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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Jan 4, 2019 at 9:56 am

Although the Music Hall had been offering movies for only six years, management decided to upgrade the projection system in anticipation of the New York World’s Fair opening in May of that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Jan 2, 2019 at 9:55 am

Engagement opened on May 14th, 1952, using newspaper ad displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Jersey Theatre on Jan 2, 2019 at 9:07 am

Announced a week in advance in circuit ad published on January 2nd, 1948.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Sunnyside Theatre on Jan 1, 2019 at 12:16 pm

The Sunnyside survived long enough to be remembered as one of the first theatres in the Greater New York area to present a feature in the CinemaScope process. This saturation booking followed the world premiere engagement of “The Robe” in midtown at the Roxy Theatre, which abandoned stage revues to concentrate on the wide-screen system.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Central Park Theatre on Jan 1, 2019 at 10:16 am

Central Park Theatre listed in the top right corner of the city-wide directory.

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Comfortably Cool commented about The demolition of the Pabst Hotel with Hammerstein's Victoria Theatre in the background. on Jan 1, 2019 at 7:43 am

It should be noted that the Pabst Hotel was demolished to make way for the headquarters building of The New York Times, which, though greatly modified over the decades, was the scene of last night’s New Year festivities. History here

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Comfortably Cool commented about New Amsterdam Theatre on Dec 31, 2018 at 11:21 am

The New Amsterdam became the first theatre on 42nd Street to present a feature in the CinemaScope process when “The Robe” opened there on December 31st, 1953. Ad for the saturation release which followed the Roxy Theatre premiere can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Dec 31, 2018 at 10:27 am

The Paramount’s marquee is barely visible on the middle left side of the news photo.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Dec 31, 2018 at 9:57 am

This was the first New Year’s Eve since the USA entered the World War. Despite new restrictions, all outdoor electrical signs including theatre marquees, were permitted to run full blast. In midtown, a reported 1,000,000 people had gathered by midnight, about half on Broadway between 47th and 42nd Streets, and the remainder on side streets.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Dec 31, 2018 at 7:13 am

The Capitol was still in an “Everything On the Screen” phase that started in 1935…The B&W bedroom farce proved to be the final work of Greta Garbo’s legendary career. Despite many offers, she never acted again in movies, theatre, radio, or television.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Commodore Theater on Dec 29, 2018 at 8:24 am

All Loew’s sites were presenting the foreign-language ‘Oscar’ winning feature in English.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Alden Theatre on Dec 28, 2018 at 1:01 pm

Some in the turn-away crowds headed across the street to Loew’s Valencia, which had plenty of empty seats with a lackluster double bill of “The Last Hunt” and “The Come On.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Fox Kew Gardens Theatre on Dec 28, 2018 at 10:26 am

The long shuttered Fox cinema was often broken into by neighborhood kids who’d been told it was haunted by ghosts and monsters. The steel framework of the original marquee provided shelter for commuters waiting for buses that stopped there.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Dec 27, 2018 at 8:29 am

The daring psychological melodrama, in vivid Technicolor, had to contend with religious competition from the B&W “Bells of St. Mary’s” at Radio City Music Hall, but both showplaces did record-breaking business throughout that holiday season.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Dec 24, 2018 at 1:48 pm

Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the engagement, which opened on December 4th with “Auntie Mame” on screen. Ad displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Movieland on Dec 24, 2018 at 11:28 am

“Port of Wickedness” was a reissue title for “Barbary Coast,” which was being presented at the Holiday Theatre on a double bill with the vintage “Adventures of Marco Polo.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Riviera Theatre on Dec 24, 2018 at 9:08 am

This was the first Christmas season for the Riviera Theatre, which opened in October of that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Alden Theatre on Dec 24, 2018 at 5:41 am

During peak holiday seasons, RKO often combined Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Queens sites, instead of staggered over two weeks.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Jersey Theatre on Dec 23, 2018 at 12:38 pm

Jersey and Newark listed with “The Jolson Story” as single feature.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Dec 22, 2018 at 1:26 pm

With a mediocre B&W romantic comedy on screen, the Roxy’s Christmas holiday presentation focused on Olympic skating champion Barbara Ann Scott, possibly the most admired of all female celebrities of that year.

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Comfortably Cool commented about El Teatro of El Museo del Barrio on Dec 21, 2018 at 6:47 am

Listed in collection with an address of 1 East 116th Street, which is the NE corner of 116th Street and Fifth Avenue.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Jewel Theater on Dec 20, 2018 at 1:48 pm

This shows the Jewel Theatre on Kings Highway in Brooklyn

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Comfortably Cool commented about Jewel Theater on Dec 20, 2018 at 1:45 pm

This shows the Jewel Theatre on Kings Highway in Brooklyn

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Comfortably Cool commented about Carthay Circle Theatre on Dec 19, 2018 at 10:50 am

Reserved seat policy, with two performances daily. On opening night only, all tickets were priced at $5 plus tax.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Embassy 49th Street Theatre on Dec 19, 2018 at 7:42 am

These were all “live” performances, not films, briefly returning the World to its original policy as the Punch & Judy Theatre.