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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

Ad for this engagement displayed here

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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.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Astor Theatre on Jul 23, 2018 at 6:09 am

Exterior for this engagement can be viewed here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Howard Hodge Theatre on Jul 22, 2018 at 1:57 pm

The loge section at rear had over-sized “Super-Lounger” seats with reclining backs.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Columbia Theatre on Jul 22, 2018 at 8:21 am

Murals on the side walls are shrouded in shadows from the central lighting.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Grand Opening ad on Jul 22, 2018 at 8:05 am

Is there a difference between this and the previous upload?

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Comfortably Cool commented about Astor Theatre on Jul 21, 2018 at 8:36 am

Ad for this engagement uploaded here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Lexington Theatre on Jul 20, 2018 at 1:15 pm

Prior to this, “White Cliffs” had been a critically-acclaimed blockbuster at Radio City Music Hall, so Loew’s showcased the B&W tearjerker as a single feature at slightly increased ticket prices.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's 72nd Street Theatre on Jul 20, 2018 at 10:31 am

A striped canopy offered shelter from the simulated midnight blue sky of the ceiling.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Academy of Music on Jul 20, 2018 at 7:36 am

By this time, the AOM had dropped stage presentations due to the nation’s worsening economic conditions. Reductions of ticket prices would be next.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Biograph Theater on Jul 19, 2018 at 7:25 am

“The Death of John Dillinger” was painted in 1940, six years after the gangster’s murder in 1934.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Uptown Theatre on Jul 19, 2018 at 6:19 am

The World’s Fair cited in the ad was held in 1893.

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Comfortably Cool commented about El Capitan Theatre on Jul 18, 2018 at 1:21 pm

With exploitation for “The Wet Parade,” a pre-Code melodrama exposing the gangsterism and political corruption fostered by Prohibition.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Paramount Theatre on Jul 18, 2018 at 5:30 am

Name on marquees and verticals was changed from Metropolitan, but roof sign had been removed except for framework. Current booking was “Canary Murder Case” and stage show, which opened February 7th, 1929. Advertising still stressed that the new Paramount was the former Metropolitan.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Hilbert Circle Theater on Jul 17, 2018 at 1:47 pm

Managing director S. Barret McCormick pictured at center.