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Comfortably Cool commented about Astor Theatre on Sep 30, 2019 at 4:19 pm

The New York Mets had amazed fans by winning the National League Pennant and would go on to trample the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series of Baseball.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Patio Theatre on Sep 29, 2019 at 7:37 pm

The Patio had five acts of vaudeville on Saturday & Sunday, but none famous enough to be listed…The ad covers only Brooklyn. Century had additional theatres in Queens and Long Island.

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Comfortably Cool commented about AMC Fresh Meadows 7 on Sep 29, 2019 at 3:04 pm

The largest single-screen cinema built in the NYC borough of Queens after the end of WW2 will be 70 years old in November of this year. Many photos taken by patrons of the current multiplex can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Sep 28, 2019 at 2:47 pm

Curiously, the distributor was preparing to open his own midtown cinema in December of that year on nearby 54th Street, but I guess that “The Christmas Tree” was too important a movie to postpone until then.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Sep 27, 2019 at 2:43 pm

Here’s a link to The Hollywood Reporter’s review of the 50th Anniversary Tribute to “Easy Rider” at RCMH last week. View

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Comfortably Cool commented about Atrium am Hauptbahnhof on Sep 26, 2019 at 2:28 pm

112 uploads yesterday by this person, mostly of generic posters and magazine covers, and totally undated. What is the purpose of all this? CT is supposed to be a website about movie theatres, not movies themselves. There are other websites for that type of uploading.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Grand Theatre on Sep 26, 2019 at 2:12 pm

The new Grand was launched by the Van Nomikos Circuit, which was predominantly neighborhood sites including the Ace, Lincoln, Parkway, Rex, City, and Empress. Less than a year later, RKO Theatres expressed interest in the Grand, and Van Nomikos sold them the management lease for 13 years, with a profits-sharing arrangement, according to trade reports.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Grand Theatre on Sep 25, 2019 at 6:09 pm

Modernized playhouse re-opened on September 26th, 1942, with a policy of first-run double features plus a compilation of the latest newsreels.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Bali Theater on Sep 24, 2019 at 7:08 pm

This is a generic distributor’s poster. Are we to assume that “Anastasia” played at the Bali? No date provided.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Premier Theatre on Sep 24, 2019 at 4:41 pm

Paramount’s Technicolor reissue package had a total running time of four hours and six minutes.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Regal UA Midway on Sep 23, 2019 at 2:54 pm

Those who remember the Midway Theatre as a modernistic masterwork by Thomas W. Lamb will probably experience extreme nausea when viewing these recent images snapped by patrons. Click here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Sep 22, 2019 at 8:43 pm

So why hasn’t the problem been fixed by now?

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Sep 22, 2019 at 6:21 pm

Wasn’t the Roxy close enough to the Music Hall to be listed as a “nearby” theater? Certainly closer than the currently cited World and Belmont.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Sep 22, 2019 at 5:07 pm

Published on September 23rd, when the Music Hall was still doing well with “Roman Holiday,‘ which had opened on August 27th. Both features, of course, were accompanied by stage revues.

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Comfortably Cool commented about AMC Empire 25 on Sep 21, 2019 at 3:02 pm

A full-page ad in Friday’s New York Times had the new “Downton Abbey” feature opening at 18 locations in Manhattan, as well as “in theaters everywhere.” Presumably not every “screen” at those Manhattan locations was booked with “Downton Abbey.” But I was surprised to see that both sides of West 42nd Street are included with the AMC Empire 25 and the Regal E-Walk Stadium 13 & RPX.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Bliss Theatre on Sep 20, 2019 at 6:58 pm

Due to late-run status, the Bliss often combined features that had topped the double bills on the Loew’s and RKO circuits.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Carthay Circle Theatre on Sep 20, 2019 at 3:41 pm

The B&W drama was already in its world premiere engagement in NYC at the Astor Theatre, also as a reserved-seat roadshow. Both bookings are cited in the MGM trailer displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Huntington Theatre on Sep 19, 2019 at 7:15 pm

The reserved-seat roadshow policy was a “first” for a release by Republic Pictures, which was determined to rise from the ranks of minor-league studios.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Sep 19, 2019 at 6:31 pm

Tomorrow night’s 50th Anniversary Celebration of “Easy Rider” (9/20/19) will go on as scheduled at Radio City Music Hall, but with a tribute to the life and legacy of Peter Fonda added. Update here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Folly Theatre on Sep 18, 2019 at 7:02 pm

For lack of air-conditioning, the old-timer had been closed for the summer, but promised some sizzling fare as outdoor temperatures dropped.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Kings Theatre on Sep 18, 2019 at 2:34 pm

Designer Pyer Moss booked the Kings for a “Tribute to Black Culture.” Let’s hope that the video monitors on the side walls were only temporary, and don’t become a permanent fixture as at Radio City Music Hall.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Waldbuhne Berlin on Sep 17, 2019 at 5:56 pm

Technical journal reported that the screen measured 36 x 26 feet, with loudspeakers mounted on the sides. Front row of center seating was 164 feet from the screen, and back row 394 feet.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Flatbush Theatre on Sep 16, 2019 at 9:47 pm

The fast-rising vocal trio had previously played at the Flatbush Theatre in March of that same year. Ad here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Paradise Theatre on Sep 16, 2019 at 5:00 pm

Movie was exclusive first-run for the Bronx, but had previously played at the Capitol Theatre in midtown Manhattan with much the same stage offering.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Sep 16, 2019 at 4:30 pm

Stage performer Danny Lewis was the father of guess who?