roxy cathedral of the motion picture


Giuliana Bruno - Figure 4: Design for the Roxy Theater, "The ...

Design for the Roxy Theater, "The Cathedral of the Motion Picture," New York City (1927). Architect: WW Ahcschager. Full size JPEG (317K; 1000 x 791 pixels) ...
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Ross Melnick - Rethinking Rothafel: Roxy's Forgotten Legacy - The ...

Motion Picture News, noting Roxy's union of music and setting in the ... Outlook wrote: "Broadway no doubt will gasp in wonder at the 'Cathedral of the ...
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American Picture Palaces

At no place was this more blatant than at the Roxy, billed as America's "Cathedral of the Motion Picture." Workers used plaster and gold leaf to create ...
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Roxy

Every day when the Roxy Theater, now called simply "The Cathedral of the Motion Picture", was in building-process, Roxy was driven there in his town car. ...
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Tuning In On Roxy

A Department of News, Notes and Notables of the Motion-Picture World. Tuning In On Roxy. Conducted by Sylvia B. Golden (1927). Who is SL Rothafel? "Roxy. ...
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Blueprints Magazine, Summer 1988, Page 8

As the industry grew and motion picture technology progressed, ... Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel at a cost of $l2 million, was promoted as "The Cathedral of the ...
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IMDb user comments for The Wind Cannot Read (1958)

This was the final picture shown at the famous New York City movie palace, the Roxy, the self-exclaimed "Cathedral of the Motion Picture. ...
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The Mess in Progress » Missing Muse

It was a fitting match for a theatre often referred to as “The Cathedral of the Motion Picture.” Nothing lasts forever, though, and the Roxy fell on hard ...
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Photo Gallery-Joe Coco Collection, Theatre Historical Society

Roxy "The Cathedral of the Motion Picture" Seventh Avenue & 50th Street, New York City Opened March 11, 1927 Demolished 1960 WW Ahlschlager, Architect ...
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[PDF] MOVIE MUSIC AND PICTURE PALACES

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resembled houses of worship (New York's Roxy was advertised as "The Cathedral of the Motion. Picture"). Often such palaces also provided handsomely printed ...
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