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Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Rainbow Theatre on Nov 23, 2009 at 10:51 am

Listed in the 1937 Film Daily Year Book as the closed Town Playhouse.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Paramount Theatre on Nov 19, 2009 at 1:01 pm

The new Paramount Hotel and theatre post card.

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Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Sunset Theater on Nov 18, 2009 at 3:34 pm

The 1937 Film Daily Yearbook lists as De Luxe theatre at 125th street and St. Nicholas. I suspect it was this site as the Sunset is listed as well.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Princess Theatre on Nov 18, 2009 at 9:53 am

This showed movies as the Princess in 1915-1916.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Houston Theatre on Nov 18, 2009 at 9:46 am

My mistake, it is listed as the Rexy.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Houston Theatre on Nov 18, 2009 at 9:42 am

This is listed in the 1937 Film Daily Yearbook as the closed Roxy.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Reo Theater on Nov 18, 2009 at 9:39 am

This was already the Reo in the 1937 Film Daily Yearbook.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Radio City Music Hall on Nov 17, 2009 at 8:28 am

Myron,

If you do a search on previous posts on this page you will find answers to a lot of your questions.

Here is an example:

Cary Grant is the Music Hall’s alltime boxoffice champ.The
Music Hall played Twenty-seven of his films which played a
total of 113 weeks.

Fred Astaire is second place with Sixtheen films playing a
total of sixty weeks.

Greer Garson is the Queen of Radio City with Eleven films
playing a total of Seventy-Nine weeks.

Ginger Rogers had twenty-three films which played fifty-five
weeks.

Katherine Hepburn had twenty-two films which played sixty-four
weeks. Hepburn is the only performer,male or female,to have
seventeen successive films open at the Music Hall.

Note the above stats are from the 1979 Radio City Music Hall
by Charles Francisco.brucec
posted by brucec on Jul 11, 2004 at 2:05pm

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Lenox Little Theatre on Nov 16, 2009 at 2:49 pm

This listed in the 1937 Film Daily Yearbook as the Lenox House.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Lane Theatre on Nov 16, 2009 at 2:45 pm

The Lane is already listed in the 1937 Film Daily Yearbook.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Radio City Music Hall on Nov 15, 2009 at 9:19 am

“TORN CURTAIN” opened at the DeMille, Coronet and 34th St. East but that doesn’t mean she may not have attended a premier screening at the Music Hall. If she bought a ticket and walked in, it was not at the Music Hall.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Roxy Theatre on Nov 13, 2009 at 11:21 am

I thought those lights were to alert the ushers to empty seats.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Roxy Theatre on Nov 13, 2009 at 10:23 am

As the intro states, it was Spanish Baroque, Spanish Renaissance.

The last film was “The Wind Cannot Read”

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about AMC Orpheum 7 on Nov 13, 2009 at 9:03 am

In the teens, twenties and thirties, the areas around Park Row, the lower east side and Union Square challenged Times Square. The 166th Street and 125th Street areas also were well screened.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Colon Theatre on Nov 12, 2009 at 2:41 pm

Colon is Spanish for Columbus, so the name change did have some merit.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about RKO Proctor's Twenty-Third Street Theatre on Nov 12, 2009 at 9:50 am

Listed in the 1941 Film daily Yearbook as the BARCLAY.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Stadium Theatre on Nov 12, 2009 at 9:36 am

A SUN THEATRE is listed at 2176 Third Avenue in the 1941 Film Daily Yearbook. Could this have been the Stadium?

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Variety Theatre on Nov 12, 2009 at 9:31 am

There was a STAR THEATRE at 136 Third Avenue in the mid thirties, early forties. Does anyone have any info on that one?

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Colon Theatre on Nov 12, 2009 at 9:22 am

Colon should be added as an aka name here.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about AMC Orpheum 7 on Nov 11, 2009 at 8:41 pm

The area certainly had its fair share of screens but I think Greenwich Village and the east 59th/60th zone almost always had more.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Loew's Yorkville Theatre on Nov 10, 2009 at 4:33 pm

The 1941 Film Daily Yearbook has an 86th Street theatre at 121 East 86th Street.

Could that be the missing Loews?

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Trans-Lux 60th Street on Nov 10, 2009 at 4:26 pm

This switched from newsreel to features in 1949.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Florida Theatre on Nov 10, 2009 at 9:43 am

The Florida was already open by 1941 according to the Film daily Yearbook.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Modern Theatre on Nov 10, 2009 at 9:37 am

The Modern was already open in 1941 according to the Film Daily yearbook.

Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez commented about Grand Pussycat Cinema on Nov 9, 2009 at 9:10 am

Interesting find, Joe.

The Trans-Lux West name did not start until 1967, not 1963 as the intro states. The New York Times claims the original opening year was 1936.