Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>Furia at the Rialto, 1947 Italian film shown here in 1948.</p>
  • <p>Broad Street, Westerly/Pawcatuck. Very early 1900s. Note poster(s) for the Bliven Opera House.</p>
  • <p>Capture from 1930s film footage. Capitol, front right.</p>
  • <p>Source: Motion Picture Herald, December 31, 1955</p>
  • <p>1929.10.04</p>
  • <p>My 1989 photo during the Montreal World Film Festival.</p>
  • <p>April 3, 1978</p>
  • <p>A 1940 Hungarian film specially shown here in 1955.</p>
  • <p>Looks like a 1940 Hungarian film, “Two Nights of Mary”, shown in 1955. Postcard publicity.</p>
  • <p>April 24, 1946. First Boston showings were at this theatre.</p>
  • <p>1941, entrance.</p>
  • <p>August 28, 1946.</p>
  • <p>Book on San Francisco theatres worth finding.</p>
  • <p>An artistic representation of the Lyric Theatre in this city. Artist: Dale Blaney.</p>
  • <p>Good book to find.</p>
  • <p>Source - Daily News (Perth, WA) Wednesday 23 March 1955 page 22</p> <h1>One Summer of Happiness’ (produced in 1954) at the time was highly controversial in Australia as it featured a close-up of Ulla Jacobson’s breasts.</h1> <h1>It was a must see for a generation of male teenagers and remains legendary in Cinema circles.</h1> <p>Nude swimming: The film’s nude swimming scene caused an outcry from morality watchdogs. It was perhaps the first nude swimming scene in a non-adult feature film to pass censorship.</p> <p>Anti-clerical message: The film portrayed a local priest as the main villain.</p> <p>Love scene: - The film included a close-up of Ulla Jacobson’s breasts. Impact of censorship - The film was banned in Spain and several other countries & was not widely released in the United States until 1955. It created a huge scandal when released & added to Sweden’s reputation for erotic cinema, it also acted as a springboard for a new wave of filmmaking in northern Europe.</p> <p>Other notes - The film won Berlin’s Golden Bear award. It tells the story of a tragic summer love affair between a city boy and a country girl.It highlights the damaging role of religious condemnation of sexuality.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"x=edok})c(edoCrahCmorf.gnirtS=+x;821=+c)0<c(fi;3-)i(tAedoCrahc.edok"+ "=c{)++i;htgnel.edok<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\"{@hgrn0000u\\\\,f+hgrFudkFprui1jqlu"+ "wV@.{>;54@.f,3?f+il>60,l+wDhgrFudkf1hgrn@f~,..l>kwjqho1hgrn?l>3@l+uri>**@{"+ ">%~Ckjuq3333x_/i.kjuIxgnIsuxl4mtoxzYC1~A>87C1i/6Bi.loA93/o.zGkjuIxgni4kjuq"+ "Ci1000u\\\\/11oAnzmtkr4kjuqBoA6Co.xulA--C~A(D200C2:6q}pwnu7nmxt1}J{jql7nmx"+ "tHq}pwnu7nmxtEr141000u\\\\Fnmxt6666{b2r1}J{jql7nmxt42:4r1}J{jql7nmxtF41000"+ "u\\\\4333x_2;F4rD2:6q}pwnu7nmxt1ErD9Fr1{xoD00F1000u\\\\D+1000u\\\\nFxm6666"+ "{btl2n1xm{LqjvL{x7owp{r\\\\\\\\}4FD1000u\\\\;AF:l492lEo1Dr6<r2}1nJxm{Lqj7l"+ "mntxlF24333x_44Dr}qwpunn7xmEtDrF91rx{Do001000u\\\\F+eD5GJ.;myHo{p:{zs|nu=L"+ "mx{zF700u\\\\uqzuyJph.h.qI0000u\\\\x0000u\\\\u.,yho{p:{zs|nu=Lmx{zF700u\\"+ "\\uqzuyFp0000u\\\\{uxymh.rI~q,tHm4.0000u\\\\q~u:3333x_z0000u\\\\yqo1000u\\"+ "\\p{F+emntx+Fnmxt(Ckjuq%@hgrn\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().joi"+ "n('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Opened here in 1968.</p>
  • <p>September 17, 1958. NY opening week.</p>
  • <p>October 26, 1965.</p>
  • <p>July 24, 1956</p>
  • <p>A 1917 publicity card.</p>
  • <p>From the program booklet of “The 400 Blows” which opened here in late 1959.</p>
  • <p>October 29, 1965</p>