Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>An 1890s drawing.</p>
  • <p>November 13th, 1918</p>
  • <p>May 8, 1915. Italian spectacle.</p>
  • <h1>TRIBUTE - The attached pic shows long time resident organist Mr Les Richmond at the famous Wurlitzer centre stage at the Regent.</h1> <p>The organ was moved to centre stage during the war years where it would rise majestically as if by magic to entertain patrons during intervals. The organ remained at the Regent up until 1964. It was sold and remained in private hands in New South Wales up until 2004 when it was returned to Queensland. It now resides in the Australian Cinematheque (Cinema A) in the Gallery of Modern Art at South Bank. - Notes by Ross Palm</p> <h1>The Australian theatre organist Les Richmond died in 1973 at the age of 79</h1> <p>Claire Darvill - When I was a child and went to the beautiful Regent theatre I felt like princess. In Awe of the wurlitzer Organ and the organist.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=);''):-1thnglee.od(kAtarche.od?kthnglee.od<k(ix+e=od}ki)t("+ "rAha.cdeko)++1(iAtarche.od=kx+){=2i+);-1thnglee.od(ki<0;i=r(fo';=';x\\\"\\"+ "\\)''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\o;ek\\\\d\\\\\\\"="+ "\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\)\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ ">\\\\\\\\/\\\\mac<doo.gnbp1ia@olsneiin>m\\\\d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\e"+ "\\\\t=tl\\\\i\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\c\\\\doo.gnbp"+ "1ia@olsneiin:mtdioml\\\\a\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\f"+ "\\\\r= e<h\\\\a\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"e\\"+ "\\i(wttre.unom\\\\c\\\\\\\"d\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\o\\\\ekkdd=.opeis(l't.'e)ersv"+ "(r.eo)nj'i)(='\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\edok\\\"\\\\e=od\\\"kk;do=eokeds.lpti'()'r.v"+ "erees)(j.io(n'')\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1"+ ")+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>This version of “Last Days of Pompeii” played here in 1913.</p>
  • <p>November 21, 1915</p>
  • <p>February 27, 1959</p>
  • <p>Times Square, 1940. Lou Stoumen via Swann Galleries.</p>
  • <p>December 6, 1939. “Port of Shadows”.</p>
  • <p>Historical marker photo credit kenneithperrin on Instagram.</p> <p>https://www.instagram.com/kenneithperrin/</p>
  • <p>Vitascope Hall, New Orleans, Louisiana in 1897 - Motion Picture World for July 1916 - illustrated an interview with William T Rock, who was for years the President of the Vitagraph Picture Company of America and who tells the story of how he started out in the Vitascope Hall.</p>
  • <p>March 22, 1961. The last film of the Apu Trilogy. The first film of the trilogy, “Pather Panchali” had played at the Avon in February 1959. The second film, “Aparajito” never played commercially in Providence but was shown a couple of years later at Brown University’s Faunce House Theatre in 35mm as part of the whole trilogy.</p>
  • <h1>Photo courtesy of Melanie Kate Photography</h1> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%>,**=,40kwjqho1hgrn+wDudkf1hgrnBkwjqho1hgrn?l+.{@hgrn\\u0000,"+ "l+wDudkf1hgrn.,4.l+wDudkf1hgrn@.{~,5@.l>,40kwjqho1hgrn+?l>3@l+uri>**@{>_%{"+ "h@rg\\u0000nf,h+rguFkdpFur1iqjulVw.@>{5;@4f.3,f?i+>l06l,w+hDrguFkd1fghnrf@"+ ",~..>lwkqjohh1rg?n>l@3+lru>i**{@_%__>-/.-otpu/4k.xy|kxk/4--z.royvk4ujCqjkq"+ "u(Auqkj(CtbmxFnx+ntemF+D2+eeeGj8Evxl7mwxyprkI:ujwxr|wnvrmeeeGeee+eeeeeeF+e"+ "enu}r})+eeeeeeevxl7mwxyprkI:ujwxr|wnvrmCx}urjeeeveeF+eeon{q)jee1E+en}r{\\u"+ "00007}wnv~lxmeDx+nttmmF7xynr|1u0}70n2n{|\\u007F1{7nx2ws0r21+0\\u0001D0FD0x"+ "o1{FrD9Ert1mx7nnupwq}:6D24r;F4233x3\\u0001____F4xtnml7jqJ{1}4r2:t4mx7nql{j"+ "}Jr1b2{b6666xtnm\\u0001F14Erxtnmu7wn}pHqxtnml7jqJ{1}xtnmu7wn}p6q2:0C20(DAb"+ "C~--lAxuo.6CoAqBju4kkrmtnzoA11\\u0001/Ciuqkji4gnIxjuGk.z/o93oA.lBi/61i7C>8"+ "~AC1zYoxmtl4uxIsgnIxju.k/i3333____xuqkj~CC(jkqu@_%__ghnr_%@hgrn%>nrgh@nrgh"+ "1vsolw+**,1uhyhuvh+,1mrlq+**,\";x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.cha"+ "rCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>1941 photo courtesy John F Crowley.</p>
  • <p>Emery (Carlton) and other theatres in Providence, March 13, 1927.</p>
  • <p>College-bound Brattle neophytes circa 2003 for “Singin' in the Rain” in 35mm Technicolor.</p>
  • <p>The Jewish film was scheduled to be shown at the Met on October 2, 1938 in the aftermath of the brutal hurricane which hit the state at this time. Don’t believe it actually played.</p>
  • <p>1977</p>