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Review of “Kitty Foyle” following its world premiere at the Boyd Theatre in Philadelphia.  The film takes place in Philadelphia, and filmgoers “heard their city berated as the only place in the world where one of those right and wrong side of the railroad tracks romances can never, never flourish.  Poor Philadelphia, with its overdose of tradition, class consciousness, snobbery, and trust estates.”  By T. Duprey 

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Review of film featuring Philadelphian actors Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, who were extremely popular among their fellow Philadelphians.  By T. Duprey

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Pennsylvania Board of Censors ordered a portion of the so-called German propaganda film “The Ramparts We Watch” depicting the slaughter of Poland by the Germans to be cut from the film.  Director and producer Louis De Rochemont complained in Philadelphia.  By T. Duprey

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Positive review of “Our Town.” References to its “camera witchery” and “heroic philosophy.”  Describes the film as “moving, heart-warming, heart-breaking.”  By T. Duprey

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Informs the Philadelphia public of the casting of Ruth Hussey in the upcoming “The Philadelphia Story.”  By T. Duprey

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Reviews “Pinocchio” after its popular opening at the Stanley Theatre. Praises the film for its “cockeyed, tongue in cheek sophistication,” “invention,” “charm,” “wit,” and “all-embracing good humor.” By T. Duprey

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Previews the opening of “Pinocchio” at the Stanley.  Philadelphia filmgoers, such as the “five year-old damsel of West Philadelphia who publicly and loudly addresses her father as ‘Jiminy Cricket!,” have been “impatiently awaiting” Pinocchio’s arrival.  By T. Duprey

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Positive Review of “The Grapes of Wrath.” Praises John Ford for “surpassing anything he has ever done with direction that is an amazing example of restrained fury and compassion.”  By T. Duprey

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Positive review of “Vigil in the Night” after its World Premiere at the Aldine Theatre.  Praises the film as “courageous,” “stark,” and “uncompromising.”  By T. Duprey

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Advertises the world premiere of “Vigil in the Night” at the Aldine Theatre at 19^th and Chestnut St. By T. Duprey

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Describes the opening night of “Gone With the Wind” at the Boyd theatre in Philadelphia.  By T. Duprey

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Praises “Gone With the Wind” the day after its extremely successful debut in Philadelphia.  Praises the film for its “gorgeous color, camera wizardry, a fine script, intelligent direction, a dozen or so inspired performances.”  By T. Duprey

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The locations of movie theaters in Philadelphia along with the new releases of motion pictures. By M. Kach and G. Lane

An article from the Philadelphia Inquirer listing the winners of the 1963 Academy Awards.  David and Lisa was nominated for two Oscars (for best director and best adapted screenplay) but lost in the director category to David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia and in the adapted screenplay category to To Kill A Mockingbird.  By A. Migdail

It’s interesting that David and Lisa, released in New York in December of 1962, is being advertised in Philadelphia—the city in which it was filmed—almost a year later, in December of 1963—8 months after the film failed to win an Academy Award.  And on a double-bill, no less. It’s very likely that this is a second-run for the film.  By A. Migdail

Demonstrates the fact that Philadelphia was, to some extent, on the cinematic cutting-edge during the 1960’s.  Of course, the bulk of the movies advertised in the Inquirer seem to be the standard big-budget Hollywood fare, but there were also theaters, like the Bryn Mawr, that were up-to-speed on world cinema movements.  The fact that this article was included in the “Amusements and the Arts” section is proof that there was interested in this type of film in Philadelphia.  By A. Migdail

This review of “Fun in Acapulco” starring Elvis is a perfect reminder that it wasn’t all—or even mostly—art-house movies that played in Philadelphia in 1963 (notice, however, the advertisement for Fellini’s 8 ½ in the lower right-hand corner of the review.)  It is also a clue as to the character of the Randolph theater, as opposed to, for instance, the Boyd (which was playing exclusively “Cinerama”-type blockbusters at the time) or the Bryn Mawr Theater, which tended to show artsier, foreign films.  By A. Migdail

It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World was the first movie to play at the Boyd Theater after the removal of the three-lens Cinerama system and its replacement by the single-lens 70mm Cinerama system. Notice that the de-emphasis of the 'Cinerama' from earlier Boyd advertisements.; By A. Migdail

It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World was the first movie to play at the Boyd Theater after the removal of the three-lens Cinerama system and its replacement by the single-lens 70mm Cinerama system.  This change is mentioned at the end of the article under the heading “New Technique.”  By A. Migdail

