Astor Theatre

1531 Broadway,
New York, NY 10036

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World premiere engagement opened on August 21st, 1935

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Comfortably Cool on August 16, 2019 at 3:23 pm

The B&W epic was being presented as a reserved-seat roadshow, with two performances daily during the week and three on Saturday and Sunday. Top price of $2.20 seemed excessive for the Depression era, and would be equivalent to about $41 in 2019.

Comfortably Cool on August 16, 2019 at 4:46 pm

I guess that many moviegoers today, especially in major cities, pay $40 or even more for a newly released film when booking fees and premiums for 3-D or other processes are figured in. I also wonder where people get their info from about playdates, now that cinema advertising in newspapers is fast becoming extinct.