1930-1937HOME MOVIES
NEON SIGNS OF TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK CITY THEATER DISTRICT, BROADWAY AT NIGHT IN 1937.
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CBS RADIO THEATRE SIGN DIRECTLY NEXT TO HOTEL BRYANT NEON SIGN.
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PARK CENTRAL HOTEL SIGN
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"LUCKY STRIKE PRESENTS YOUR HIT PARADE &
SWEEPSTAKES" WRITTEN IN NEON. |
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COLONY MUSIC STORE NEON ADVERTISING BRUNSWICK &
COLUMBIA RECORDS |
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WINDMILL-SHAPED LIGHTS OVER THEATRE MARQUEE WITH JIMMY DURANTE, ETHEL MERMAN, & BOB HOPE NAMES FOR "RED, HOT & BLUE" NEAR ALVIN THEATRE SIGN
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"RED HOT & BLUE!" IN LIGHTS
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THE ALVIN THEATRE MARQUEE LIT UP ADVERTISING RED HOT & BLUE WITH MUSIC & LYRICS BY COLE PORTER &
PRESENTED BY WINTON FREEDLEY |
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GALLAGHERS NEON
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ROSELAND NEON MARQUEE BLINKING ON & OFF.
ADVERTISING CONTINOUS DANCING & TWO GREAT ORCHESTRAS COUNT BASIE & WOODY HERMAN |
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???
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THEATRE MARQUEE FOR MIRIAM HOPKINS & GERTRUDE LAWRENCE IN "MEN ARE NOT GODS"
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ANYA TARANDA POSES OUTSIDE THEATRE.
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PARADISE MARQUEE:"CABARET RESTAURANT REVUE. NEVER A COVER CHARGE. BERT FROHMAN & THE MEN. PARADISE PARADE OF 1937." ADVERTISES SHOW GIRLS.
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| 00:37:17 73.23 |
THE AMBASSADOR THEATRE MARQUEE ADVERTISES YIDDISH ACTRSS MOLLY PICON IN "YIDDLE WITH HIS FIDDLE".
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"JAMES BARTON-TOBACCO ROAD-4TH YEAR" IN LIGHTS NEAR FORREST HOTEL.
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49TH STREET THEATRE ADVERTISES MAURICE SCHWARTZ IN THE WATER CARRIER.
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"CHIN LEE" NEON WRITTEN IN ORIENTAL STYLE
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FAMOUS "HOLLYWOOD RESTAURANT" NEON SIGN. PAN DOWN TO "BELLE BAKER" & "JACK WALDRON" IN LIGHTS.
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"THE STRAND" BLINKING NEON.
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"TANGO PALACE" BLINKING ARROW
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THE COTTON CLUB. "BILL ROBINSON" "ROSE MARIE" IN LIGHTS
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"COTTON CLUB-CAB CALLOWAY" IN LIGHTS. PANS DOWN TO CROWDS ON SIDEWALK. "BOND" SEEN IN DISTANCE.
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"50 COPPER COLORED GALS" IN NEON AT THE COTTON CLUB. SHOT PANS TO BOND CLOTHING STORE NEON SIGN
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BLINKING "DRINK COCA COLA" SIGN
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BLINKING "PALACE" SIGN. PAN DOWN TO "DICK POWELL JOAN BLONDELL GOLD DIGGERS OF 1937. ALSO FUGITIVE IN THE SKY" ABOVE ORNATE B.F. KEITH'S PALACE THEATRE MARQUEE.
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"AUTOMAT HORN & HARDART" NEON.
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AUTOMAT PAN TO GLOBE THEATRE. MARQUEE ADVERTISES PREVIEW "CONFLICT" WITH JOHN WAYNE AND "COUNTERFEIT"
LADY WITH LAUREL & HARDY. |
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WARNER BROTHERS STRAND THEATRE MARQUEE ADVERTISES "BLACK LEGION" WITH HUMPHREY BOGART, ERIN O'BRIEN, ROBERT MOORE
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PLANTERS PEANUTS MOVING NEON BILLBOARD WITH MR.
PEANUT & NUTS BEING POURED OUT. |
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CHEVROLET & PLANTERS PEANUTS NEON BILLBOARD SIGN
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LOEWS STATE NEON
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"IN PERSON MILTON BERLE. VAUDEVILLE" ABOVE LOEWS STATE THEATRE MARQUEE.
