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Comfortably Cool commented about Kings Theatre on Apr 23, 2024 at 9:31 am

Kings listed with “Sailor Beware” as main feature…Easter Sunday fell on April 13th that year, at which time the Kings had been offering “Quo Vadis” as single feature.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Apr 18, 2024 at 10:59 am

Engagement opened on April 4th, with Easter Sunday arriving on April 14th that year. Opening week gross was a reported $233,825, claimed to be the highest in Music Hall history up to that time.

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Comfortably Cool commented about UNITED Theater on Broadway on Apr 17, 2024 at 11:00 am

Management certainly has the right to capitalize a theatre’s name in signage and in its own advertising/publicity, but it has always been the practice in newspapers, trade journals, and such to capitalize just the first letter of the name. Note the caption to this photo of the Garmar from Boxoffice Magazine. [Click here[ (https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/2057/photos/244427)

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Apr 16, 2024 at 2:53 pm

Covering the full width of a page, the display included news items about the B&W comedy and supporting short subjects.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Brooklyn Paramount on Apr 16, 2024 at 11:11 am

No digging is required in this announcement by Live Nation about its booking/management connection to the rejuvenated Brooklyn Paramount. Click here

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Comfortably Cool commented about UNITED Theater on Broadway on Apr 16, 2024 at 9:37 am

I don’t understand why all letters of United need to be capitalized. Don’t recall ever seeing a theatre name treated like that.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Rialto Theatre on Apr 15, 2024 at 12:01 pm

Seating capacity reported as 750.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Apr 12, 2024 at 4:28 pm

David O. Selznick’s “indie” production was distributed by United Artists…Easter Sunday arrived on April 12th that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Columbus Circle on Apr 11, 2024 at 1:54 pm

For engagement of Robert Redford-Mia Farrow version of “The Great Gatsby,” management had allegedly bilked patrons by causing confusion between “reserved performances” and “reserved seats.” News report published on April 11th, 1974.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Metro Twin on Apr 11, 2024 at 1:30 pm

Latest attempts to rehabilitate the building have failed, according to a report in the New York Post. Click here

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Comfortably Cool commented about El Capitan Theatre on Apr 9, 2024 at 3:47 pm

The “legit” playhouse was equipped to show sound movies for the first time in its history for this engagement.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Apr 9, 2024 at 10:24 am

Easter Sunday would arrive on April 13th that year…Rival midtown cinemas with holiday stage shows were Radio City Music Hall with “Singin' in the Rain” on screen; Roxy with “With a Song in My Heart,” and Warner (ex-Strand) with Abbott & Costello’s “Jack and the Beanstalk.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Hilltop Drive-In on Apr 7, 2024 at 4:23 pm

Ad merely credits “My Fair Lady” as being photographed in Super Panavision 70, but that doesn’t mean that the theatre was using a 70mm print. There was a 35mm version of Super Panavision 70 using an anamorphic lens.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Warner Twin Theatre on Apr 5, 2024 at 10:21 am

All theatres, including the Strands on Broadway and in downtown Brooklyn, were under Warner Bros. management at the time.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Apr 4, 2024 at 4:02 pm

Nearby RCMH had already launched its Easter show with “Singin' in the Rain” on screen.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Apr 3, 2024 at 3:06 pm

Easter Sunday was still ahead, arriving on April 13th that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Portage Theatre on Apr 1, 2024 at 10:04 am

Reopened on the Easter Sunday of that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Mar 29, 2024 at 12:30 pm

Easter Sunday would be later than usual that year, arriving on April 14th.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Mar 27, 2024 at 11:20 am

Advertised on the Easter Sunday of that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Kings Theatre on Mar 26, 2024 at 12:39 pm

Prints were in 35MM Super Panavision and Metro Color…Pre-holiday opening, with Easter Sunday arriving on April 6th that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Warner Twin Theatre on Mar 25, 2024 at 1:51 pm

Date was the Easter Sunday of that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Peery's Egyptian Theater on Mar 25, 2024 at 10:36 am

A memorial service for the recently deceased Van Summerill, who was instrumental in the saving and preservation of Peery’s Egyptian, will be held tonight (March 25th). Details here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Mar 20, 2024 at 3:32 pm

Patti Page’s “The Doggie In The Window” was a #1 hit recording at the time.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Valencia Theatre on Mar 15, 2024 at 4:54 pm

Upstairs seating started at front with loge section, where tickets were more expensive than balcony. The balcony had two sections, with a crosswalk halfway up.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Regal Times Square on Mar 15, 2024 at 2:59 pm

Reminds of the gravestones in some of those overcrowded cemeteries on the borderlines of Brooklyn and Queens.