This is an article from the Philadelphia Inquirer briefly reviewing the films playing at each of the major Philadelphia theaters during the Christmas season, from “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” at the Boyd to “Kings of the Sun” at the Goldman.  It is interesting to note that, in 1963, theaters made a somewhat long-term commitment to an individual movie (whereas today, most theaters play more than one film) so that the theaters in the article are often listed before the film that is playing.  By A. Migdail

This is a list of the Philadelphia Inquirer’s top ten movies of 1963.  It includes David and Lisa, shot in Philadelphia, in the “heart-interest” category, placing it alongside such classics as Lilies of the Field, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Escape, Long Day’s Journey into Night and Fellini’s 8 ½.  By A. Migdail

Philadelphia Inquirer.  2 Jan 1963: 17
Philadelphia Inquirer.  4 Jan 1963: 21
Philadelphia Inquirer.  9 Jan 1963: 17

These advertisements from the Philadelphia Inquirer show the kinds of movies that the theaters in Philadelphia were playing in 1963.  The Viking seems to have been a more family-oriented theater, showing a lot of Disney movies (the Castaways, the Sword and the Stone, etc.)  Obviously, “Daniella By Night” was being shown in art theaters, of which there were at least a few in Philadelphia.  Notice the emphasis on “Cinerama” in the advertisement for the Boyd’s “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm.”  The Boyd Theater was, in fact, well known for being Philadelphia’s Cinerama theater though, in December of 1963, the Boyd switched from the three-projector Cinerama technique to the single-projector “70mm Cinerama.” (see also the review of “It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad World”).  By A. Migdail 

See also:
Stein, Herb and Louella Parsons.  Best of Hollywood. Philadelphia Inquirer, 12 Jan. 1963: 6
Parsons, Louella and Joe Hyams. Best of Hollywood. Philaelphia Inquirer, 8 Jan. 1963: 10

The “best of hollywood” column was a staple in the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1963, usually running a few times each week.  Herb Stein and Louella Parsons were two of the more regular contributors, though there were others, including Joe Hyams.  These three columns are fairly typical: Gossip ranging from on-set news to off-set disputes to Marlon Brando attending his first movie premiere (not in Philadelphia, sadly.)  These columns represent a fair portion of the film news that Philadelphia newspaper readers (at least, readers of the Inquirer) received in 1963—actual film reviews were more rare.  By A. Migdail

Wilson describes Frank Perry produced and directed the film David and Lisa for just $200,000 and filmed it in various locations in around Philadelphia, including the Agnes Irwin school in Wynnewood, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Haverford Hotel.  David and Perry, when the article is written, has won the “best first work by a director award” at the Venice Film Festival and the best actor, for Keir Dullea, and best actress, for Janet Margolin, awards at the San Francisco Film Festival.  By A. Migdail

Motion picture listings, 26 Dec. 1936: Rembrandt, Born to Dance, After the Thin Man, Rainbow on the River, Stowaway, General Spanky, Gold Diggers of 1937, Go West Young Man

Theaters include: Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Earle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 19 Dec. 1936: Rembrandt, Love on the Run, The Man I Marry, Pennies from Heaven, Stowaway, Winterset, Three Men on a Horse, Banjo on my Knee, Fugitive in the Sky

Theaters include: Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Earle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 12 Dec. 1936: The Garden of Allah, Winterset, The Jungle Princess, White Hunter, Can This Be Dixie?, Theodora Goes Wild, Pennies From Heaven, Daniel Boone

Theaters include: Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Earle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 5 Dec. 1936: The Garden of Allah, Valliant Is the Word for Carrie, Adventure in Manhattan, Polo Joe, Three Men on a Horse, Devil on Horseback, Everything is Thunder, Born to Dance

Theaters include: Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Earle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 28 Nov. 1936: The Garden of Allah, Wedding Present, Love on the Run, Theodora Goes Wild, Three Men on a Horse, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Reunion, Born to Dance, Hideaway Girl

Theaters include: Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Earle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 21 Nov. 1936: Come and Get It, The Gay Desperado, Love on the Run, Our Relations, Theodora Goes Wild, Follow Your Heart, A Woman Rebels, Reunion, Big Game

Theaters include: Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Karle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 7 Nov. 1936: Under Your Spell, Valiant Is the Word for Carrie, Wedding Present, Nine Days a Queen, Pigskin Parade, Cain and Mabel, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Legion of Terror