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HOTEL ASTOR CLOCK MARQUE
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HOTEL ASTOR. NEW ASTOR GRILL. ADVERTISES VINCENT LOPEZ & ORCHESTRA.
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WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT GUM MOVING BILLBOARD. PIXIE CHARACTER IN BUBBLE UNDERWATER AMONG FISH. VERY COMPLEX NEON SIGN BILLBOARD. CLASSIC
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THE TIMES BUILDING. PAN DOWN TO TICKER OF NEWS GOING ROUND THE BUILDING
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PARAMOUNT THEATRE MARQUEE
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ADVERTISES "IN PERSON RAY NOBLE & BAND-SHELIA BARRETT". ALSO GARY COOPER & JEAN ARTHUR IN CECIL B. DEMILLE'S "PLAINSMAN".
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HOTEL ASTOR NEON SEEN FROM DOWN THE STREET PAN ACROSS TO CLASSIC TIMES SQUARE NEON WHICH INCLUDES SPINNING DESIGN & PLANTERS PEANUTS POURING
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LOTS OF NEON. "YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU".
"BOOTH" "PLYMOUTH" THEATRE. |
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"MUSIC BOX" THEATRE MARQUEE. ADVERTISES SAM H.
HARRIS PRESENTS STAGE DOOR WITH MARGARET SULLAVAN. |
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TRANS-LUX THEATRE NEON. SHOWING "WHOSE BABY ARE YOU" WITH BERT LAHR.
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MANNEQUIN IN STOREFRONT WINDOWS. PAN TO ENTRANCE OF MINSKY'S BURLESQUE.
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MINSKY'S THEATRE MARQUEE ADVERTISES "CONTINOUS FROM 10 AM. MIND OVER MATTRESS". "JULIE BRYAN OF THE FOLLIES" WRITTEN IN LIGHTS OVER MARQUEE.
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MINSKY'S BURLESQUE FLASHING NEON AT THE ORIENTAL THEATRE.
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HAROLD ARLEN IN FRONT THE MINSKY'S BURLESQUE BOX OFFICE.
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HAROLD ARLEN HAILING A TAXI CAB
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LINDY'S NEON.
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WINTER GARDEN NEON SIGN.
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PAN NEON MARQUEE ADVERTISING BEATRICE LILLIE, BERT LAHR IN "THE SHOW IS ON". WITH GARDINER MAYFAIR HAAKON BARRIE WALTERS
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FOOTAGE OF "THE SHOW IS ON" PRODUCTION.
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HAROLD PRODUCTION NUMBERS ON STAGE. LINE OF PEOPLE DANCING WITH ARMS IN AIR, CURTAIN CLOSES.
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FOLLIES DANCE PRODUCTION NUMBER ON STAGE. LOTS OF CHORUS GILS DANCING AROUND WOMAN SINGING.
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"THE SHOW IS ON" NEON SIGN HANGING ABOVE STAGE.
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FEMALE STAR SURROUNDED BY DANCERS AT EDGE OF STAGE
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MONTAGE OF DIFFERENT SCENES OF PRODUCTION: COUPLE AT DINNER, SINGING, ACROBATIC DANCING. VAUDEVILLE.
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BERT LAHR ON STAGE AS A LUMBERJACK PERFORMING "SONG OF THE WOODMAN".
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WOMAN ON STAGE ENDS UP FLYING OVER STAGE IN A CRESENT MOON (BEATICE LILLIE?).
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CAPITOL THEATRE NEON SIGN. PANS DOWN TO MARQUEE ADVERTISING "AFTER THE THIN MAN" WITH WILLIAM POWELL & MYRNA LOY.
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ROXY THEATRE IN LIGHTS. ADVERTISING "ONE IN A MILLION" WITH SONJA HENIE, ADOLPHE MENJOU, THE THREE RITZ BROS.
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RIVOLI BLINKING SIGN
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JACK DEMPSEY'S RESTAURANT, HALF A BLOCK WEST.
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PEOPLE WALKING ON SIDEWALK ON THE STREETS OF BROADWAY, THE GREAT WHITE WAY.
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