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Comfortably Cool commented about Astor Theatre on Oct 11, 2019 at 8:43 am

MGM’s most important release since “Gone With the Wind” would open in NYC using the same theatres and policies: two-a-day roadshow at the Astor and continuous performances at the Capitol.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Kings Theatre on Oct 10, 2019 at 8:37 am

The first neighborhood showings for “Show Boat” followed its premiere engagement at Radio City Music Hall, where “An American in Paris” currently topped the screen/stage package.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Oct 10, 2019 at 7:08 am

Sidney Howard’s Broadway stage play won a Pulitzer Prize, and was later transformed into Frank Loesser’s much-acclaimed musical, “The Most Happy Fella,” which has yet to receive a movie version.

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Comfortably Cool commented about AMC Orpheum 7 on Oct 9, 2019 at 11:05 am

Wonder what Marcus Loew would think about the current use of his original building site, which has numerous images displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about AMC Magic Johnson Harlem 9 on Oct 9, 2019 at 10:57 am

Exterior and interior images taken by patrons of the Magic Johnson multiplex can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Cinema Village on Oct 9, 2019 at 10:49 am

An assortment of exterior and interior images of Cinema Village can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Alpine Cinema on Oct 9, 2019 at 10:39 am

Numerous photos taken by patrons of the current Alpine multiplex can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Belasco Theatre on Oct 8, 2019 at 11:48 am

P.S. Could it be because, as this website claims, there are no theatres within 30 miles? That’s a joke, folks!

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Comfortably Cool commented about Belasco Theatre on Oct 8, 2019 at 11:46 am

To add this to the website is sheer lunacy, just because a single movie will have a special month’s engagement there by arrangement with the “legit” management. Several news reports claimed that the Belasco has no previous history with films, which could be true.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Kenmore Theatre on Oct 8, 2019 at 5:55 am

The RKO Kenmore and Loew’s Kings were always considered the two leading cinemas in Flatbush, but the Kenmore is listed here as located in Prospect Park South. And why isn’t the Kings listed as a “nearby” theatre? It was certainly closer to the Kenmore than the Savoy.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Colonial Theatre on Oct 7, 2019 at 9:38 am

At the time, the Colonial was being booked day-and-date with Brooklyn and Queens, making it exclusive for Manhattan but a week after RKO’s key neighborhood sites in that borough.

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Comfortably Cool commented about B.F. Keith's rooftop signage top right. August, 1917 photo credit William Hassler. on Oct 7, 2019 at 8:50 am

This photo is nowhere near the Colonial Theatre…B.F. Keith’s signage in top right corner is for the Palace Theatre. This is a view looking north from Times Square. Electrified Wrigley’s sign is atop the Putnam Building, which was demolished to make way for the Paramount Theatre & Office Building.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Jersey Theatre on Oct 6, 2019 at 8:05 am

The system of sending NYC Capitol stage revues to Loew’s “Wonder” theatres was becoming prohibitively expensive, and would be ended in the wake of the financial stock market crisis soon to come.

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Comfortably Cool commented about BRIC Arts Media House on Oct 5, 2019 at 12:09 pm

Republic’s B&W musical western was currently running at the Brooklyn Strand on a double bill with “Nobody’s Darling.” The celebration at Borough Hall was part of the hoopla for the forthcoming engagement at Madison Square Garden of a World’s Championship Rodeo with Roy Rogers and Trigger as headliners.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Kenmore Theatre on Oct 5, 2019 at 9:22 am

Opened exclusively at the Baronet in Manhattan and the RKO Kenmore in Flatbush, Brooklyn on May 1st, 1974.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Embassy 1,2,3 Theatre on Oct 5, 2019 at 7:35 am

R.I.P., Diahann Carroll (1935-2019)

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Chester Theatre on Oct 4, 2019 at 9:07 am

Ad for the rival Loew’s circuit on that same day of 1950 can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about New Boro Park Theatre on Oct 4, 2019 at 8:49 am

As the second Loew’s in the neighborhood, the Boro Park had first-run programs simultaneous with the RKO circuit, which had no theatre of its own in that area of Brooklyn. In this ad, the Boro Park is listed at the very bottom with “Broken Arrow” & “Bunco Squad.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Oct 4, 2019 at 6:02 am

Paul Draper, the great tap dancer and choreographer whose career was later ruined by unproven accusations of Communist sympathies, was guest headliner of the stage revue. More about Paul Draper here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Oct 3, 2019 at 1:45 pm

The movie’s title and catchphrase “Anything can happen when Cooper starts blowing wild” incited a national epidemic of smutty jokes involving an A-Z list of Hollywood legends.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Queens Theatre on Oct 2, 2019 at 1:19 pm

The Cinerama presentation was in the Transportation & Travel Pavilion, a huge domed building that has since been demolished.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Palace Theatre on Oct 1, 2019 at 12:57 pm

Can’t answer, but ad does not proclaim “Nothing Cut But the Prices,” which was often done during such bookings.

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Comfortably Cool commented about AMC Fresh Meadows 7 on Oct 1, 2019 at 8:01 am

Century’s Meadows is at left, adjacent to white brick Horn & Hardart Restaurant. Construction for the Long Island Expressway had yet to reach the area served by Horace Harding Boulevard. Large branch store of Bloomingdale’s faces 188th Street.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Rivoli Theatre on Sep 30, 2019 at 12:14 pm

That was previously uploaded by a member who removed it when they departed from the website. Their camera statistics are still displayed.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Palace Theatre on Sep 30, 2019 at 11:06 am

Still on Broadway, but two blocks south from the Rivoli at the RKO Palace.