Theaters include: Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Earle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 31 Oct. 1936: East Meets West, The General Died at Dawn, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Libeled Lady, Nine Days a Queen, Pigskin Parade, The Man Who Lived Twice, Craig’s Wife, Cain and Mabel, The Accusing Finger

Theaters include: Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Earle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 24 Oct. 1936: The Gay Desperado, Lady Be Careful, Craig’s Wife, The Magnificent Brute,Libeled Lady, Ladies in love, Dodsworth, Dimples, Murder With Pictures

Theaters include: Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Earle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 17 Oct. 1936: The Gay Desperado, The Gorgeous Hussy, Ladies in Love, Two in a Crowd, Gypsies, Libeled Lad, Wives Never Know, My Man Godfrey, The Big Broadcast of 1937, Old Hutch

Theaters include: Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Earle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 26 Sept. 1936, Dodsworth, Yours for the Asking, Ramona, Romeo and Juliet, Lady Be Careful, Stage Struck, Swing Time, Give Me Your Heart, The Great Ziegfeld, Don’t Turn ‘Em Loose

Theaters include: Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Chestnut, Earle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 12 Sept. 1936: The Last of the Mohicans, The Guardsman, The Gorgeous Hussy, Romeo and Juliet, Kelly the Second, Abdul the Damned, The Road to Glory, Piccadilly Jim, Anthony Adverse, Swing Time, The Texas Rangers

Theaters include: Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Chestnut, Earle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux. By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 19 Sept. 1936: Give Me Your Heart, Second Wife, The Gorgeous Hussy, Romeo and Juliet, Star for a Night, Death Takes a Holiday, The Road to Glory, Swing Time, Anthony Adverse, The Great Ziegfeld, Sworn Enemy

Theaters include: Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Chestnut, Earle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux. By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 15 Aug. 1936: San Francisco, To Marry-With Love, My American Wife, The Thin Man, Rhythm of the Range, Suzy, The Green Pastures, His Brother’s Wife, 36 Hours to Kill

Theaters include: Arcadia, Boyd, Earle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Thans-Lux. By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 8 Aug. 1936: Society Doctor, To Marry-With Love, Easy Money, The Thin Man, Rhythm on the Range, Grand Jury, The Green Pastures, Suzy, Meet Nero Wolfe

Theaters include: Arcadia, Boyd, Earle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux. By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 29 Aug. 1936: Now and Forever, Anthony Adverse, Hollywood Boulevard, Ruggles of Red Gap, Yours for the Asking, Girl of the Ozarks, Sing Baby Sing, Girls’ Dormitory

Theaters include: Arcadia, Boyd, Earle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux. By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 22 Aug. 1936: Spendthrift, Anthony Adverse, I’d Give My Life, The Thin Man, Sing Baby Sing, Rhythm on the Range, To Marry-With Love, His Brother’s Wife, China Clipper

Theaters include: Arcadia, Boyd, Earle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux. By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 5 Sept. 1936: The Last of the Mohicans, My American Wife, Anthony Adverse, Romeo and Juliet, Pepper, Desire, Piccadilly Jim, Girls’ Dormitory, His Brother’s Wife, Swing Time, The Texas Rangers

Theaters include: Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Chestnut, Earle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 1 Aug. 1936: Poppy, The Green Pastures, Three Cheers for Love, Man of Aran, Charlie Chan at the Race Track, Satan Met a Lady, San Francisco, Suzy, The Devil Doll

 Theaters include: Arcadia, Boyd, Earle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanly, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 25 July 1936: Early to Bed, The Green Pastures, Spendthrift, Secret Agent, State Fair, The Bride Walks Out, Trapped by Television, San Francisco, The Crime of Dr. Forbes.

Theaters include: Arcadia, Boyd, Karle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 18 July 1936: The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, The Bride Walks Out, Earthworm Tractors, Unfinished Symphony, The Poor Little Rich Girl, We Went to College, Little Miss Nobody, San Francisco, The Return of Sophie Lang.

Theaters include: Aracadia, Boyd, Earle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 4 July 1936: Trouble for Two, The White Angel, Early to Bed, Be Mine Tonight, The Poor Little Rich Girl, Palm Springs, Hearts Divided, San Francisco, Counterfeit

Theaters include Arcadia, Boyd, Earle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 27 June 1936:  It’s Love Again, The White Angel, Let’s Sing Again, The 39 Steps, Sins of Man, Private Number, Fatal Lady, Hearts Divided, Parole.

