Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>August 24, 1939</p>
  • <p>Spurce: Motion Picture Exhibitor, November 28, 1956</p>
  • <p>A 1941 photo. Looks like a private home was converted into a theatre for the public.</p>
  • <p>Orleans Theatre at launch</p>
  • <p>Opening night June 15, 1936. The first film was was Duvivier’s “Poil de carotte.” Live classical music performances filled out this initial program.</p>
  • <p>Decatur’s Empress Theatre seen in winter of 1926 showing “4 Devils” starring Janet Gaynor. A Fox Pictures silent film later re-released as a talking picture. From one of the advertisements of the day: “HERE in an unfailing and unforgettable story that breathes the irresistible spirit of the circus. The hardships and humors of trapeze performers are depicted by the world’s most winsome quartet in JANET GAYNOR, CHARLES MORTON, BARRY NORTON and NANCY DREXEL, radiating the matchless quality of youth. Miss Gaynor, who has been called “the perfect screen actress,” has the perfect climax when she must smother her heartbreak to keep from killing herself and the man who has been untrue to her…” Unfortunately, 4 Devils is a film lost to time.</p>
  • <p>July 14, 1960</p>
  • <p>From the Provincetown Advocate, December 25, 1952. Artist’s depiction of façade.</p>
  • <p>A 1961 image. The center building behind the tree would house the Art Cinema which became the Metro Cinema. On the right is the town hall. From Wikipedia.</p>
  • <p>With more than 600 seats, the Provincetown Theater was a coming-of-age statement for the town when it opened in 1919. It looked like a big-city cinema, a solid work of masonry in a town of lumber, unabashed in identifying itself in big chiseled letters under the exterior proscenium arch.</p>
  • <p>July 20, 1961</p>
  • <p>October 31, 1961. The run for “La Dolce Vita” was extended before being shown yet again for another week or more at the Art Cinema. It was probably one of the largest audiences for a movie in this small town where films played typically for one to three days. The subject matter truly affected the residents and summer visitors.</p>
  • <p>A 1925 movie program…a century ago.</p>
  • <p>July 16, 1931</p>
  • <p>The Independent Film Journal “Drive-In” Issue 1950</p>
  • <p>June 17, 1954</p>
  • <p>August 15, 1957</p>
  • <p>Before it was the Metro Cinema, it was the Art Cinema.</p>
  • <p>Furia at the Rialto, 1947 Italian film shown here in 1948.</p>
  • <p>Broad Street, Westerly/Pawcatuck. Very early 1900s. Note poster(s) for the Bliven Opera House.</p>
  • <p>Capture from 1930s film footage. Capitol, front right.</p>
  • <p>Source: Motion Picture Herald, December 31, 1955</p>
  • <p>1929.10.04</p>
  • <p>My 1989 photo during the Montreal World Film Festival.</p>
  • <p>April 3, 1978</p>