, a featured vocalist in the stage presentation, would later portray the title role in the original Broadway production of Frank Loesser’s “The Most Happy Fella.”
A video with a step-by-step demonstration of the Kinemacolor process can be viewed here
Roxy, at top left, was the first theatre in the world to present a CinemaScope feature with “The Robe.”
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.
The Easter holiday presentation opened on March 30th, with ad displayed here
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).
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).
This is an architect’s color illustration, not a photograph.
Ad for the world premiere at the Trans-Lux East on March 26th can be viewed here
Easter Sunday arrived on April 1st that year.
The Roxy’s Easter Holiday Presentation for that year.