I just found a blurb in an old copy of MARQUEE (Volume 18, 1986) that mentions the Robert F. Kennedy Children’s theatre which was showing films in 1976. It states that the RFK was actually the Walter Kerr/Ritz at 219 West 46th Street and not this location.
“Garden of Evil” did open at the Roxy in July 1954.
“The Adventures of Hajji Bada” at the Globe in October 1954.
“Carmen Jones” at the Rivoli in October 1954.
“The Prince of Players” at the Rivoli in January 1955.
“White Feather” at the Roxy in February 1955.
“Violent Saturday” at the Mayfair in May 1955.
“The Seven Year Itch” at the State in June 1955.
“House of Bamboo” at the Mayfair in July 1955.
“The Tall Men” at the State in October 1955.
A mention is made in Boxoffice Magazine (December 18, 1961) that the Town was to be reconverted from a CBS TV studio back to a first-run movie location in May 1962 by Brandt after 12 years serving as a studio.
According to Boxoffice magazine (November 20, 1961)the Rex building was torn down for the Florida. It states that the Rex and Hippodrome were the same location but the Florida was a new building.
Opening ad for “The Jazz Singer”. Notice that ads read “WARNER” and not “WARNERS'” as on the marquee and that the Vitaphone aspect was not played up until much later in the run.
I agree rvb, but then Radio City Music Hall was never intended to show movies either, but it did.
As the intro states, rvb, it showed movies in the seventies, both porn and mainstream.
Cool find, LM. It appears these facts were always there if you know where to look.
I just found a blurb in an old copy of MARQUEE (Volume 18, 1986) that mentions the Robert F. Kennedy Children’s theatre which was showing films in 1976. It states that the RFK was actually the Walter Kerr/Ritz at 219 West 46th Street and not this location.
“Garden of Evil” did open at the Roxy in July 1954.
“The Adventures of Hajji Bada” at the Globe in October 1954.
“Carmen Jones” at the Rivoli in October 1954.
“The Prince of Players” at the Rivoli in January 1955.
“White Feather” at the Roxy in February 1955.
“Violent Saturday” at the Mayfair in May 1955.
“The Seven Year Itch” at the State in June 1955.
“House of Bamboo” at the Mayfair in July 1955.
“The Tall Men” at the State in October 1955.
It had a small entrance but the auditorium seated at least 490.
CinemaTour has a small photo as the Galleria.
http://www.cinematour.com/theatres/us/FL/3.html
So how did it go?
Does Babs still a cinema pull?
A mention is made in Boxoffice Magazine (December 18, 1961) that the Town was to be reconverted from a CBS TV studio back to a first-run movie location in May 1962 by Brandt after 12 years serving as a studio.
That move apparently never took place.
Just turn the map upside down and Krakatoa is East of Java.
Who ever said the earth has a true north?
According to Boxoffice magazine (November 20, 1961)the Rex building was torn down for the Florida. It states that the Rex and Hippodrome were the same location but the Florida was a new building.
The Nemo stopped showing films in March 1963, according to Boxoffice Magazine.
Opening ad for “The Jazz Singer”. Notice that ads read “WARNER” and not “WARNERS'” as on the marquee and that the Vitaphone aspect was not played up until much later in the run.
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Roxy opening newspaper ad.
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New book on Talbot theatres.
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New book on Talbot theatres.
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New book on Talbot theatres.
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New book on Talbot theatres.
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Town and Country was a chain name, not an aka.
Thanks! Those marquee shots of these theatres seem to be rare.
According to Boxoffice Magazine, this location was demolished in 1959.
According to Boxoffice Magazine, the Concord opened in 1963 as a Town and Country Theatre.
If this is the same ‘Town and Country’ that owned theatres in new York, it was not independent but part of a relatively small chain.
The Essex in the late forties.
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This theatre is now located in the city of Sunny Isles Beach, no longer part of Miami Beach.
Those would be ads for openings that never occurred, not an odd situation in New York.
Once the right officials were properly bribed, the opening could then proceed.