Photos favorited by Bill Huelbig

  • <p>50th Anniversary of World Premiere Engagement (1968-2018)</p>
  • <p>New York premiere engagement opened May 28th, 1958</p>
  • <p>Thanksgiving Day (November 26th, 1970)</p>
  • <p>Lucky winner of the “Them” coloring contest gets her free TV from Utah Theatre Assistant Manager James Deveraux in 1954</p>
  • <p>1954 shot with “Rear Window” playing at the Rivooli.</p>
  • <p>Late in 1953, the - then - Globe Theatre remodeled installing surround sound and a new Miracle Mirror screen to show CinemaScope films. The screen is 37.6' W x 21' H compared to the old 24'x18' screen.</p>
  • <p>Lester Pollock decides that he wants to reuse those 3D glasses at the Loew’s Rochester in `953; here’s the lobby shot</p>
  • <p>In addition to the marquee on the theatre, there was a sign by Sunset Avenue. There was a bit of distance from the street to the movie theatre making it difficult to read the names of the movies on the marquee. The placement of this sign alleviated this problem.</p>
  • <p>Cylindrical kiosk with showtime at the Walter Reade Kingston Theatre lobby in 1953</p>
  • <p>Manager Lester Pollock gets his lobby ready at Loew’s Rochester Theatre in 1953 for the World Premiere of “Kiss Me Kate.”</p>
  • <p>Mogambo at the Riverside Theatre in 1953 in Milwaukee</p>
  • <p>Classic marquee topper for “Mogambo” in 1953 at the, the, Loew’s State Theatre in Syracuse.</p>
  • <p>That’s Mrs. Donald Dooley who gets a private screening of “The Moon is Blue” after she complained about missing some lines as people in the audience were laughing so hard. J.P. Harrison allowed a special one-person screening on September 24, 1953 and got national publicity, to boot.</p>
  • <p>“Come Back Little Sheba” leaves</p>
  • <p>1963 photo courtesy of the Traces Of Texas Facebook page.</p>
  • <p>January 4th, 1974 ad for The Exorcist</p>
  • <p>1964 photo credit Robert Juzefski.</p>
  • <p>A view of the Warner Theatre Auditorium from aisle four.</p>
  • <p>A view from the right top of the balcony.</p>
  • <p>A view of the stage from lower balcony left.</p>
  • <p>The Warner had a spectacular curved “Cinerama” screen. It had three curtain openings. The first was the narrowest opening. It was for regular 35mm releases.</p>