This distributor’s poster mentions “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” which wasn’t released until 1963, nine years after “Sabrina” (1954). So did this cinema play “Sabrina” originally and/or later as a reissue?
To celebrate the arrival of a New Year, this was a total replacement for the Christmas stage/screen offering, which ran for two weeks only with the Grace Moore-Melvyn Douglas musical comedy, “I’ll Take Romance,” as the film.
Full ads for this Showcase also included theatres in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island, Westchester, and nearby New Jersey.
The NYC sites were the New Amsterdam and Loew’s Orpheum.
The bus terminal was behind the Capitol Theatre and across from the Eighth Avenue entrance to Madison Square Garden. Price quotes were for one-way tickets to the destinations.
The Commodore, in section with “Fancy Pants,” had just been modernized, and was celebrating “Jubilee Week” with special events including vaudeville and a guest appearance by “Miss America,” Bess Myerson. Wonder whatever became of her?
In anticipation of Halloween, the Cobble Hill is among venues participating in the 2019 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, currently running through October 24th. Full program and other details can be found here
The Peerless at 4805 Third Avenue was originally known as Acme and reportedly had later names of Transart and Grand Art before closing around 1945-46. This Peerless doesn’t seem to be listed at Cinema Treasures.
Claim in introduction that the cinema first opened as “legit” under the name of Westwood is incorrect. It was newly built by Dietrich & Feldstein, according to a report in the April 13th, 1940 issue of Boxoffice Magazine (see posting in Photos Section).
This distributor’s poster mentions “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” which wasn’t released until 1963, nine years after “Sabrina” (1954). So did this cinema play “Sabrina” originally and/or later as a reissue?
This must have been a reissue poster for “Sabrina” (1954), since mention is made of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (not released until 1961).
Split week bookings were sub-run for the Bay Ridge area, where the same double bills had already played at the RKO Dyker or Loew’s Alpine.
To celebrate the arrival of a New Year, this was a total replacement for the Christmas stage/screen offering, which ran for two weeks only with the Grace Moore-Melvyn Douglas musical comedy, “I’ll Take Romance,” as the film.
Full ads for this Showcase also included theatres in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island, Westchester, and nearby New Jersey. The NYC sites were the New Amsterdam and Loew’s Orpheum.
Shared management with the Center Theatre in Sunset Park.
The bus terminal was behind the Capitol Theatre and across from the Eighth Avenue entrance to Madison Square Garden. Price quotes were for one-way tickets to the destinations.
Construction cost of $75,000 in 1941 would be equivalent to about $1.4 million in 2019.
Presenting new episodes of two serials per week: Mascot’s “Law of the Wild” on Friday-Saturday, and Universal’s “Tailspin Tommy” Sunday-Monday.
First neighborhood showings of “Roman Holiday” followed its premiere engagement at Radio City Music Hall (with stage revue).
A selection of images as church can be viewed here
A selection of images taken by patrons of the current Main Street Cinemas can be viewed here
Numerous images taken by patrons of Cobble Hill Cinemas can be viewed here
But what, precisely, was a “lady patron?”
Same theatres and policies as “Gone With the Wind,” which debuted there in December, 1939.
What, precisely, is a “soft” launch?
The Commodore, in section with “Fancy Pants,” had just been modernized, and was celebrating “Jubilee Week” with special events including vaudeville and a guest appearance by “Miss America,” Bess Myerson. Wonder whatever became of her?
A decade later, the Broadway Theatre became the first NYC showcase for Cinerama,its final movie connection before returning to the “legit” field.
In anticipation of Halloween, the Cobble Hill is among venues participating in the 2019 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, currently running through October 24th. Full program and other details can be found here
As the lesser of two Loew’s in the district, the Bay Ridge ran a mix of move-overs from the Alpine as well as programs that played on the RKO circuit.
The Peerless at 4805 Third Avenue was originally known as Acme and reportedly had later names of Transart and Grand Art before closing around 1945-46. This Peerless doesn’t seem to be listed at Cinema Treasures.
The luminous Madeleine Carroll’s first name was spelled incorrectly.
By time of opening on December 25th, inflation had raised the price of admission by a nickel to 20 cents.
Claim in introduction that the cinema first opened as “legit” under the name of Westwood is incorrect. It was newly built by Dietrich & Feldstein, according to a report in the April 13th, 1940 issue of Boxoffice Magazine (see posting in Photos Section).
Listing excerpted from Independent Theatres Guide for that day. Both features were initially released during the summer of 1940.