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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Mar 30, 2019 at 12:44 pm

This was the 12th program change for the Music Hall since the start of its screen/stage policy in January of that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Lexington Theatre on Mar 30, 2019 at 10:52 am

Just six months after its press preview at Loew’s Lexington, “Some Like It Hot” finally returned for a full engagement. The B&W comedy didn’t open until the end of March at Loew’s State, where it enjoyed a substantial run before neighborhood dates could be negotiated and confirmed.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Lexington Theatre on Mar 29, 2019 at 10:52 am

Candid shots taken during the preview screening of “Some Like It Hot” at Loew’s Lexington.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Lexington Theatre on Mar 29, 2019 at 10:40 am

Film turned out to be “Some Like It Hot,” in its first screening for the New York press corps, including newspapers, national and local magazines, trade journals, and radio-TV. Turning up unannounced were Marilyn Monroe and husband Arthur Miller, also seeing the B&W comedy for the first time.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's State Theatre on Mar 29, 2019 at 9:16 am

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the grand opening of the modernized Loew’s State on March 29th, 1959, which happened to be the Easter Sunday of that year. “Some Like It Hot,” the premiere attraction, had an invitational performance the night before, with Marilyn Monroe and husband Arthur Miller among the honored guests. Ad displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Chicago Theatre on Mar 28, 2019 at 12:52 pm

The wide-angle photo was taken during rehearsals for the two nights of concerts, which explains the vacant seats.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Mar 27, 2019 at 10:56 am

The former child star and the shapely starlet were a torrid romantic couple at the time, and capitalized on the publicity with a national vaudeville tour. They eventually married in December, 1937, but landed in divorce proceedings a year later.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Gates Theatre on Mar 27, 2019 at 6:56 am

The Gates was the third large Loew’s to open since that summer, preceded in Manhattan by the flagship State in Times Square and the 83rd Street on the Upper West Side. All three had Thomas W. Lamb as architect.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Academy of Music on Mar 26, 2019 at 7:17 am

Management hoped to benefit from hordes of shoppers coming to 14th Street/Union Square to prepare for Easter Sunday, which fell on April 5th that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about McFiler's Chehalis Theater on Mar 26, 2019 at 6:34 am

The opening of the Pix Theatre brought a quick end to this attempt to bring more movies to the surrounding area. One wonders if it found a buyer?

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Metropolitan Theatre on Mar 25, 2019 at 1:11 pm

The Technicolor epic was still running in midtown Manhattan at the Capitol (continuous performances) and Astor (two-a-day). In March, the Capitol will switch to “Northwest Passage,” though the Astor will continue indefinitely with “GWTW” but with continuous performances. Following the Metropolitan, “GWTW” will make a gradual tour of Loew’s neighborhood houses.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Lexington Theatre on Mar 25, 2019 at 6:49 am

“Popular” prices were lower than “roadshow,” but higher than “regular.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Palace Theatre on Mar 22, 2019 at 10:28 am

At the time, the Palace was being operated by Odeon Theaters of Canada, Ltd., which also ran the Capitol, Royal, Savoy, Windsor, and York in Hamilton, according to The Film Daily Year Book of 1944.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Valencia Theatre on Mar 22, 2019 at 8:25 am

The “Lucy & Desi” teaming had started its New York visit at Radio City Music Hall, followed by a stop-over in downtown Brooklyn at Loew’s Metropolitan before moving on to neighborhood theatres.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Shea's Hippodrome Theatre on Mar 22, 2019 at 6:17 am

Bronx-born Mae Kwestel changed her name to Mae Questelle when she started working in vaudeville as a singer and voice mimic, and later to the briefer Mae Questel (same pronunciation in all cases).

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Comfortably Cool commented about Glendale Theatre on Mar 21, 2019 at 11:15 am

Glendale Cinerama featured in the top left corner of 20th Century group advertisement.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Capitol Theatre on Mar 21, 2019 at 10:17 am

The Capitol and other theatres with a check mark were also presenting the latest chapter of “Captain Video,” Columbia’s 15-episode serial inspired by the already legendary TV program.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Savoy Theatre on Mar 21, 2019 at 8:43 am

Followed a hugely-successful engagement in midtown Manhattan at the Roxy Theatre, another of William Fox’s increasing numbers of properties in the Greater NYC area and beyond.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Mar 20, 2019 at 10:26 am

Production of the Technicolor musical sparked a romantic affair between Betty Grable and Harry James that intensified into marriage in July, 1943.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Mar 20, 2019 at 8:57 am

Fifty-five cents would be equivalent to about $6.50 in 2019.

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Comfortably Cool commented about La Salle Theatre on Mar 19, 2019 at 1:27 pm

Opened on the Valentine’s Day of that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Brooklyn Paramount on Mar 17, 2019 at 1:08 pm

The one-week engagement came at a time when the USA was just emerging from a banking shut-down that caused the worst crisis since the “Wall Street Crash” of 1929.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Mar 17, 2019 at 12:19 pm

The Music Hall changed programs the day before (March 16th), while the New Roxy retained its “King Kong” offerings. The two showplaces were the nearest first-run cinemas to Friday’s annual parade route on Fifth Avenue, which attracted a reported 400,000 spectators. How many attended the Music Hall or New Roxy afterwards is unknown.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Nortown Theatre on Mar 16, 2019 at 11:58 am

Famous Players' first new cinema since the end of WWII opened on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th).

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Comfortably Cool commented about Chicago Theatre on Mar 16, 2019 at 9:17 am

Highlights of two nights of concerts were later released by Century Records as a direct-to-disc LP “George Wright Plays The Chicago Theatre Organ.”