Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>April 30,, 1917</p>
  • <p>Photo from Art in Ruins. Where the 1929 structure of the Mathewson Congregational Unitarian Church structure became the Scenic Temple and finally the Rialto Theatre.</p>
  • <p>September 23, 1933. Ad in The Daily Worker.</p>
  • <p>Open house, 2020. Photo from Providence Journal. Projection booth.</p>
  • <p>Open house, 2020. Photo from Providence Journal.</p>
  • <p>Open house, 2020. Photo from Providence Journal.</p>
  • <p>Publicity, 1958.</p>
  • <p>October 18, 1947</p>
  • <p>In the 1930s.</p>
  • <p>September 15, 1954</p>
  • <p>August 15, 1951. Rossellini’s “Woman” (“Desiderio”) plus Gassman in “Shamed” (“Preludio d'amore”.) An Italian double bill that circulated widely, if slowly, during the 1950s and early 1960s.</p>
  • <p>This calendar is from about 1982 when Landmark Theatres was running the Showcase, using a calendar rep policy with anywhere from 1 to 5 program changes a week.</p>
  • <p>Via Google Maps.</p>
  • <p>April 20, 1931. A now-lost von Stroheim film.</p>
  • <p>February 14, 1951</p>
  • <p>The Grand has a talking screen and here’s a couple of ad examples from 1929 to promote talkies.</p>
  • <p>Stellar ad by the - then - Sun Theatre of Omaha in 1923 for the documentary feature film “Nanook of the North”</p>
  • <p>This is the marquee, when the sign read “Guild” that many people remember.</p>
  • <p>November 7, 1915</p>
  • <p>Photo from 1952 of entrance.</p>
  • <p>July 19, 1911.</p>
  • <p>Union Theatre in summer 2012</p>
  • <p>Starting as an opera house, the theater became the Broadway Theatre in 1927 and this was the second major makeover look for this operation under the management of Chick Lewis and Warner Circuit. You can see the projection area in the third balcony. In 1942, Loews would take over and change the look and name of the theater.</p>
  • <p>October 31, 1919. Article on opening of the Victory.</p>
  • <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/5205079056">State Theatre..Jewett City Connecticut..Billy Holcomb / Don lewis Vanishing Movie Theaters</a></p>