Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>Gala World Premiere (April 11th, 1947)</p>
  • <p>October 9, 1958</p>
  • <p>February 2, 1938. O.O. McIntyre column.</p>
  • <p>Photo and description credit Bethesda History Blog: 1941 and the ushers at the Hiser theatre are standing at attention for the showing of Citizen Kane at the then state-of-the-art art Hiser Theatre in Bethesda.</p>
  • <p>A 1950 Italian film imported specifically to be shown in houses that catered to local Italian communities.</p>
  • <p>October 8, 1949</p>
  • <p>February 24, 1950.</p>
  • <p>One of the many alluring advertisements and alternate posters produced exclusively for the Locust engagement, one of two American theatres to exhibit 4 Devils in 1928.</p>
  • <p>Music Hall entrance, in Providence Journal, May 4, 1952,</p>
  • <p>This 1930 German/French film played here in 1932 in the French version. Mid-January.</p>
  • <p>November 26, 1947</p>
  • <p>From the Salve Regina University webpage, 2026.</p>
  • <p>Provincetown Film Society and Film Festival, August 2026.</p>
  • <p>March 25, 1975</p>
  • <p>Better photo. 1917, “Fatal Ring” with Pearl White.</p>
  • <p>“Aux portes de Paris”, 1935 film on marquee.</p>
  • <p>August 23, 1962. Special program for the Italian community.</p>
  • <p>March 7, 1950. Blurb in an Oakland newspaper.</p>
  • <p>March 12, 1950. Reserved seating.</p>
  • <p>“Fantasia” in 1941.</p>
  • <p>A single rare screening of director Roberto Rossellini’s “The Messiah” took place on Sunday, December 13, 1981 at the Cable Car Cinema. The 35mm print was loaned by the director’s daughter Isabella. The program was sponsored by the Italian Film Society of RI.</p>
  • <p>The UNCUT restored version of Luchino Visconti’s “The Leopard” received its first RI showings at the Cable Car Cinema in November 1985, programmed by the Italian Film Society of RI.</p>