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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Mar 5, 2019 at 8:28 am

The dual engagement opened the previous day. At the time, the one-way subway fare between Brooklyn and Manhattan was five cents, with a nickel coin used at turnstiles. In 1948, the fare was raised by 100% to ten cents, with a dime replacing the nickel.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Grand Opening Ad on Mar 5, 2019 at 7:03 am

Ad for the Missouri Theatre’s grand opening on November 8th, 1920.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Mar 4, 2019 at 10:13 am

The closed-circuit B&W telecast originated in New York City at the Metropolitan Opera House, where it started at local time of two hours earlier.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Lane Theatre on Mar 4, 2019 at 9:59 am

Part of a “live” B&W closed-circuit presentation at cinemas across the USA. Those on the West Coast started at 5:15 in the afternoon, which dented attendance considerably.

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Comfortably Cool commented about TCL Chinese Theatre on Mar 4, 2019 at 8:09 am

Stage prologue described as “an operetta in itself.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Palace Theatre on Mar 4, 2019 at 6:17 am

The United Artists release had previously played a test engagement at Loew’s Capitol in the nation’s capital, with no attempt to link with current events. Ad displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Criterion Theatre on Mar 3, 2019 at 1:02 pm

By 7:00 that night, a Loew’s emergency team had replaced the screen, and the Criterion re-opened for business.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Criterion Theatre on Mar 3, 2019 at 9:17 am

Howard Hawks was just the producer of the B&W combat drama, with longtime associate Richard Rosson as director.

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Comfortably Cool commented about New Amsterdam Theatre on Mar 2, 2019 at 9:32 am

20th-Fox’s second CinemaScope feature had its premiere engagement in midtown at both Loew’s State and Brandt’s Globe. An exclusive two-week run in downtown Brooklyn at the RKO Albee preceded the 67-theatre saturation.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Rivoli Theatre on Mar 1, 2019 at 1:50 pm

“Cabaret” was actually produced in Munich, Germany, so I don’t think that the subject matter was ever a problem.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Palace Theatre on Mar 1, 2019 at 11:11 am

The marketing for the B&W biography of one of America’s most beloved writers tried to capitalize on current wartime atrocities. Jack London actually died in 1916, but he did witness shocking conditions during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904, which he covered for stateside newspapers.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Rivoli Theatre on Mar 1, 2019 at 7:27 am

I don’t believe that “The Sound of Music” was released in Germany with all the songs cut. But the movie did prove unpopular in both Germany and neighboring Austria, as reported in this article

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Comfortably Cool commented about Ridge Theatre on Mar 1, 2019 at 6:47 am

The name “Ellantee” was apparently a pun on L&T, the abbreviation used by the Lubliner & Trinz circuit.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Helen Hayes Theatre on Feb 28, 2019 at 6:44 am

Because of a “C-Condemned” rating from the Catholic National Legion of Decency, first-run Broadway showcases refused to book the British import, so Universal-International rented the vacant playhouse for the launching. Experiencing similar resistance in other major cities, U-I finally made some cuts which earned the Legion’s A-II rating, which made it “morally objectionable for adults” instead of “forbidden” for all ages.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Baldwin Theatre on Feb 27, 2019 at 11:11 am

Trade journal report of February 25th, 1927, suggests that this might have been the ground site of the original Baldwin Theatre. No single-screen cinema of more than 2,500 seats was ever built in Nassau and/or Suffolk Counties.

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Comfortably Cool commented about El Capitan Theatre on Feb 27, 2019 at 9:52 am

Followed an exclusive six-week run of “The Bridges At Toko-Ri.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Feb 26, 2019 at 8:36 am

An ultra-rare ad displaying the management connection between the new Radio City showplaces and RKO Theatres.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Tampa Theatre on Feb 26, 2019 at 7:40 am

Compare to pre-construction sketch displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Feb 25, 2019 at 9:38 am

“GWTW” was moving on to Loew’s neighborhood theatres, but would continue on Broadway in its reserved-seat engagement at the Astor Theatre.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Astor Theatre on Feb 25, 2019 at 8:07 am

Prior to opening, the Astor was closed for three days for an upgrade to CinemaScope projection and four-track stereophonic sound. Since July, the Astor had enjoyed a record-breaking run of “On the Waterfront” in conventional B&W.

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Comfortably Cool commented about TCL Chinese Theatre on Feb 24, 2019 at 1:43 pm

The film won only for “Best Sound” at ceremonies held on April 8th, 1975 at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

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Comfortably Cool commented about United Palace of Cultural Arts on Feb 24, 2019 at 8:58 am

The largest showplace in WASHINGTON Heights opened on the national holiday of George WASHINGTON’s Birthday. Wow! That’s showmanship!

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Comfortably Cool commented about Ziegfeld Theatre on Feb 22, 2019 at 7:06 am

Ziegfeld listed in section with “The Light That Failed” as top feature…Some Loew’s theatres that were booked individually, such as the Mayfair in midtown Manhattan and the Melba, Boro Park, and Warwick in Brooklyn, were not included in this holiday ad.

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Comfortably Cool commented about TCL Chinese Theatre on Feb 22, 2019 at 6:22 am

Copies can be purchased at the theatre, as well as through its website.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Quad Cinema on Feb 22, 2019 at 6:12 am

At least one New Yorker has been driven bonkers by the lack of coat-checking facilities at the Quad Cinema and all other movie theatres throughout the metropolitan area. The full text of his rant in Time Out New York magazine can be read here