Above: The Rivoli Theatre, New York City, June, 1975.
Below: The State Theatre, Sydney, Australia, 1975.
(Images via Thin Ghost, Feej, Sydney Morning Herald)
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Movie Theater Marquees: Jaws (1975)
Published June 28, 2013 Jaws , Movie Theaters/Marquees 6 CommentsMovie Theater Marquees: Escape from New York (1981)
Published May 17, 2013 '80s Movies/TV , Escape from New York , Movie Theaters/Marquees , Roger Corman , Sci-Fi Movies/TV 5 Comments
If this is Escape from New York playing in New York, that’s pretty cool. Even better if it’s Manhattan.
Sign me up for Firecracker, also from 1981: “She’ll mix seduction with destruction in the screen’s first erotic Kung Fu classic.”
(Photo via Daniel Aull/Flickr; video via Shout Factory)
Movie Theater Marquees: Return of the Jedi (1983)
Published May 1, 2013 Movie Theaters/Marquees , Star Wars (Original Trilogy) 6 Comments
May 25, 1983, Sam Eric Theatre, Philadelphia. (Photo: AP)
The Sam Eric (or SamEric), previously the Boyd Theatre, “was the last operating movie palace in downtown Philadelphia until it closed in 2002.” The Friends of the Boyd are currently trying to restore the city landmark.
The photo is from Friends of the Boyd’s Facebook. Michael Coat identified the source (one of them, anyway) as the May 26, 1983 edition of the Bedford Gazette. Return of the Jedi premiered nationwide on the 25th.
Movie Theater Marquees: Star Wars (1977)
Published January 31, 2013 Movie Theaters/Marquees , Star Wars (Original Trilogy) 3 Comments
Mann’s Chinese Theatre, May 25, 1977
Mann’s Chinese Theatre, May 25, 1977
(Images via Jedipedia and Blogbusters)
Movie Theater Marquees: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Published January 31, 2013 Movie Theaters/Marquees , Sci-Fi Movies/TV Leave a Comment
The Capitol Theater, New York City, 1968. (Photo: Rory Monteith collection)
Ad for advanced ticket sales. (Photo: Rory Monteith collection)
If I had to choose a favorite movie of all time, it would be a tie between 2001 and It’s a Wonderful Life. Over the holidays I went to see the Kubrick exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). There was a separate room dedicated to each of his movies. It was wicked.
2001‘s world premiere was on April 2, 1968 at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C. It premiered at the Capitol Theatre in New York City on April 3, 1968. The Capitol was demolished later that year.
(Images via Rory Monteith via Cinema Retro)
Movie Theater Marquees: Planet of the Apes (1968, 1973)
Published January 8, 2013 Movie Theaters/Marquees , Planet of the Apes 5 Comments
Loew’s Capitol Theater, New York City, 1968
Hoyts Regent Theatre, Sydney, Australia, 1968
Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, 1973
(Photos via William Burge via Cinema Retro)
Movie Theater Marquees
Published November 12, 2012 '80s Movies/TV , Movie Theaters/Marquees , Star Wars (Original Trilogy) Leave a Comment
The Joy Theater, New Orleans, LA, 1981. Via JoyTheater/Flickr.
I guess it was too much trouble to write out The Empire Strikes Back. They could have added Han at least.
I remember watching Nighthawks on VHS. It’s standard cop movie fare, if I recall, and Rutger Hauer’s first American film (his second one was Blade Runner).
Movie Theater Marquees
Published August 28, 2012 '80s Movies/TV , Movie Theaters/Marquees Leave a Comment
September 20, 1985. (Jack Lenahan/Chicago Sun-Times)
The Chicago Theater’s last night as a movie house. It underwent extensive renovations and reopened in September, 1986, with a performance by Frank Sinatra.
I love Teen Wolf, but you already knew that. American Ninja is on my list.
Brentwood, California, 1948. (Allan Grant/Life Magazine)
Free baby sitter service!
(Photo via Life photo archive)
Movie Theater Marquees, 1977 – 1984
Published June 28, 2012 '70s Movies/TV , '80s Movies/TV , Movie Theaters/Marquees 2 Comments
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Kansas City, Missouri, 1984. Remember that boring movie Ralph Macchio did after the The Karate Kid where he plays a troubled kid and Nick Nolte is the long suffering, pure-hearted high school teacher fighting the nasty school board and trying to reform all the troubled kids?Congratulations if you do. It was called Teachers. I can’t find a movie called Soldiers, but A Soldier’s Story came out in ’84. Places may refer to Places in the Heart, also from ’84, or possibly Trading Places, but that came out in ’83. I guess these folks had a limited number of marquee letters to work with?
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Harrisburg, Illinois, 1977.
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Times Square, New York City, circa 1980. No shortage of letters here! The Goodbye Bruce Lee (1975) on the background marquee refers to an exploitation flick about a martial artist called in to finish an unfinished Bruce Lee flick.
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New York City, 1977. Another beautiful shot from David Lee Guss. Note the connection between the old man holding the sign invoking the crucifixion—“The blood of Jesus Christ God’s Son cleanses us from all sin”—and the depiction of Orca suffering a crucifixion of his own.
2 Warps to Neptune 