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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Albee Theatre on Jul 28, 2019 at 7:46 pm

The 3-D feature and short were exclusive first-run for Brooklyn, direct from their premiere engagement in Manhattan at Loew’s State, which used the ad displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Madison Theatre on Jul 28, 2019 at 7:14 pm

The previous week, “The Maze” and co-feature had berthed at RKO theatres in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Westchester.

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Comfortably Cool commented about TCL Chinese Theatre on Jul 27, 2019 at 9:48 pm

“Winter Carnival” opened the next day in NYC at Radio City Music Hall, with more sedate advertising. View here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Jul 27, 2019 at 9:44 pm

“Winter Carnival” had debuted the day before in Los Angeles, using a more provocative approach in the advertising. View here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Victoria Theatre on Jul 26, 2019 at 9:51 pm

Caption to Al Hirschfeld’s caricature cited the dual engagement of “Ship of Fools” at the Victoria and Sutton Theatres.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Victoria Theatre on Jul 26, 2019 at 9:39 pm

Following world premiere engagement at the Roxy Theatre (with stage support).

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Comfortably Cool commented about Victoria Theatre on Jul 26, 2019 at 9:37 pm

“Wilson” was a move-over from the Roxy Theatre, where the Technicolor biopic played its world premiere engagement (with stage support).

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Comfortably Cool commented about Larchmont, NY - Developer buys Larchmont playhouse, will keep it as movie theater on Jul 26, 2019 at 8:54 pm

This re-development deal apparently fell through. A call today to a reported phone number connected to a Bow-Tie answering service, giving the names of their theatres closest to Larchmont.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Pathe Palace on Jul 26, 2019 at 6:03 pm

This was incorrectly uploaded, and shows the Gaumont Palace, which has its own listing here

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Warner Twin Theatre on Jul 24, 2019 at 9:49 pm

Midtown had a sixth alternative at the RKO Palace, which offered eight acts of vaudeville, including veterans Pat Rooney, Sr. and Stump & Stumpy, and the first-run Technicolored “Peggy” with Diana Lynn and Charles Coburn.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Jul 24, 2019 at 8:44 pm

Two years later, on August 15th, 1935, Wiley Post and an even more celebrated friend— Will Rogers— were killed instantly when their single-engine plane crashed into a lagoon near Point Barrow, Alaska.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Jersey Theatre on Jul 21, 2019 at 4:39 pm

Jersey and Newark had Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Paradine Case” direct from its premiere engagement at Radio City Music Hall.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Elmwood Theatre on Jul 20, 2019 at 4:55 pm

When the RKO Circuit refused to book the Technicolor musical for its lack of a Production Code Seal, 76 “indie” theatres were linked together for a five-day engagement that reportedly grossed $350,000. In its premiere engagement in June at the midtown Criterion Theatre, “The French Line” had been projected in 3-D. J.R.’s body measurements were the same in both versions.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Jul 19, 2019 at 3:19 pm

HOPEd to benefit from tourists flocking to NYC for the World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows…Vocalist Dolores Reade was the comedian’s wife and had worked with him as an “act” in vaudeville.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Trans-Lux 52nd Street Theatre on Jul 18, 2019 at 5:59 pm

English-language version coming soon to Loew’s and other neighborhood theatres…"La Strada" had just entered its second year at the Trans-Lux 52nd, so this was not a birthday as ad claimed. First released in Italy in 1954, the B&W feature had played extensively in Europe before the USA in July, 1956, and won its ‘Oscar’ for best foreign-language feature at the March, 1957 ceremonies.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Jul 18, 2019 at 2:37 pm

The B&W comedy about teenaged autograph hunters was a surprise hit everywhere, thanks to a provocatively misleading title and guest appearances by top MGM stars including Greer Garson, Robert Taylor, and Lana Turner.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Embassy 1,2,3 Theatre on Jul 17, 2019 at 9:39 pm

Credits for the stars of the Mayfair’s double bill are a bit cockeyed.
Tyrone Power and George Sanders were in both films, but Gene Tierney was only in “Son of Fury” and Maureen O'Hara just in “The Black Swan.”
The ad suggests the reverse.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Embassy 1,2,3 Theatre on Jul 17, 2019 at 9:20 pm

A rare grouping of the Mayfair Theatre with Brandt Circuit siblings, all suffering from escalating TV competition and a decline in Hollywood production.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Mecca Theatre on Jul 16, 2019 at 6:49 pm

The solitary car parked near a wall of the Mecca Theatre is on East 15th Street. Truck at left is heading uptown on Avenue A from East 14th Street.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Mecca Theatre on Jul 16, 2019 at 6:41 pm

The address for the entrance to the Mecca Theatre was 445 East 14th Street, which was on the north side of 14th Street just west of Avenue A. The address currently given in the Overview is for the block long side of the Mecca premises on Avenue A between E. 14th and E. 15th Streets, which can be seen in the NYC Tax Photo displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Proctor's Theatre on Jul 16, 2019 at 6:02 pm

“The Brasher Doubloon,” supporting feature to “Miracle On 34th Street,” had also debuted at the Roxy Theatre, but mainly to fill the gaps between an ultra-rare New York stage booking for comedy superstar Jack Benny. The limited engagement was for two weeks only, with Benny performing with most of the cast of his top-rated radio program, including Phil Harris and Eddie “Rochester” Anderson.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Steinway Theatre on Jul 16, 2019 at 2:50 pm

With the nearby and much larger Astoria Theatre being booked day-and-date with the RKO circuit, Skouras used the Steinway Theatre for double bills of new “B” programmers or “A” hits from the past.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Proctor's Theatre on Jul 16, 2019 at 2:20 pm

First neighborhood showings of “Miracle On 34th Street” started on July 16th, 1947, following its premiere engagement in June at the Roxy Theatre (with stage revue).

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Columbia Theatre on Jul 15, 2019 at 9:03 pm

Columbia listed in bottom left corner. An ad for the rival Loew’s circuit on that same day of 7/15/43 can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Elsmere Theatre on Jul 15, 2019 at 8:59 pm

Elsmere listed in bottom right corner. An ad for the rival RKO circuit on that same day of 7/15/43 can be viewed here