Theaters include Arcadia, Boyd, Earle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 20 June 1936: I Stand Condemned, Small Town Girl, Dancing Pirate, Forgotten Faces, The 39 Steps, Private Number, Murder by an Aristocrat, The Case Against Mrs. Ames, Fury, And Sudden Death

Theaters include Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Earle, Erlanger, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 13 June 1936: I Stand Condemned, One Rainy Afternoon, The Case Against Mrs. Ames, Speed, Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Private Number, Bullets or Ballots, The King Steps Out, Fury, Devil’s Squadron

Theaters include Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Karle, Erlanger, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 6 June 1936: The Witness Chair, Till We Meet Again, The King Steps Out, The Great Ziegfeld, Sons O’ Guns, We Are From Kronstadt, Private Number, The Princess Comes Across, Show Boat, Trouble for Two, Bullets or Ballots

Theaters include Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Karle, Erlanger, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 30 May 1936: It’s Love Again, Florida Special, The King Steps Out, The Great Ziegfeld, The Law in Her Hands, We Are From Kronstadt, Private Number, The Private Life of Henry VIII, Show Boat, Bullets or Ballots, The Three Wise Guys

Theaters include Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Karle, Erlanger, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 18 May 1936: One Rainy Afternoon, I Married a Doctor, The Princess Comes Across, The Great Ziegfeld, Absolute Quiet, Maria Chapdelaine, Song and Dance Man, The Country Beyond, The Golden Arrow, The Ex-Mrs. Bradford, Show Boat of 1936, Dracula’s Daughter.

Theaters include Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Karle, Erlanger, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings, 16 May 1936: One Rainy Afternoon, Big Brown Eyes, The Golden Arrow, The Great Ziegfeld, Spy 77, August Weekend, Gentle Julia, Too Many Parents, Small Town Girl, Show Boat of 1936, G-Men.

Theaters include Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Karle, Erlanger, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings for 9 May 1936: Things to Come, The Moon’s Out Home, Till We Meet Again, The Great Ziegfeld, Florida Special, The Blue Light, Loyalties, Everybody’s Old Man, Under Two Flags, Panic on the Air, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, The Ex-Mrs. Bradford Bradford , Special Investigator.

Theaters include Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Karle, Erlanger, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings for 2 May 1936: These Three, The Unguarded Hour, Small Town Girl, The Great Ziegfeld, Big Brown Eyes, Three Women, We’re Only Human, A Message to Garcia, The House of a Thousand Candles, The Singing Kid, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, The Walking Dead.

Theaters include Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Karle, Erlanger, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon. 

Motion picture listings for 25 Apr. 1936: These Three, The Unguarded Hour, Small Town Girl, The Great Ziegfeld, Big Brown Eyes, Three Women, We’re Only Human, A Message to Garcia, The House of a Thousand Candles, The Singing Kid, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, The Walking Dead.

 Theaters include Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Karle, Erlanger, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon.

Motion picture listings for 18 Apr. 1936: These Three, Klondike Annie, The Moon’s Our Home, The Great Ziegfeld, Snowed Under, Three Women, The Return of Jimmy Valentine, Captain January, A Connecticut Yankee, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Road Gang.

Theaters include Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Karle, Erlanger, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon.

Motion picture listings for 11 Apr. 1936: These Three, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, The Unguarded Hour, The Leathernecks Have Landed, Laughing Irish Eyes, Captain January, Moonlight Murder, Petticoat Fever, The Signing Kid, Sutter’s Gold.

Theaters include Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Karle, Erlanger, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon. 

Motion picture listings for 29 Feb. 1936: Little Lord Fauntleroy, The Milky Way, Desire, The Music Goes Round, Modern Times, The Informer, Charlie Chan’s Secret, The Country Doctor, The Story of Louis Pasteur, Follow the Fleet, Wife vs. Secretary, The Garden Murder Case.

Theaters include Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Karle, Erlanger, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux. By Alexis Tryon

Show times for First a Girl, Wipsaw, Dangerous, Dance Band, The New Gulliver, King of Burlesque, I Dream Too Much, Captain Blood, Collegiate, Riffraff.
Theaters include: Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Earl, Europa, Fos, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Thans-Lux. By Alexis Tryon

Show times for Strike Me Pink, A Tale of Two Cities, Rose Marie, Dangerous Intrigue, The Land of Promise, The Informer, Charlie Chan’s Secrets, Her Master’s Voice, Magnificent Obsession, Anything Goes, Exclusion Story.

