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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Valencia Theatre on Mar 22, 2019 at 10:25 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 8:17 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 1:15 pm

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 12:17 pm

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 10:43 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 12:26 pm

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 10:57 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 3:27 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 3:08 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 2:19 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 1:58 pm

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 11:17 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.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Mar 16, 2019 at 10:03 am

Variety originally estimated opening week gross with “Christopher Strong” as $75,000, but in following issue reported $58,000, “the lowest yet” since film/stage policy started.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Mar 16, 2019 at 9:10 am

“Christopher Strong” ran just one week, and was replaced by Fox’s “Sailor’s Luck,” a romantic comedy with James Dunn and Sally Eilers, and new stage show on March 16th. “King Kong” continued for a third and final week at the New Roxy, still with a theme-related stage show. For the USA, this was a terrible economic period, with many banks closing, and some to never re-open.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Metropolitan Theatre on Mar 15, 2019 at 12:05 pm

Jean Harlow was hardly a “Great Star” at the time, but rapidly developing into one thanks to fan magazine coverage and a new exclusive contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Mar 15, 2019 at 9:04 am

The opening week gross of “King Kong” at the two new Radio City showplaces totaled around $121,000 ($88,000 at the Music Hall and $33,000 at the New Roxy), which was strong business for those Depression times but not enough to hold over at both theatres.

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Comfortably Cool commented about El Capitan Theatre on Mar 15, 2019 at 8:44 am

The modernized premises of the El Capitan had become “America’s Most Distinctive Theatre,” with “Love Seats,” “Milk Bar,” “Tropic Lounge,” and “World’s Most Beautiful Usherettes.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Mar 14, 2019 at 8:22 am

Curiously, the list of “Nearby Theaters” for Radio City Music Hall doesn’t include the Roxy, which was just one block away and its largest and most serious competition.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Mar 14, 2019 at 8:19 am

Curiously, the list of the Roxy’s “Nearby Theaters” doesn’t include Radio City Music Hall, which was just one block away and its largest and most serious competition.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Keith's Theatre on Mar 13, 2019 at 3:35 pm

A double feature PLUS a 42-minute tour of the one-and-only Disneyland in CinemaScope and Technicolor.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Ziegfeld Theatre on Mar 13, 2019 at 11:46 am

Full-page newspaper ad published on September 2nd, 1979, the day before the Labor Day holiday of that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Maspeth Theatre on Mar 12, 2019 at 2:03 pm

Central dome obscured by fluorescent lighting fixtures.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Utopia Theater on Mar 11, 2019 at 12:28 pm

A sampling of front covers for the Utopia Theatre’s programs can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Warner Twin Theatre on Mar 11, 2019 at 11:36 am

Following the stage festivities, Texas Guinan hosted an advance screening of her first feature movie, the aptly titled “Queen of the Night Clubs.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Mar 11, 2019 at 10:05 am

The B&W musical comedy had its gala world premiere two days earlier in downtown Brooklyn at Loew’s Metropolitan. Ad displayed here