I read somewhere else they’re working on tearing it down and if you read the last paragraph here it doesn’t talk about the surrounding area it’s talking about the theater specifically. Also it seems landmark status means little today.
So it’s in the works to tear the place down for residential use.
I’m just hearing about it and now I see it’s in the overview. Was never in it though walked in the forecourt. Now I never will.
The latest this could be would be early summer ‘66. MFL is at the Criterion and ended its run there about this time. Can anybody make out what’s at Loew’s State?
As a boy I saw this billboard as well as TMMITFM. And what you can’t make out was that they were 3D. As parts were raised as in the ships in HI and in Magnificent Men the planes were not only raised but planes were bouncing up and down and there were spinning propellers and legs. At least that’s what I remember. Was I dreaming?
Also the bluray has been released twice. First by Twilight Time and very recently by Sandpiper. Both are in mono so I assume the original negative along with the 4 channel soundtrack no longer exist. I wonder if anybody checked with Walter Mirisch the producer of the film who is still alive or his family about this. A two cd soundtrack was issued. The first was music directly from the soundtrack in mono. The second was from the lp in stereo.
Oh no mOOse111 is back asking the same most inane questions over and over again. Everytime he is responded to he asks what does anything have to do with anything.
‘What does this movie have to do with this this theater just because it played here for 41 weeks?’
Please just stop it and take your nonsense elsewhere.
Somebody once posted a straight on wonderful color photo of the Hawaii billboard but then unfortunately it was taken down. Or for some reason I’m overlooking it.
If you look up Bosley Crowther’s NYT’s review of South Pacific at the Criterion he says the screen is curved. Was it installed for this one film and then taken down when Old Man and the Sea moved in? I assume anybody who could explain this has gone to their reward.
It is so strange that the artwork for the stage production of Fiddler in ‘67 uses the exact same artwork for the film which came out 4 years later. This should be impossible as the artwork is clearly based on the movie cast which hadn’t even been chosen yet. Anybody have an idea why this is? Look at the marquee of this theater with Fiddler then look at the ad for the McClurg where it had its Chicago film engagement which as you can see from previous comments confused me.
I wasn’t quite sure where to put this link but there is some nice footage of this theater.
First 8 minutes of this is midtown in the summer of 48. Many nice shots of Times Square and it’s spectacular signage at dusk. The rest is New Brunswick NJ which is also fun to see. The people are dressed like they are in some old movie.
Very lame compared to the Leonidoff Catholic renaissance depiction. I was so embarrassed by this one. The heavy handed protestant narration was agony inducing let alone the cheapo sets and costumes being an eyesore. This has as much to do with the Music Hall as the fake arch they’ve added to make the stage look smaller. I guess they permanently ruined the mechanisms which allowed the curtain to unfold into so many designs. The Leonidoff Nativity and Glory of Easter were beauties.
And when the Roxy was torn down the Music Hall was still successful getting first run films that people wanted to see and a popular NY destination must. By the end of the 60s that was over because of the cultural shift in filmmaking and film distribution and urban decay. It only held on well into the 70s by the grace of the Rockefellers.
I read somewhere else they’re working on tearing it down and if you read the last paragraph here it doesn’t talk about the surrounding area it’s talking about the theater specifically. Also it seems landmark status means little today.
So it’s in the works to tear the place down for residential use. I’m just hearing about it and now I see it’s in the overview. Was never in it though walked in the forecourt. Now I never will.
How many seats did the Capitol have before Cinerama? Was this necessary for a continuous run film?
The latest this could be would be early summer ‘66. MFL is at the Criterion and ended its run there about this time. Can anybody make out what’s at Loew’s State?
Didn’t Krakatoa open continuous run at the Warner Cinerama in NY and roadshow in LA?
And then you had the films that opened at two theaters in one city and one was road show and the other continuous run.
Yes that’s the billboard I was talking about.
As a boy I saw this billboard as well as TMMITFM. And what you can’t make out was that they were 3D. As parts were raised as in the ships in HI and in Magnificent Men the planes were not only raised but planes were bouncing up and down and there were spinning propellers and legs. At least that’s what I remember. Was I dreaming?
Also the bluray has been released twice. First by Twilight Time and very recently by Sandpiper. Both are in mono so I assume the original negative along with the 4 channel soundtrack no longer exist. I wonder if anybody checked with Walter Mirisch the producer of the film who is still alive or his family about this. A two cd soundtrack was issued. The first was music directly from the soundtrack in mono. The second was from the lp in stereo.
Oh no mOOse111 is back asking the same most inane questions over and over again. Everytime he is responded to he asks what does anything have to do with anything.
‘What does this movie have to do with this this theater just because it played here for 41 weeks?’ Please just stop it and take your nonsense elsewhere.
Somebody once posted a straight on wonderful color photo of the Hawaii billboard but then unfortunately it was taken down. Or for some reason I’m overlooking it.
Promises! From politicians!
And in the stage show is Robert Merrill who went on to be one of America’s great baritones. At least I think it’s THAT Robert Merrill.
If you look up Bosley Crowther’s NYT’s review of South Pacific at the Criterion he says the screen is curved. Was it installed for this one film and then taken down when Old Man and the Sea moved in? I assume anybody who could explain this has gone to their reward.
It is so strange that the artwork for the stage production of Fiddler in ‘67 uses the exact same artwork for the film which came out 4 years later. This should be impossible as the artwork is clearly based on the movie cast which hadn’t even been chosen yet. Anybody have an idea why this is? Look at the marquee of this theater with Fiddler then look at the ad for the McClurg where it had its Chicago film engagement which as you can see from previous comments confused me.
Ticket stubs for Sept ‘66 on page 6.
An odd stage show at this point in time.
I wasn’t quite sure where to put this link but there is some nice footage of this theater.
First 8 minutes of this is midtown in the summer of 48. Many nice shots of Times Square and it’s spectacular signage at dusk. The rest is New Brunswick NJ which is also fun to see. The people are dressed like they are in some old movie.
https://youtu.be/FVrgNYu4fcw
No more ice shows, rodeos, circuses, Scottish tattoos or Italian spectacles. It sucks.
It was famously known in the 30s that for people who couldn’t quite make it to the 3rd Mezzanine they would send a St Bernard.
Those are insanely expensive tickets for 1948. Was this a benefit?
Corruption of a minor.
My Fair Lady was especially glorious and will never be seen that way again.
It was an original TODD AO 6 track stereo print and even despite the hallucinatory colors it was a knockout.
Opening half a month after world premiere in NY and a month and a half before Hollywood premiere in mid December.
Too bad the entire photo isn’t there. All 4 are snapping their fingers.
Very lame compared to the Leonidoff Catholic renaissance depiction. I was so embarrassed by this one. The heavy handed protestant narration was agony inducing let alone the cheapo sets and costumes being an eyesore. This has as much to do with the Music Hall as the fake arch they’ve added to make the stage look smaller. I guess they permanently ruined the mechanisms which allowed the curtain to unfold into so many designs. The Leonidoff Nativity and Glory of Easter were beauties.
And when the Roxy was torn down the Music Hall was still successful getting first run films that people wanted to see and a popular NY destination must. By the end of the 60s that was over because of the cultural shift in filmmaking and film distribution and urban decay. It only held on well into the 70s by the grace of the Rockefellers.