Theaters include: Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Earle, Erlanger, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanly, Stanton, Trans-Lux. By Alexis Tryon

Show times for The Ghost Goes West, Professional Soldier, The Petrified Forest, $1000 a Minute, Modern Times, The Informer, It Had to Happen, Rose Marie, The Voice of Bugle Ann, Next Time We Love, King of the Damned.

Theaters include: Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Karle, Erlanger, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux. By Alexis Tryon

Showtimes for Strike Me Pink, The Bride Comes Home, Magnificent Obession, Freshman Love, The New Guliver, Professional Soldier, The Murder of Dr. Harrigan, Captain Blood, Rose of the Rancho, Last of the Pagans.

Theaters include: Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Earl, Europa, Fos, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Thans-Lux. By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings for 21 Mar. 1936: Little Lord Fauntleroy, The Big House, Petticoat Fever, Silly Billies, Lady of Secrets, The Informer, Bridge of Sighs, Everybody’s Old Man, We’re Only Human, Desire, Colleen, Klondike.

Theaters include Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Karle, Erlanger, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux. By Alexis Tryon.

Show times for 22 Feb. 1936: The Lady Consents, Anything Goes, The Petrified Forest, Love on a Bet, Modern Times, The Informer, The Prisoner of Shark Island, The Ghost Goes West, Follow the Fleet, Tough Guy.

Theaters include: Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Earle, Erlanger, Europa, Fox, Karton, Keith’s, Stanly, Stanton, Trans-Lux. By Alexis Tryon

Show times for Strike Me Pink, Riffraff, Magnificent Obsession, The Widow from Monte Carlo, The Informer, Paddy O’Day, Dangerous, Collegiate, Ceiling Zero, The Invisible Ray.

Theaters include: Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Earle, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux. By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings for 28 Mar. 1936: The Amateur Gentleman, Sylvia Scarlett, Petticoat Fever, F-Man, Crime and Punishment, Dancing Feet, Charlie Chan and the Circus, Give Us This Night, The Country Doctor, 13 Hours by Air, Klondike Annie.

Theaters include Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Karle, Erlanger, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux. By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings for 29 Feb. 1936: Slyvia Scarlett, Exclusive, The Story of Louis Pasteur, The Bohemian Girl, Modern Times, The Informer, The Prisoner of Shark Island, Two in the Dark, The Petrified Forest, Follow the Kleet, Woman Trap.

Theaters include Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Karle, Erlanger, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux. By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings for 14 Mar. 1936: Little Lord Fauntleroy, The lady Consents, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Love Before Breakfast, Modern Times, The Informer, Don’t Get Personal, The Country Doctor, The Story of Louis Pasteur, Follow the Fleet, Wife vs. Secretary, I Conquer the Sea.

Theaters include Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Karle, Erlanger, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux. By Alexis Tryon

Show times for The Ghost Goes West, Rose of the Rancho, Rose Marie, Dancing Feet, The Land of Promise, The Informer, Every Saturday Night, Strike Me Pink, Ceiling Zero, The Milky Way, You May Be Next.

Theaters include: Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Earle, Erlanger, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux. By Alexis Tryon

Actress Marsh Hunt visits Philadelphia to celebrate the Silver Jubilee for Adolph Sukor, head of Paramount Pictures. By Alexis Tryon

Central City theaters are now organized into one larger cohesive advertisement. All are owned by Stanley-Warner. Includes the Stanley, Boyd, Fox, Earle, Aldine, Stanton, Karlton, Keith’s, Palace, and Victoria theaters. By Alexis Tryon

Devil on Horseback opens at Karlton Theater and confuses critics with new use of “Hirlicolor” instead of Technicolor. Distracts audience from events of film itself. By Alexis Tryon

Motion Picture Review of Rose Marie, Sat. 1 Feb.1936. Rose Marie opened in Philadelphia to bursts of applause that could be heard outside at the Boyd Theater at 19^th and Chestnut. Philadelphia considers Nelson Eddy and Jeannette MacDonald to be “two stars it considers its own special contribution” to cinema. By Alexis Tryon

Advertisements for the daily show times of films in Philadelphia, One film per theater, mostly shown continuously from 10 A.M to 10 P.M.

