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  • <p>From an undated, uncredited postcard mailed in 1931, found on the <a href="https://refriedjeanspostcards.com/products/denver-colorado-curtis-street-night-rialto-theatre-colorado-neon-lights-1931">Refried Jeans</a> postcard site. The original text printed on the back:</p> <p>CURTIS STREET AT NIGHT</p> <p>Street lighting by electricity has reached a high state of development in Denver. Not only does the city spend a large sum of money annually for its street lighting, but the merchants have acquired the “electric sign habit” and they vie with one another in producing sign creations that are dazzling in the extreme.</p>
  • <p>December 25, 1975</p>
  • <p>December 25, 1975</p>
  • <p>October 2012 photo.</p>
  • <p>Interior shot of the Beverly at opening on May 18, 1925</p>
  • <p>View towards stage (1926)</p>
  • <p>May 17, 1965</p>
  • <p>The original theatre burned in 1914.</p>
  • <p>Pre-Opening Test of Sunburst Effect (1932)</p>
  • <p>“Streamlined moderne” auditorium (1952)</p>
  • <p>The flamingo curtain shown here is a replica of the original 1920s design. It is only used for special occasions and the annual Auckland International Film Festival.</p>
  • <p>Auditorium photographed at opening of the Regal Cinema in 1938. Courtesy Dusashenka</p>
  • <p>September 20, 1996</p>
  • <p>January 4, 1974</p>
  • <p>Orson Welles arrives for “Citizen Kane,” 1941.</p>
  • <p>1940 photo courtesy of David Kroger.</p>
  • <p>December 4, 1968</p>
  • <p>In 1934.</p>
  • <p>Till the mid 70s about this looked pretty much the same. Bonds was still open with the sign lit up at night and ate with friends at the Woolworths after This is Cinerama at the Ziegfeld. Waitresses at lunch counter still had those white uniforms.</p>
  • <p>©SNWEB.ORG Photography, All rights reserved, 2011. www.snweb.org</p>
  • <p>The old FOX signs, both vertical and horizontal, were removed after age started to take it’s toll.<br>We recreated the horizontal FOX sign and lit it with brand new neon!<br>We also rewired all of the lights along the marquee. 2017-2018</p>
  • <p>around 1952</p>
  • <p>foyer with poster of the CinemaScope 55 production of</p> <p>The King and I</p> <p>1956</p>