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Comfortably Cool commented about Uptown Theatre on May 3, 2018 at 5:59 am

Listed with “Honey” on screen, the Uptown was often linked with the Paradise and Tivoli as the “Big Three” of B&K neighborhood houses.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on May 3, 2018 at 5:24 am

An opening day ad was previously uploaded by someone who actually worked there at the time as a member of the ushering staff

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Comfortably Cool commented about Avenue Playhouse on May 2, 2018 at 11:07 am

The great French star’s career and tragic death during WWII are described here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on May 2, 2018 at 9:57 am

The reunion of “Gaslight” co-stars, which reportedly cost $5 million to produce, proved one of the worst disasters of the decade, alienating critics and public alike.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Mayan on May 2, 2018 at 6:45 am

Screen star Danielle Darrieux joined the heavenly angels last October at age 100. The last film of her prolific career was “8 Femmes” in 2002.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Kings Theatre on May 1, 2018 at 1:45 pm

Kings listed with “Paratrooper” as top feature.

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Comfortably Cool commented about City Theatre on May 1, 2018 at 12:48 pm

The premiere engagement of “Panic” in 1947 was at the Rialto Theatre in Times Square

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Comfortably Cool commented about RKO Madison Theatre on Apr 30, 2018 at 8:01 am

Ridgewood’s large German-American population was credited with the B&W shocker breaking all attendance records at the Madison.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Loew's Jersey Theatre on Apr 30, 2018 at 7:20 am

Jersey City and Newark with “The Courtship of Andy Hardy” as top feature.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Victoria Theatre on Apr 27, 2018 at 7:45 am

The Gaiety, which shared a Broadway blockfront with the Astor Theatre, is probably most remembered for its later name as Victoria.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Victoria Theatre on Apr 27, 2018 at 7:38 am

Gaiety Theatre (not Gayety).

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Apr 27, 2018 at 6:25 am

Seventy-five years later, the Technicolor epic is still thrilling TV viewers in frequent rotation on the Fox Movies-On-Demand channel.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Rialto Theatre on Apr 26, 2018 at 9:27 am

Movies were obviously not the main attraction during this phase of the Rialto’s history.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Uptown Theatre on Apr 26, 2018 at 7:09 am

The supporting feature was part of Universal’s “Sherlock Holmes” series, which brought the sleuth into contemporary times.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Fisk Theatre on Apr 26, 2018 at 6:43 am

The New York World’s Fair of 1939-40 had recently opened adjacent to Flushing, Queens, but the Fisk showed no signs of joining in the celebration.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Apr 25, 2018 at 9:59 am

Back page of programme for the week of May 28th, 1959, when “Ask Any Girl” was the screen attraction, with “Camera Holiday” filling the stage.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Town Theatre on Apr 25, 2018 at 9:37 am

The Flushing was re-launched as the Taft on New Year’s Eve, 1931, according to posters displayed in this vintage photo of February, 1932

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Comfortably Cool commented about Century's Prospect Theatre on Apr 25, 2018 at 9:31 am

Loew’s Prospect and Valencia are most prominent, but at least one poster for RKO Keith’s on the side wall. Two outdated posters for the Taft on the second floor front give a gala opening date of Thursday, December 31st, 1931.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Uptown Theatre on Apr 25, 2018 at 7:45 am

Advertised with a “Honey” of a movie here

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Comfortably Cool commented about Radio City Music Hall on Apr 24, 2018 at 1:50 pm

“Lassie Come Home” had just opened there to the highest attendance since the record-breaking “Random Harvest.”

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Comfortably Cool commented about Fox Theatre on Apr 24, 2018 at 11:44 am

The B&W feature was direct from a week’s run in midtown Manhattan at the Roxy Theatre, with different stage offering. Both showplaces were verging on bankruptcy proceedings due to the Depression and William Fox’s financial woes.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Astor Theatre on Apr 24, 2018 at 6:27 am

But it wasn’t the 50th anniversary of release when uploaded in 2016.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Apr 23, 2018 at 1:45 pm

According to business reports in Variety at the time, the Music Hall had 5,945 seats, the Roxy 5,886, and the Capitol 4,820.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Astor Theatre on Apr 23, 2018 at 1:27 pm

New York premiere engagement opened on April 24th,1968 at the Astor and 86th St. East.

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Comfortably Cool commented about Roxy Theatre on Apr 23, 2018 at 12:59 pm

All with Easter holiday presentations, and opening as early as 7:30 in the morning.