Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>1968 ad for the original Telegraph Repertory Cinema theater at 2533 Telegraph Avenue.</p>
  • <p>1949-50. Marquee: G.B. Shaw’s “Caesar and Cleopatra.” Original uncut version with Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains.</p>
  • <p>March 2, 1959</p>
  • <p>1936, circa. (Year film “Rembrandt” was released.) From a Facebook post.</p>
  • <p>In 1952, the 1950 Italian film “Tomorrow is too Late” ran successfully here and was held over. It also played other area theatres.</p>
  • <p>June 13, 1940</p>
  • <p>A 1935 Italian film about a military man and his wife. Shown here as “Amore, patria e dovere” in March 1939.</p>
  • <p>May 5, 1929</p>
  • <p>May 7 & 11, 1931. Italian late-silent film with added music.</p>
  • <p>1994 conception of the Rialto as a new cinema for downtown Providence. Never realized.</p>
  • <p>1931 poster for “Over the Hill” at the Rialto Theatre in Providence. This service station location is Eddy Street in the city.</p>
  • <p>A 1928 flyer as the Edison.</p>
  • <p>In the 1960s.</p>
  • <p>February 25, 1940.</p>
  • <p>April 15, 1924. Ad for request week films at the Victory (Empire, Keith’s) in Providence.</p>
  • <p>October 3, 1920</p>
  • <p>Society event utilizes the Casino Theatre. Providence Journal, August 29, 1926.</p>
  • <p>October 10, 1920</p>
  • <p>June 21, 1925</p>
  • <p>September 13, 1955. Where I first saw these two films at the age of 13 in this theatre.</p>
  • <p>The Grand turned Packer Theatre on October 7, 1939 sells out</p>
  • <p>December 9, 1948. Cranston native fan of Italian relative in “La Traviata” film at Avon.</p>
  • <p>“James Joyce’s Ulysses,” March 12, 1967.</p>
  • <p>February 28, 1980</p>
  • <p>January 20, 1940 listing.</p>
  • <p>Fire in a “nickel affair” theatre. September 23, 1908.</p>
  • <p>May 10, 1958</p>
  • <p>Silent movie posters found attached to a backstage dressing room, circa 1905.</p>
  • <p>Smith’s in the 1910s would become the Rialto.</p>