Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>February 18, 1970</p>
  • <p>January 13, 1939</p>
  • <p>February 20, 1916</p>
  • <p>In 1962.</p>
  • <p>Italian poster for the 1947 film shown at the Avon in 1948 as “La Traviata” or “The Lost One”, a rendition of Verdi’s opera. Gino Mattera, a performer in the film, had a RI relative who came to see the movie every day it played here.</p>
  • <p>February 23, 1979</p>
  • <p>1941</p>
  • <p>Its original projection and one of its two owners June Tarrant, taken in 1984.</p>
  • <p>Photographed as the Clapton Cinematograph Theatre in 1916.</p>
  • <p>San Francisco - Painting by Stanton Manolakas (1946-2022) Powell Cinema marquee visible on left.</p>
  • <p>“The Sad Horse”, 1959 film.</p>
  • <p>As a church in 2025. Google image.</p>
  • <p>May 1, 1958</p>
  • <p>August 1, 1951</p>
  • <p>Old postcard view of Broadway with a portion of the President marquee visible.</p>
  • <p>February 28, 1953 in Boxoffice.</p>
  • <p>Source: Motion Picture Herald, April 5, 1941</p>
  • <p>Teatro Globe</p>
  • <p>In 1961.</p>
  • <p>Photo of Los Feliz 3’s theater, facing the screen, circa 1/19/2026</p>
  • <p>Stage and screen actors Tallulah Bankhead and Marlon Brando together in Cocteau’s play “Eagle Rampant” (Eagle Has Two Heads). December 25, 1946 ad in The Providence Journal.</p>
  • <p>The Avenue opens in August of 1950</p>
  • <p>March 9, 1965. For the ethnic Italian community, program similar to what played at the Uptown in Providence.</p>
  • <p>May 24, 1939</p>
  • <p>September 16, 1976 piece in the Providence Journal before September 20, 1976 opening.</p>
  • <p>The RI premiere showings of the uncut 5-hour, 11 minute version of Bertolucci’s epic “1900” (Novecento) took place here on October 17 & 18, 1992. The film was programmed by the Italian Film Society of RI.</p>