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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Jul 30, 2019 at 8:48 am

The booking would benefit from turn-away crowds at Radio City Music Hall, which was enjoying a record-breaking summer with MGM’s Technicolor “Show Boat” and stage revue.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Jul 30, 2019 at 7:25 am

Opening day ad for this world premiere engagement of “Mary of Scotland” can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Kings Theatre on Jul 29, 2019 at 9:59 am

The Daily News reported yesterday that Kings management has been experimenting with the presentation of “intimate” lounge acts in its vast lobby. On July 19th, comedian Ray Dejon performed before a sold-out crowd of 200 filling the space to capacity, according to the article displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Jul 29, 2019 at 9:34 am

A two-page advertising spread in yesterday’s New York Times announced that “Easy Rider Live” will be presented at RCMH on September 20th, as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the 1969 Columbia Pictures release. More details can be found here

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Comfortably Cool commented about College Theater on Jul 29, 2019 at 9:12 am

Paramount’s “Beyond Glory” was the top feature at the College, and had already played in the area several weeks earlier at Loew’s Prospect.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Elmwood Theatre on Jul 29, 2019 at 9:08 am

Re-opened as the Elmwood by the Interboro circuit in 1946, the theatre had a late-run policy until March, 1949, when bookings became day-and-date with the third tier of Loew’s in Queens (Woodside, Prospect, Plaza, Hillside, Willard). The Elmwood was still late-run in the 1948 ad displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Newtown Theatre on Jul 29, 2019 at 8:56 am

Affiliated with the Interboro Theatres circuit in 1948 ad displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Little Neck Theatre on Jul 29, 2019 at 8:52 am

Advertised as part of the Interboro Theatres circuit in 1948 ad displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Hobart Theatre on Jul 29, 2019 at 8:45 am

Affiliated with the Interboro Theatres circuit for much of its existence. 1948 ad displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Center Cinemas on Jul 29, 2019 at 8:07 am

With nearby competition from three Century affiliates, the independent Center concentrated on double features from the past, often with linked themes such as the World War II “Guadalcanal Diary” & “The Purple Heart.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Broad Theater on Jul 28, 2019 at 11:56 am

Couldn’t have picked a better “broad” for the cover!

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Albee Theatre on Jul 28, 2019 at 11:46 am

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 11:14 am

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 1:48 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 1:44 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 1:51 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 1:39 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 1:37 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 12:54 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 10:03 am

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 1:49 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 12:44 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 8:39 am

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 8:55 am

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 7:19 am

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.