Due to product-splitting of current releases with the RKO Alden, the Skouras Merrick often depended on reissues to fill the gaps. “Blue Skies” and “Two Years Before the Mast” had originally opened in Jamaica as the top features of double bills at Loew’s Valencia.
In 1929, John Cort sold the operating lease to Louis Weber, who had no better luck booking plays and vaudeville direct from Weber’s theatres in Brooklyn.
Has there been a solution to the disappearance of the magnificent display fountain, which was once reported as sold to an unnamed restaurant in Manhattan?
New York’s two largest showplaces opened new programs on the same day, as well as at the same morning times…Peck & Bacall helped to draw more customers than Tracy & Hepburn. The Music Hall had a first week’s gross of abount $143,000, while the Roxy did $70,000, according to trade press reports. The Roxy had been expecting more with “teen idol” Tommy Sands on stage, but many of his fans may have been too young to attend unaccompanied.
The Chicago had another five years remaining as a movie showcase.
Let’s hope that the movie provided more satisfaction than the phone invitation that she rejected.
The Kings presented real Apaches on stage that day at 2:30 PM.
Courtesy of the Queens Chronicle archives.
Now being featured on a unisex T-shirt
Big doings in Times Square that day for the launching of “W.A.C. Week.” Details across bottom of the ad.
With an extra screening of the feature movie starting at fifteen minutes past midnight.
“Mother’s Day” celebrated that year on Sunday, May 9th.
Due to product-splitting of current releases with the RKO Alden, the Skouras Merrick often depended on reissues to fill the gaps. “Blue Skies” and “Two Years Before the Mast” had originally opened in Jamaica as the top features of double bills at Loew’s Valencia.
In 1929, John Cort sold the operating lease to Louis Weber, who had no better luck booking plays and vaudeville direct from Weber’s theatres in Brooklyn.
The western epic was a cockeyed version of “Gunga Din,” but without credit to the 1939 classic.
The Castle Hill was the first theatre visited that day.
“Odeon” still visible on side of building.
Shirley Temple’s farewell to the Roxy’s screen.
Has there been a solution to the disappearance of the magnificent display fountain, which was once reported as sold to an unnamed restaurant in Manhattan?
This was for one week only, prior to the world premiere engagement in Cinerama of “The Hallelujah Trail” with reserved-seat roadshow policy.
This was still a time when the Albee’s programs were exclusive first-run for the entire borough of Brooklyn.
At the time, the State had three vertical signs and two entrances with marquees. Ad for this engagement here
The last “new” Greta Garbo feature to play at the Kings was “Two-Faced Woman” in 1942. She never made another film.
Since May 5th fell on a Sunday that year, opening hours were later than on other days of the week.
The auditorium’s roof had a tall tower which displayed FORUM vertically on all sides and could be seen for miles around when lighted at night.
The single floor auditorium’s side walls featured murals painted by Christian von Schneidau.
Listed as Carlton near the bottom of right column.
The Kings currently has employment opportunities for people with bartending experience or eagerness to learn. Listing here
New York’s two largest showplaces opened new programs on the same day, as well as at the same morning times…Peck & Bacall helped to draw more customers than Tracy & Hepburn. The Music Hall had a first week’s gross of abount $143,000, while the Roxy did $70,000, according to trade press reports. The Roxy had been expecting more with “teen idol” Tommy Sands on stage, but many of his fans may have been too young to attend unaccompanied.