Photos favorited by 50sSNIPES

  • <p>1955 Box Office magazine.</p>
  • <p>1955 Box Office magazine.</p>
  • <p>1930 photo courtesy of Rick Traum.</p>
  • <p>Rivoli NYC The ALAMO 70mm reserved seat roadshow engagement 1960.</p>
  • <p>Great 1943 shot of the Rivoli with “The OxBow Incident”</p>
  • <p>The cutest Rivoli shot ever as Paramount Picture’s Barney Balaban at left analyzes Skouras Theatre’s Rivoli mock-up of “For Whom the Bell Tolls” in 1943 with the president of Skouras, George P. Skouras.</p>
  • <p>1925 photo courtesy of the Quality Retro Oldies 1900s-1970s. Facebook page.</p>
  • <p>A 1921 night marquee shot of the Rivoli playing Thomas Ince’s “The Bronze Bell.”</p>
  • <p>1932 photo courtesy of Doug Simmons.</p>
  • <p>Street view of the Rivoli playing “For Whom the Bell Tolls” in 1943. Also in photos is one from birdseye view and four away from this one, you’ll see the mock-up of this display that was created prior to this installation.</p>
  • <p>Diminutive 50 foot by 100 foot banner by Henry Jackson of New York to promote the current feature, “The Pony Express” at the Rivoli in 1927.</p>
  • <p>Great 1928 shot of the Rivoli where the film “Speedy” broke the house box office record. If you can see the diminutive banner above the Rivoli sign you may be able to make out the star’s name of “Speedy.” If not, it was Harold Lloyd.</p>