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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Aug 18, 2018 at 6:59 am

Available in monaural L.P. or “Living Stereo,” the RCA Victor album came with a 10-page, full color souvenir booklet of Music Hall scenes. Copies could be purchased at record stores as well as the theatre’s Grand Lounge. The Christmas screen attraction that year would be “Auntie Mame” with Rosalind Russell.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Apollo Theater on Aug 17, 2018 at 9:38 am

During this period in time, the Apollo usually booked movies just to fill gaps between stage shows, and didn’t include them in advertising. Sometimes the screen fare had to be pulled when a show ran too long, or to add an additional performance.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Capitol Theatre on Aug 17, 2018 at 5:18 am

Today marks the 79th anniversary of one of the Capitol’s most legendary presentations. Ad here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's State Theatre on Aug 17, 2018 at 5:02 am

How does this discussion connect to Loew’s State? And it’s the Museum of the Moving Image (not Images), and the location is Astoria, Queens (not Queen).

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Comfortably Cool commented about Brooklyn Paramount on Aug 16, 2018 at 7:58 am

Some color renderings of the planned renovations can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Uptown Theatre on Aug 16, 2018 at 6:14 am

The balcony had a reported 1,623 seats. Beneath the balcony and set back above the main floor was a shallow mezzanine with 477 seats. Main floor seated 2,281.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Warner Twin Theatre on Aug 15, 2018 at 9:14 am

Eddie Anderson had become so identified as valet “Rochester” on Jack Benny’s radio program that his actual name isn’t mentioned in the ad. Describing him as the comedian’s “Shadow” would probably be denounced as racist today.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Aug 14, 2018 at 1:13 pm

The trio’s first feature since “The Big Store” in 1941…Independent producer David L. Loew was one of the twin sons born to Mr. & Mrs. Marcus Loew in 1897.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts on Aug 14, 2018 at 9:00 am

Same section of side wall as Loew’s Penn and Heinz Hall.

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Comfortably Cool commented about City Theatre on Aug 13, 2018 at 7:59 am

The newspaper was published by the Communist Party USA, with a daily circulation of about 35,000 during the WWII era when America and the USSR were allies.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Uptown Theatre on Aug 12, 2018 at 8:46 am

Shown at center are abandoned remains of the Green Mill Beer Garden, a victim of the arrival of Prohibition.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Aug 12, 2018 at 8:15 am

The ad neglects to credit the B&W epic’s director, Alfred E. Green…Joining the resident stage company for this engagement only was “Yo-Yo, the Wonder Horse.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Brooklyn Paramount on Aug 12, 2018 at 7:52 am

The BP had far more seats to offer than the DeMille and Baronet combined.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Brooklyn Paramount on Aug 12, 2018 at 6:36 am

The B&W shocker was still running in Manhattan at the DeMille and Baronet, and would soon reach all boroughs via the Loew’s circuit.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Center Cinemas on Aug 11, 2018 at 8:20 am

A new Regal multiplex is coming to Queens Boulevard on the Sunnyside/Long Island City border, and under the shadow of the #7 elevated subway line. Sketch and details here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Valencia Theatre on Aug 11, 2018 at 7:51 am

This photo was taken during the week of August 11th, 1948, according to the Loew’s ad displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Valencia Theatre on Aug 11, 2018 at 7:48 am

Exterior photo of the Valencia with “The Pirate” as top feature can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Aug 10, 2018 at 1:13 pm

In 1927, Swanson’s “The Loves of Sunya” was the opening film at the Roxy Theatre, which fell to the wrecking ball just 33 years later.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Aug 10, 2018 at 1:06 pm

Photographer Eliot Elisofon carries Gloria Swanson into the debris of the Roxy Theatre for what resulted in a now legendary color photo in the November 7th, 1960 issue of Life Magazine

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Comfortably Cool commented about New Yorker Theatre on Aug 10, 2018 at 10:31 am

Toby Talbot, wife of Dan Talbot, wrote in her memoir of their business experiences: “On August 10, 1960, when Gloria Swanson in white ermine, white limousine, and black chauffeur showed up to see ‘Sunset Boulevard’— about a star dreaming of a comeback for millions who’d never forgiven her for deserting the screen— she lit up on finding herself in that stellar company and promptly checked her aging self on the mirrored wall, still angling for the best profile.”…It seems quite possible that Swanson turning up that night was the trigger for the now legendary photo of her standing in the ruins of the Roxy Theatre. The “shoot” with photographer Eliot Elisofon took place in October, and results published in the November 7th, 1960 issue of Life Magazine.

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Comfortably Cool commented about New Yorker Theatre on Aug 10, 2018 at 9:48 am

This was exactly ten years from the day that “Sunset Boulevard” debuted at Radio City Music Hall (with stage show). Ad for that engagement displayed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Robert Rothafel & Ingrid Bergman NYC ROXY December 1956 on Aug 10, 2018 at 5:57 am

Ingrid Bergman’s “lifetime” pass would have expired with the Roxy Theatre’s demise in 1960, decades before her own death in 1982.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Warners' Theatre on Aug 9, 2018 at 11:44 am

That opening night ticket price of $10 would be equivalent to about $139 in 2018. But most of the gala audience consisted of celebrities and industry VIPs who were “guests of the house.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paradise Theater on Aug 9, 2018 at 6:02 am

Showgirls posed with statuary in a side wall alcove on the auditorium’s main floor.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Ridgewood Theatre on Aug 7, 2018 at 11:56 am

Most of the Randforce bookings at this time were double bills that originated on the Loew’s circuit. They were first-run for Ridgewood, but had already played at Loew’s theatres in surrounding areas of Brooklyn and Queens.