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This is when I started going into the city on my own as a boy. I remember this marquee. I didn’t go to see this because the reviews were so bad. A block over on 44th street Hello Dolly, Fiddler on the Roof and Promises Promises were still in their original runs. All on the same blook! Fortunately in January of ‘71 Warner rereleased My Fair Lady here. It was in 70MM but unfortunately it was continuous perfs without an intermission. Beautiful marquee especially of course at night. Not as elaborate as '64 but still one of the best marquees I ever saw. The marquee still had its beautiful neon trim. I think Orch and mezz were one price (($3.50?) and the balc another ($3.00?) Fifty cents was a lot so I sat in the balc.
At the same time I remember long lines in the very bitter cold for Love Story at Loew’s State 1. Only times I saw a real line at a Times Square theater. I don’t remember lines for The Godfather. There may have been but I can’t recall. Also it was playing at both Loew’s State theaters so it was constantly allowing in thousands of people.