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Comfortably Cool commented about Westwood Cinema on Jul 30, 2018 at 7:59 am

The listing should be changed to Westwood Cinema, which is the current name for the multiplex. Website here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Studebaker Theater & Playhouse Theater on Jul 30, 2018 at 7:40 am

Playhouse advertised at top left with Charles Chaplin’s “Triple-Trouble.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Proctor's 58th Street Theatre on Jul 30, 2018 at 6:06 am

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Comfortably Cool commented about Earl Carroll Theatre on Jul 29, 2018 at 10:20 am

This area had a terrazzo floor with marble border. Staircase led to the mezzanine lounge. Note portrait of Earl Carroll on the left wall.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Metropolitan Theatre on Jul 29, 2018 at 10:00 am

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Metropolitan Theatre on Jul 29, 2018 at 9:51 am

After two months at five Manhattan cinemas (which continued), the blockbuster expanded into surrounding areas as a “Showcase” presentation.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Keith's Theatre on Jul 28, 2018 at 7:56 am

Boxes on both sides of the stage were later removed in the 1950s as part of an overall “clean-up” that included painting over many of the original decorative details.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Sheridan Theatre on Jul 27, 2018 at 1:50 pm

One might wonder how many Greenwich Village residents were fans of Roy Rogers and/or Gene Autry, but this was a single-day booking on the slowest day of the week. The Sheridan changed programs twice a week, on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Jul 27, 2018 at 7:46 am

Neglected to mention that the third week started on Thanksgiving Day, which fell on November 30th that year. In that era, the holiday was celebrated on the last Thursday in November (later changed by Federal law to the fourth Thursday of that month).

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Jul 27, 2018 at 7:34 am

“Little Women” ran for a full three weeks at the Music Hall, replaced on December 7th, 1933, by “Counsellor-At-Law” on screen. RKO then moved “Little Women” to the New Roxy (sans stage show) prior to a circuit release for the Christmas holidays.

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Comfortably Cool commented about AMC Fantasy 5 on Jul 27, 2018 at 6:04 am

For whatever reason, the ad omitted the Beacon in Port Washington as the theatre with “Gaslight” and “Casanova in Burlesque.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Hillside Theatre on Jul 26, 2018 at 1:25 pm

In January of that year, Loew’s had opened the larger and better situated Valencia in Jamaica, and reduced the Hillside to second-run films and novelty vaudeville acts.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Warner Twin Theatre on Jul 26, 2018 at 11:29 am

No mention made of the original Strand Theatre, without which this construction project would not have been possible.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Grand Theatre on Jul 26, 2018 at 9:51 am

Claim that the Grand’s feature films would NEVER be shown in any other theatre in the entire city is baffling, to say the least.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Embassy 1,2,3 Theatre on Jul 26, 2018 at 9:30 am

The site is now occupied by a towering Edition Hotel, with a spectacular LED screen in roughly the same spot as the giant corner billboard that originated with the Mayfair Theatre.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Astor Theatre on Jul 26, 2018 at 6:32 am

Photo of exterior signage can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Astor Theatre on Jul 26, 2018 at 6:30 am

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Jul 24, 2018 at 8:28 am

Average daily attendance during first week was 23,692, which would include adults as well as children for this beloved “family” classic.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Bryant Theatre on Jul 24, 2018 at 8:04 am

Booked with “The Ringer,” a British-made thriller based on a play by Edgar Wallace, which opened at the Cameo on June 1st, 1932.

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Comfortably Cool commented about TCL Chinese Theatre on Jul 24, 2018 at 6:22 am

For this photo, the men and women were arranged in three groups that spell the first name of maestro Grauman.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Jul 24, 2018 at 6:01 am

The opening week gross of $119,006 would be equivalent to about $2.3 million in 2018.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Criterion Theatre on Jul 24, 2018 at 5:53 am

Also the world premiere engagement of MGM’s third “Lassie” vehicle.

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Madison Theatre on Jul 23, 2018 at 1:07 pm

Wonder if any future members of Cinema Treasures participated? They’d be in their mid-fifties by now.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Winter Garden Theatre on Jul 23, 2018 at 9:43 am

Sketch used in trade journal ad by Warner Brothers-First National Pictures.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Oriental Theatre on Jul 23, 2018 at 8:00 am

Paramount’s “Barbed Wire,” a silent melodrama starring Pola Negri, was the feature presentation at the time.