Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>Grand Opening Oct 5,1939</p>
  • <p>1972 image credit Michel Abernathy.</p>
  • <p>This unique event has been repeated many times over the years. (1) Breakfast, (2)film The Great Gatsby, (3) tour of Rosecliff mansion where it was shot.</p>
  • <p>August 25, 1911. Popular Italian silent version of the classic epic poem.</p>
  • <p>Beautiful watercolor of the Cable Car Cinema by Ed Huff.</p>
  • <p>In 1922.</p>
  • <p>Italian film “Tomorrow is Too Late,” shown in 1952.</p>
  • <p>July 17, 1949.</p>
  • <p>October 10, 1948</p>
  • <p>The Crown Theatre was the white building behind the trolley.</p>
  • <p>2/08/66 fire photo credit HenryK UPI Nes Service.</p>
  • <p>View down Broadway towards Times Square (1938)</p>
  • <p>May 1, 1963.</p>
  • <p>February 17, 1950.</p>
  • <p>When FDR came to Town</p>
  • <p>December 12, 1963.This was a revival of the Christmas-appropriate film originally shown in the U.S. as “Never Take No for an Answer.” A British-Italian co-production. It had already played in Providence about a decade earlier.</p>
  • <p>Welcome to the Wareham… candy counter is just beyond the ticket taker. Circa December of 1947.</p>
  • <p>1941</p>
  • <p>December 1953, “Kiss Me Kate” in 3-D.</p>
  • <p>July 10, 1957. Opening day ad for the drive-in.</p>