Highest grossing run in history doesn’t really tell us much. The true test of popularity is how many people actually attended, not how much they paid in total receipts. Ticket prices are at their very highest in history, so just a small sum like $1 million can be run up very fast.
“Doctor Zhivago” was already six months old by the time it reached Lynbrook, and still running in its world premiere roadshow engagement at Loew’s Capitol in midtown NYC.
The newly married Chaplins were appearing on the same program, but just on screen and in separate films that were short enough to be supported by seven acts of vaudeville.
These were just the first neighborhood showings of “Imitation of Life” and shared with other circuits such as Skouras and Century in places where RKO had no outlets. NYC premiere engagement of “Imitation of Life” had been at Roxy Theatre (with stage support). Twenty-five years earlier, the original B&W “Imitation of Life” with Claudette Colbert also debuted at the Roxy (with stage show).
First motion picture score by Rodgers & Hammerstein, whose great stage musicals “Oklahoma” and “Carousel” were still running on Broadway, and would not have screen versions until the next decade.
Furloughing soldiers being dropped off at the Hotel Dixie, with Liberty Theatre in background. Marquee lists “Double Indemnity” & “You Can’t Ration Love.”
The standard ratio B&W comedy was shown on a “Giant Panoramic Screen.”
Six songs included “That’s Amore,” which became one of Dean Martin’s signature numbers.
“Ali Baba” and all other Universal features mentioned were in vivid Technicolor, which was a major reason for their popularity. Most movies at that time were in B&W, for budgetary reasons and/or strict wartime rationing of color film.
Portions of the interior are used to “double” for a Broadway “legit” playhouse in the first episode of the new season of “Only Murders in the Building” on the Hulu subscription network.
The B&W musical marked the Hollywood debut for the British actress/singer who’d become a major star in German films including “Congress Dances.”
Opened with a gala event on the night of September 19th, 1933, with continuous performances starting the next day.
Highest grossing run in history doesn’t really tell us much. The true test of popularity is how many people actually attended, not how much they paid in total receipts. Ticket prices are at their very highest in history, so just a small sum like $1 million can be run up very fast.
The Thanksgiving holiday presentation for that year, the USA’s last before entering World War II on December 8th.
This was part of the Easter holiday presentation for 1946, and has a complete ad displayed here
Presented during the eight years starting in 1935 that the Capitol Theatre dropped stage presentations for an “Everything On the Screen” policy.
Stage revue included the annual presentation of “Kol Nidrei,” honoring the Jewish high holy days.
“Doctor Zhivago” was already six months old by the time it reached Lynbrook, and still running in its world premiere roadshow engagement at Loew’s Capitol in midtown NYC.
The newly married Chaplins were appearing on the same program, but just on screen and in separate films that were short enough to be supported by seven acts of vaudeville.
These were just the first neighborhood showings of “Imitation of Life” and shared with other circuits such as Skouras and Century in places where RKO had no outlets. NYC premiere engagement of “Imitation of Life” had been at Roxy Theatre (with stage support). Twenty-five years earlier, the original B&W “Imitation of Life” with Claudette Colbert also debuted at the Roxy (with stage show).
Spotlighted at the start and again later in the “Quick Trip to Jackson Heights” article at the Forgotten New York website. Click here
Ditto “emmaorabelle.”
Ditto “emmaorabelle.”
Donna and Andree are SPAMers, and probably the same person using different IDs.
First motion picture score by Rodgers & Hammerstein, whose great stage musicals “Oklahoma” and “Carousel” were still running on Broadway, and would not have screen versions until the next decade.
“Bad Boy” was a late-run Fox “B” comedy first released in October of the previous year.
Booking included Labor Day, celebrated on Monday, September 1st, that year.
Furloughing soldiers being dropped off at the Hotel Dixie, with Liberty Theatre in background. Marquee lists “Double Indemnity” & “You Can’t Ration Love.”
The standard ratio B&W comedy was shown on a “Giant Panoramic Screen.” Six songs included “That’s Amore,” which became one of Dean Martin’s signature numbers.
“Ali Baba” and all other Universal features mentioned were in vivid Technicolor, which was a major reason for their popularity. Most movies at that time were in B&W, for budgetary reasons and/or strict wartime rationing of color film.
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First NYC stage booking for Hattie McDaniel since winning an Academy Award ‘Oscar’ for her performance in “Gone With the Wind.”
Portions of the interior are used to “double” for a Broadway “legit” playhouse in the first episode of the new season of “Only Murders in the Building” on the Hulu subscription network.
NSG, with “temporary” mechanical problems that proved terminal.
Displayed from reverse side of slide? “Good Pic” spelled backwards.