Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>In 1912 or so, before Empire Street was extended across this part of Westminster and these buildings were razed.</p>
  • <p>Early 1900s. Better resolution.</p>
  • <p>Gala final night at the Providence Opera House, March 14, 1931.</p>
  • <p>Warwick Cinema, after closing, before being razed.</p>
  • <p>August 1954, Center Theatre left.</p>
  • <p>The Park on the left. Possibly 1920s.</p>
  • <p>This building at 85 Central Street, resembles the original one that was the Central Theatre. I think they are one and the same. Google Maps.</p>
  • <p>February 1943.</p>
  • <p>Over four years since this long-loved gem of a cinema closed in 2018.</p>
  • <p>Tax photo taken between 1939 and 1941.</p>
  • <p>1977</p>
  • <p>In 1915.</p>
  • <p>La Scala Cinema 29 Leeds Street, Footscray, VIC</p> <h1>The end of an era</h1> <p>Ruby Di Lallo writes - The impact of the settlement of Italians in Australia lead to a development of ‘Little Italy’s’ that were pop-ping up all over the larger cities. Footscray developed such a large number of Italian communities, businesses and social clubs, there were many places for the Italian migrants to find comfort by being around people from their homeland in the same circumstances of moving country and starting new life. A prime example of this being La Scala Theatre.</p> <p>La Scala Theatre is located at 29 Leeds St, Footscray, the original building still intact. However, nowadays, the theatre is no longer in use. In its prime throughout the 1950s and 60s, La Scala was a booming social hot spot for many of the Italian migrants living in the area. The theatre not only held Italian language film screenings for its community, but also housed small coffee bars and cigar cafes beneath for further inter-action and entertainment. The theatre was an iconic and incredibly important scene for the Footscray Italian com-munity during these decades of transition into Australian.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\";)'':)1-htgnel.edok(tArahc.edok?htgnel.edok<i(+x=edok})i(tArahc.edo"+ "k+)1+i(tArahc.edok=+x{)2=+i;)1-htgnel.edok(<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\"')('injo).e"+ "(rsvere).''t(lispe.od=kdeko\\\"\\\\;oked\\\"\\\\=)\\\\\\\\''n(oi.j()seerev"+ ".r')('itpl.sdekoe=od;k\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\oducemtnw.iret\\\\\\"+ "\\(\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\<\\\\\\\\ arhfe\\\\\\\\"+ "=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\iatl:oidemsnoian1lb@giopd"+ "nc.mo\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\t tiel\\\\\\\\"+ "=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\>\\\\\\\\idemsnoian1lb@giopdnc.mo/<>a\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\"\\\\e=od\\\"\\\\k;\\\\\\\\okedk=do.epsil(t''.)erevsr(e.)ojni'()'=\\\""+ "\\\\deko\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>March 17, 1933 ad in the Jewish Herald.</p>
  • <p>In 1959.</p>
  • <p>May 12, 1972 in the RI (Jewish) Herald.</p>
  • <p>“Entire Program Changed Daily” (1960)</p>
  • <p>December 7, 1956. In The Jewish Herald</p>
  • <p>A 1937 film.</p>
  • <p>February 15, 1935</p>
  • <p>Modern opens February 7, 1916.</p>
  • <p>April 29, 1932</p>
  • <p>September 1951 photo credit Billy Rose Theatre Collection, via The New York Public Library Digital Collections, via link below.</p> <p>https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a15fc5c4-8411-f36d-e040-e00a18062fdc?fbclid=IwAR1mP3CABZm2k1h1mRh9sJLx66tBWR6H3yTCTrOjKPk7LTmEpZEldX5YPds</p>
  • <p>November 3, 1933. Frank Capra film.</p>
  • <p>1933, Weybosset Street, Providence, RI. The film at Loew’s State is “Dancing Lady” with Joan Crawford and Clark Gable.</p>
  • <p>From 1917.</p>