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[Interior of the Roxy Theater with balcony, New York City] – Historic Reproduction

[Interior of the Roxy Theater with balcony, New York City], c1927. — historic photograph
[Interior of the Roxy Theater with balcony, New York City], c1927.. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few movie palaces of the 1920s matched the Roxy, which opened on Seventh Avenue at 50th Street in March 1927 and seated several thousand people. Its builder, Samuel L. "Roxy" Rothafel, was a showman who paired feature films with live stage acts and a large orchestra, so the auditorium was designed for spectacle as much as for screening. The sweeping balcony visible here shows the scale that earned the house its nickname, the "Cathedral of the Motion Picture." The theater was demolished in 1960, which makes interior views like this one a valuable record of how audiences once experienced the movies.

Created / publishedc1927.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesJ290517 U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsMotion picture theaters--New York (State)--New York--1920-1930. Interiors--New York (State)--New York--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,148 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-169620

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