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  • <p>Full exterior of the Paradise in early 1929.</p>
  • <p>A similar view of the great hall and grand staircase in 1929.</p>
  • <p>Wider, crisper version of the 1929 photo via Darla Zailskas.</p>
  • <p>Circa 1990 photo credit Historic American Buildings Survey-Library Of Congress Collection</p>
  • <p>1990 demolition photo credit Bruce Sharp.</p>
  • <p>1984 photo credit John Falk.</p>
  • <p>1960 photo credit & courtesy of Theatre Historical Society of America.
              historictheatres.org</p>
  • <p>September 5th, 1965 photo courtesy Josh Hord.</p>
  • <p>1956 photo courtesy Rogers Park West Ridge Historical Society.</p>
  • <p>Bruce Sharp photo, 1989.</p>
  • <p>A SAD SHOT OF THE BALCONY AFTER THE THEATER WAS CLOSED FOR DECADES…</p>
  • <p>Loew’s College Theatre projectionist Sam Estra celebrates his 25th Anniversary</p>
  • <p>Relaunch of the College Theatre in New Haven with “Bye Bye, Birdie” and nice marquee toppers in 1963.</p>
  • <p>Full size version of grand opening photo, courtesy Mary Melissa Mince.</p>
  • <p>1919 as Wilson Theatre. Photo courtesy elmorovivo.</p>
  • <p>COMING IN 2020 THE NEW “RAD THEATER”  (former PlayStation Theater)</p>
  • <p>NEW LEASE AT FORMER ‘PLAYSTATION’ THEATER</p>
  • <p>New upgraded super event space coming to NYC’s former “PlayStation” Theater. Upgraded sound and lighting, great venue in ‘easy to reach’ Times Square, near all major hotels and transit. Opening later this fall or winter due to virus.</p>
  • <p>A three hour parade in Hartford allowed the Poli to promote “Mighty Joe Young” in 1949. Great showmanship.</p>
  • <p>Gorgeous interior shot of the fabulous Loew’s Poli as James F. Clancey, manager, decorates for “The Sheik’s Wife” in 1921.</p>
  • <p>Grand Lobby towards street entrance</p>
  • <p>RKO Albee Theatre, 1 DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn
              By George Mann via www.thegeorgemannarchive.com/ courtesy of Dianne Woods
              1933
              Via the Old Images of New York Facebook page.</p>
  • <p>With “Blaxploitation” double bill (1972)</p>
  • <p>1926 exterior shot of Keith’s Hippodrome Theatre</p>
  • <p>One more view of the Capitol auditorium circa 1925.</p>
  • <p>Another auditorium view  at grand opening - here the sidewall of the atmospheric Capitol.</p>