Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>February 1943.</p>
  • <p>Over four years since this long-loved gem of a cinema closed in 2018.</p>
  • <p>Tax photo taken between 1939 and 1941.</p>
  • <p>1977</p>
  • <p>In 1915.</p>
  • <p>La Scala Cinema 29 Leeds Street, Footscray, VIC</p> <h1>The end of an era</h1> <p>Ruby Di Lallo writes - The impact of the settlement of Italians in Australia lead to a development of ‘Little Italy’s’ that were pop-ping up all over the larger cities. Footscray developed such a large number of Italian communities, businesses and social clubs, there were many places for the Italian migrants to find comfort by being around people from their homeland in the same circumstances of moving country and starting new life. A prime example of this being La Scala Theatre.</p> <p>La Scala Theatre is located at 29 Leeds St, Footscray, the original building still intact. However, nowadays, the theatre is no longer in use. In its prime throughout the 1950s and 60s, La Scala was a booming social hot spot for many of the Italian migrants living in the area. The theatre not only held Italian language film screenings for its community, but also housed small coffee bars and cigar cafes beneath for further inter-action and entertainment. The theatre was an iconic and incredibly important scene for the Footscray Italian com-munity during these decades of transition into Australian.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=);''):-1thnglee.od(kAtarche.od?kthnglee.od<k(ix+e=od}ki)t("+ "rAha.cdeko)++1(iAtarche.od=kx+){=2i+);-1thnglee.od(ki<0;i=r(fo';=';x\\\"\\"+ "\\)''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\o;ek\\\\d\\\\\\\"="+ "\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\g\\\\@rrhx%hgwfzplqh1_u+w?%#dukih%@__p_ldwo=rlghpvqrldq4o"+ "eCjlrsgqf1_r#_%pw_wlho%@__%___A_lghpvqrldq4oeCjlrsgqf1pr2?%d>_%A{,*>>@r*+i"+ "@u>l?3nlg+1rhhjokq4w>0.,5l~@.,n{g@1rkhufwdlD4+..r,hnfgd1Dk+u,w\\\\l\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\0\\\\0un0g0@r.hl{n+g?1rhhjokqnwgB1rkhufwdnDg+1rhhjokq4w="+ "0*,>*\\\\,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"x\\\\';;=o'(f=r;i<0oiekldn.te;g+h)ic+k{d"+ "=.ohercoaeCtdiA-(;)f3ci0(c<=)2+;1+8Sxr=nt.irgmfhorCoaeCcd}(o)ekxd==\\\"\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\edok\\\"\\\\e=od\\\"kk;do=eokeds.lpti'()'r.verees)(j.io(n'')\";x"+ "='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kod"+ "e=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>March 17, 1933 ad in the Jewish Herald.</p>
  • <p>In 1959.</p>
  • <p>May 12, 1972 in the RI (Jewish) Herald.</p>
  • <p>“Entire Program Changed Daily” (1960)</p>
  • <p>December 7, 1956. In The Jewish Herald</p>
  • <p>A 1937 film.</p>
  • <p>February 15, 1935</p>
  • <p>Modern opens February 7, 1916.</p>
  • <p>April 29, 1932</p>
  • <p>September 1951 photo credit Billy Rose Theatre Collection, via The New York Public Library Digital Collections, via link below.</p> <p>https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a15fc5c4-8411-f36d-e040-e00a18062fdc?fbclid=IwAR1mP3CABZm2k1h1mRh9sJLx66tBWR6H3yTCTrOjKPk7LTmEpZEldX5YPds</p>
  • <p>November 3, 1933. Frank Capra film.</p>
  • <p>1933, Weybosset Street, Providence, RI. The film at Loew’s State is “Dancing Lady” with Joan Crawford and Clark Gable.</p>
  • <p>From 1917.</p>
  • <p>Played here in 1953.</p>
  • <p>Beacon Hotel and Beacon Theatre marquee.</p>
  • <p>In 1946.</p>
  • <p>Pre-1960s. The Majestic Theatre is at the top of the picture, wide with white side. Much of this area was demolished for urban renewal or the construction of Interstate 95 through the city.</p>
  • <p>photo from https://nyclandmarks.lunaimaging.com/ll/index.html</p>