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Once Were Palaces, copyright 2012 by S. Delgado, Chapter 2.3
Without a theatre to manage, Roxy them embarked on the most curious venture. Teaming up with a promoter by the name of Frank Hall, he devised what became known as the “Rothafel Unit Programme.” Putting all of his theories and ideas into a package of filmed shorts for musical performances, Roxy hoped to use his name and reputation to give theatres the kind of presentations that only he could…
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"After the Final Curtain"--Endorsed and Recommended!
For those of you who like the old pictures of theaters on this blog, I would direct you whole-heartedly to Matt Lambros’ “After the Final Curtain” blog. Matt is the lucky stiff who gets to go in and photograph decaying movie palaces–several of his pictures have graced this blog. Matt will also be putting out a book (hopefully) later this year concerning the restoration of our beloved Kings…
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Once There Were Palaces by S. Delgado, Copyright, 2012. Chapter 2-2.
At about the same time the owners of the recently opened Regent Theatre on 116th Street in Harlem were in absolutely desperate straits. Their elegant new moving picture theatre was failing and they had no fall back use for it. Whereas most theatres showing pictures in those days were converted former storefronts or music halls, the Regent billed itself as the very first theatre in New York City…
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Rivoli Theatre----LOST!
Today’s lost theatre is one of the great early theaters of Times Square, the Rivoli at 49th and Broadway. It was designed by architect Thomas Lamb in the style of the Parthenon in Athens Greece, complete with Greek central columns and a triangular pediment with bas relief scenes copied from the Parthenon itself. It opened in 1917 for Paramount Pictures and was the grandest theatre in New York…
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Once There Were Palaces --Chapter 1.4, by Sergio Delgado, Copyright 2012.
The new theatre was due to open in October of 1919. Construction had lagged due to wartime material restrictions. The steel used to erect the theatre building was cast on site using discarded girders from the demolished Sixth Avenue El. Work had gone on around the clock at a breakneck pace ,yet on the very day that the Capitol’s doors were to open there was still work to be done ,and the…
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