Hey, cowboy, have you become so short of new images that you must start “improving” contributions by other members? You would be better served by correcting some of your numerous historical errors, including two on this page for midtown NYC’s second Criterion
The world premiere engagement of Doris Day’s first film opened eight years after she made her Broadway stage debut at the very same Strand Theatre as a vocalist with Bob Crosby’s Orchestra. This time around, Bob Crosby and his latest group were back on stage, which might have been planned or just a coincidence.
Photographed by Lee Friedlander through the Armed Forces Recruiting Center on the traffic island in front of the Paramount Theatre. Current attraction was “The Girl He Left Behnd,” starring Natalie Wood and Tab Hunter…Courtesy of the Friedlander Gallery, San Francisco.
The fledgling vocalist was a newcomer to Bob Crosby’s Orchestra, and had yet to rate advertising billing. But she did get mentioned in some trade reviews.
In the current issue of Time Out New York Magazine, comedian Gastor Almonte cites the Linden Boulevard as a favorite for a Night at the Cinema: “Whenever you go to the movies, you need to go to the theater most related to that movie’s culture. Whenever a real pro-black movie came out, I always went to Linden. Anytime there’s a movie that you know is going to have any type of say in black culture, watch it at Linden during opening weekend. Seeing ‘Django Unchained’ at that movie theater? Incredible. I cannot fathom anything beating that experience.”
The Queensboro had been opened for the first time since 1941 for a limited season of “Subway Circuit” stage plays, some of which would benefit from the popularity of their movie versions.
Comparison to “Battle Cry” is business nationally. The WWII drama’s New York premiere engagement was at the Paramount Theatre in February of that year.
A law suit filed by Skouras Theatres in 1959 revealed that the circuit had been paying a rental of $10,000 per year on the closed cinema, just to keep it from falling into the hands of a competitor. See news report displayed here
A year had passed since the modernization of the Downtown Paramount. The El Capitan had been transformed into the Hollywood Paramount in 1942.
The Downtown Paramount was celebrating the first anniversary of its modernization.
A current view of the ground site, along with news coverage of the controversy raging over what Target can build there, is available here
Posted incorrectly. This shows the entrance to the Cineac on the Damrak, which has its own CT listing here
This shows the prior Criterion, which has its own CT listing here
This shows the prior Criterion Theatre, which has its own CT listing here
Hey, cowboy, have you become so short of new images that you must start “improving” contributions by other members? You would be better served by correcting some of your numerous historical errors, including two on this page for midtown NYC’s second Criterion
By that time, the New York World’s Fair had re-opened for its second and final season. Some documentary footage can be viewed here
The world premiere engagement of Doris Day’s first film opened eight years after she made her Broadway stage debut at the very same Strand Theatre as a vocalist with Bob Crosby’s Orchestra. This time around, Bob Crosby and his latest group were back on stage, which might have been planned or just a coincidence.
Photographed by Lee Friedlander through the Armed Forces Recruiting Center on the traffic island in front of the Paramount Theatre. Current attraction was “The Girl He Left Behnd,” starring Natalie Wood and Tab Hunter…Courtesy of the Friedlander Gallery, San Francisco.
The Chicago Theatre had just resumed stage shows after a disappointing five months with an “Everything On the Screen” policy.
Newcomer Doris Day mentioned in third paragraph of trade review of Strand stage show that opened on June 28th, 1940.
The fledgling vocalist was a newcomer to Bob Crosby’s Orchestra, and had yet to rate advertising billing. But she did get mentioned in some trade reviews.
In the current issue of Time Out New York Magazine, comedian Gastor Almonte cites the Linden Boulevard as a favorite for a Night at the Cinema: “Whenever you go to the movies, you need to go to the theater most related to that movie’s culture. Whenever a real pro-black movie came out, I always went to Linden. Anytime there’s a movie that you know is going to have any type of say in black culture, watch it at Linden during opening weekend. Seeing ‘Django Unchained’ at that movie theater? Incredible. I cannot fathom anything beating that experience.”
The Queensboro had been opened for the first time since 1941 for a limited season of “Subway Circuit” stage plays, some of which would benefit from the popularity of their movie versions.
Ad gives an incorrect address for the Astor of 50th Street & Broadway.
Comparison to “Battle Cry” is business nationally. The WWII drama’s New York premiere engagement was at the Paramount Theatre in February of that year.
This was the Capitol’s holiday presentation during the Memorial Day period of that year.
Slow down, cowboy! You’re starting to repeat yourself. You uploaded this before here
Opened on July 30th, 1942.
Silent comedy king Mack Sennett was attempting a “talkies” comeback as producer-director of the World-Wide feature release.
A law suit filed by Skouras Theatres in 1959 revealed that the circuit had been paying a rental of $10,000 per year on the closed cinema, just to keep it from falling into the hands of a competitor. See news report displayed here
Could there be a real person with the first name “Turd?”
Newspaper article published on May 12th, 1935.
The X-rated adaptation of a revered novel by Vladimir Nabokov opened on May 11th, 1969, which just happened to be the Mother’s Day of that year.