Little Lord Fauntleroy, The lady Consents, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Love Before Breakfast, Modern Times, The Informer, Don’t Get Personal, The Country Doctor, The Story of Louis Pasteur, Follow the Fleet, Wife vs. Secretary, I Conquer the Sea

By Alexis Tryon

Absolute Quiet opened in Philadelphia at the Earle Theater to mixed, almost negative reviews. The screening was rescued, though by the accompanying by stage performance of Betty Grable, Jack Powell, and Jackie Coogran which included singing and tap-dancing. By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture listings for 4 Apr. 1936: The Amateur Gentleman, Wife vs. Secretary, Rhodes the Empire Builder, BoulderDam, The Leavenworth Case, Song and Dance Man, The Farmer in the Dell, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Robin Hood of El Dorado, Klondike Annie.

Theaters include Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Karle, Erlanger, Europa, Fox, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Trans-Lux.  By Alexis Tryon.

New Terminal Theater opens at 69^th St.  Advertises its “mirrorphonic sound”, “acousticon seat phones for the deaf”, and “complete air conditioning”. Shows are $.20 from 10:30AM to 6PM and $.30 after 6PM. Children are $.10.  By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture review of Lady Be Careful, a Paramount picture, at the Earle Theater. This review is most interesting for the surrounding articles. Instead of a page primarily dedicated to film news, this review has “Be Beautiful”, a woman’s interest column, and “Points for Parents”, a cartoon for parents, surrounding it. Film is no longer receiving the same amount of attention it was earlier in the year. By Alexis Tryon

Motion Picture Review of Star for a Night, opened at the Earle Theater.  The new headings of film reviews “Camera Angles on Film Folk” takes a approach much more akin to summarizing than reviewing new films, commenting on the plot and stars personal lives.  These types of articles have replaced earlier critical reviews.   By Alexis Tryon

Many theater advertisements now read “Scientifically Air-Conditioned” across the top banner, with the titles looking frozen. New technological advancements with the heat of summer. Great way to keep film patrons visiting theaters in the summer.  By Alexis Tryon

Popular interest piece on June Lang, “20^th Century-Fox Film movie actress” who has “the modernistic figure”. She is being sculpted by Albert Stewart for a peace memorial of the War Bride.  By Alexis Tryon

MGM’s film We Went to College opened at Karlton Theater. This review is significant for its clearly negative opinion of the film. Most reviews of this time are strictly positive, so this is a significant exception.  By Alexis Tryon

Around this time, “Stanley-Warner Neighborhood Theaters” advertisements emerge, showing theaters in every side neighborhood of Philadelphia. Also, other theaters that had been regulars in the advertisements also disappear around this time.  By Alexis Tryon

“Be Kind to Faces Week” - Recommends that young women give their face a week off from makeup every year, as well as their hair when possible. By Alexis Tryon

Review of Freshman Love, which opened at the Earle on 17 Jan. 1936.  Freshman Love premieres in Philadelphia's Earle Theater on January 17^th, 1936. It is reviewed as “absolutely amusing”, as is the intricate stage act that joins it. By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture review of Fury, opened at Stanley 13 June 1936.  Fritz Lang’s first American picture, Fury, is released in Philadelphia.  Commentary on Lang’s ideas about the need for films to reduce the about of talk involved.   By Alexis Tryon

Motion picture review of The Singing Kid.  Al Jolson visits the Stanley Theater in Philadelphia for the premiere of his new film The Singing Kid. Jolson fans crowd the theater to see the star. Earlier that day Jolson arrived at Broad Street Station and enjoyed a parade in his honor.  By Alexis Tryon

The Country Doctor opened in Philadelphia on Friday, March 6^th, 1936 to rave reviews at the Fox Theater. Crowds “thronged” the theater to see the quintuplets. Film screening was accompanied by stage performance by Edgar Bergen and company’s skit “The City Doctor” and other acts.  By Alexis Tryon

Review of new Bette Davis picture, Dangerous, which opened at the Boyd on January 10^th, 1936 to strong reviews. By Alexis Tryon

Show times for I Dream Too Much, Whipsaw, A Tale of Two Cities, Seven Keys to Baldpate, The New Gulliver, King of Burlesque, Kind Lady, Another Face, Captain Blood, Riffraff.
Theaters include: Aldine, Arcadia, Boyd, Earl, Europa, Fos, Karlton, Keith’s, Stanley, Stanton, Thans-Lux. By Alexis Tryon