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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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
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.
How many “local residents” do you think are contributors to Cinema Treasures, or are even aware of the website’s existence?
Additional opening dates for “Hello, Dolly!” in England, Scotland, and Ireland are listed at bottom of the ad.
Shared premises with roadshow of “Oliver!” at State #1.
Caricatures of the multi-star cast by the legendary Al Hirschfeld.
Booked for an indefinite run beginning March 25 (Easter Week)!
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.
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.
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.
Wonder what Marcus Loew would think about the current use of his original building site, which has numerous images displayed here
Exterior and interior images taken by patrons of the Magic Johnson multiplex can be viewed here
An assortment of exterior and interior images of Cinema Village can be viewed here
Numerous photos taken by patrons of the current Alpine multiplex can be viewed here
P.S. Could it be because, as this website claims, there are no theatres within 30 miles? That’s a joke, folks!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Opened exclusively at the Baronet in Manhattan and the RKO Kenmore in Flatbush, Brooklyn on May 1st, 1974.
R.I.P., Diahann Carroll (1935-2019)
Ad for the rival Loew’s circuit on that same day of 1950 can be viewed here
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.”
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
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.