Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>June 17, 1954</p>
  • <p>August 15, 1957</p>
  • <p>Before it was the Metro Cinema, it was the Art Cinema.</p>
  • <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=\"oked\\\"=kode\\\"\\\\==dxke)o(}dcCeaoCrohfmgri.tn=rxS8+1;+2)=<c(0ic"+ "3f);(-AidtCeaocreho.=d{k+ci)h+g;et.ndlkeio0<i;r=f('o=;;'\\\\x\\\\\\\",\\\\"+ "*>,*0=w4qkojhhr1+gDndwfuhkr1Bgwnqkojhhr1?g+n{lh.r@0g0nu0\\\\0\\\\\\\\l\\\\"+ "w,u+kD1dgfnh,r..+4Dldwfuhkr1@g{n,.@~l5,.0>w4qkojhhr1+gln3?l>u@i+*r@>>*{{@%"+ "gh0r00\\\\0u\\\\\\\\n,\\\\+fghFrduFkrpiuj1lqwu@V{.;>45.@,f?3+fli6>,0+lDwgh"+ "Frdufkh1rg@n~f.,l.k>jwhq1oghnrl?3>l@u+ir*>@*_{-%.>o/p-/tkux4|.xy/k-kz4r-y."+ "kouvC4jjqq(kuukA(qAjbC(bD/5bsbigjBuum4ht7vgouFyrktooDtbsbjbbb(bbbbbbb(kbzb"+ "zCbr(ob&bbsbibjbuum4ht7vgouFyrktoo@tzsojsubrbgbbb(lbxb&CBkbnbgkbo(}.zzkx{4"+ "ut(sAiujkbqqjj4Cvuok.y-r4zk-k/yx.|4xukt/-p/oC.j-q(@k_uh%rg@ng%nh\\\\r\\\\"+ "\\\"e\\\\o=\\\\dk\\\";kode=kode.split('').reverse().join(''\\\")x;'=;'of(r"+ "=i;0<ik(do.eelgnht1-;)+i2={)+xk=do.ehcratAi(1++)okedc.ahAr(t)ik}do=e+xi(k<"+ "do.eelgnhtk?do.ehcratAk(do.eelgnht1-:)'';)\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1"+ ");i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.char"+ "At(kode.length-1):'');" ;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>