Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>In 1954.</p>
  • <p>In 1944 during the drive to combat infantile paralysis, this theatre (then called Loew’s State) collected more than any other RI theatre. This newspaper ad shows what participating RI theatres collected.</p>
  • <p>A Rare Of The Loews, Who Celebrated Its 50th Anniversary Taken On October 6, 1978.</p>
  • <p>The Darlton Theatre at its Grand Opening in 1940.</p>
  • <p>This 2003 film is as timely now in 2021 as it was in that earlier moment. IMDb description: “After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a pre-teen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.”</p>
  • <p>January 10, 1938. Pro-Italian-Fascist-Navy drama, “Aldebaran.” The day before, the Rialto showed the pro-Spanish-Republic documentary by Joris Ivens, “The Spanish Earth.”</p>
  • <p>©Providence Journal</p>
  • <p>Fire at this drive-in, 1978. Providence Journal story.</p>
  • <p>In 1937, the land occupied by this cycledrome would become the E.M. Loew’s Providence Drive-In.</p>
  • <p>1937</p>
  • <p>Two Gone With the Wind tickets from 1940.</p>
  • <p>The old auditorium.</p>
  • <p>In 1941.</p>
  • <p>I enjoy the way the railroad tracks used by the Rail Runner Express commuter train end right next to the Jean Cocteau.</p> <p>A moviegoer could probably take the train up from Albuquerque, see an afternoon show, then walk several yards back to the historic train station behind the theater and catch a train home.</p> <p>Photo taken in May 2014.</p>
  • <p>Coleman Theatre block, vintage postcard.</p>
  • <p>The Queen Theatre was next to the post office on Water Street in the exact same spot as the Bijou Theatre (look at photos) had been. The Bijou must have become the Queen, either entirely rebuilt or else a completely new structure.</p>
  • <p>8-21-21 poster to right of theater</p>
  • <p>March 26, 1938</p>
  • <p>Photo taken by my Father while he was stationed in Nome during WWII.</p>