Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>July 18, 1958</p>
  • <p>September 16, 1958</p>
  • <p>the 70 mm print of Licorice Pizza and projectionist</p>
  • <p>May 1, 1992.</p>
  • <p>October 5, 1958. Maria Schell’s goose is cooked.</p>
  • <p>Former Park Theatre/Playhouse via Google.</p>
  • <p>JFK observance, Waterbury American November 25, 1963.
              Courtesy of Florence T Crowell’s Historic Watertown Connecticut Photo Gallery Facebook page.</p>
  • <p>Capture from YouTube video of 1946 historic film footage showing audience members inside the theatre.</p>
  • <p>February 12, 1952.</p>
  • <p>found at the site of the Strand demolition on 12/7/21…a fragment of a magazine from 1940s, and a film canister.</p>
  • <p>In 1945 as the Arena Cinema Verdi.  Image captured from YouTube video.</p>
  • <p>1958 photo courtesy of Kenneth McIntyre.</p>
  • <p>American premiere engagement started August 12th, 1938</p>
  • <p>January 1, 1950. One midnight showing only. Too naughty for a regular run?</p>
  • <p>Visconti’s 1951 “Bellissima” with Anna Magnani in 1953.</p>
  • <p>From a YouTube video of San Francisco in the 1940’s. One film on the marquee was “I Married a Witch,” released after October 1942.</p>
  • <p>August 28, 1951.</p>
  • <p>Interior photos and description (1940)</p>
  • <p>Photo in March 13, 1980 Boston Globe. Just before the cinema closed for good.</p>
  • <p>October 7, 1952.</p>
  • <p>“L'ebreo errante” in 1949.</p>
  • <p>August 3, 1984.</p>
  • <p>Sidney Poitier across from the Apollo and Times Square theatres on January 14, 1959.</p>
  • <p>The Oct. 6, 1951 issue of Boxoffice ran a two-page story about manager Ronald Means' work in transforming an 8x10-foot space into a little concession stand. The original caption:</p>
            
              <p>Maximum efficiency in minimum space has been achieved in this 8x10-foot concession stand at the Oak Park Theatre, Kansas City, Mo. Since remodeling the neighborhood theatre has almost doubled its former refreshment business.</p>
  • <p>Film director Jean Renoir spoke at the nearby Loeb Center.  Though this event did not occur at the Brattle itself, since many of his films have been shown here over the decades, I feel it is apt to post this Harvard Crimson article here from March 6, 1965.</p>
  • <p>December 2, 1928.</p>