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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk towards people standing in a line outside a movie theater showing the film The Long Voyage Home. Many people are holding umbrella... |
| Date: | 11 12 2014 |
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| Description: | View of a movie screen from the seats in the middle of a theater. There are a few people sitting in the seats in the foreground. On the screen is a scene o... |
| Date: | 10 15 1940 |
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| Description: | The grand staircase of the Capitol Theater in New York is packed with people waiting for the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator," October 15... |
| Date: | 05 02 1939 |
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| Description: | Capitol Theatre marquee at night showing "'When Germany Fell' with Col. A.L. Rule. Authentic from beginning to end." People are purchasing tickets at the t... |
| Date: | 05 09 1931 |
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| Description: | View of the front of the Strand Theatre, showing people in line to enter. There is a car with a sign on the roof that is advertising "Shipmates." 16 E. Mif... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | View from across street towards a group of people, four men and a woman, posing in front of a storefront advertising moving pictures for ten cents. Poster... |
| Date: | 10 15 1940 |
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| Description: | In the center of a large crowd of people in the lobby of the Capitol Theatre, actress Paulette Goddard dressed in white is smiling broadly as is Charlie Ch... |
| Date: | 11 02 1930 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the World's largest tire on display in front of the RKO Orpheum Theatre at 216 State Street. A group of people are standing on t... |
| Date: | 10 15 1940 |
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| Description: | In the center of a large crowd of people in the Capitol Theatre, actress Paulette Goddard dressed in white smiles for a press photographer just a few feet ... |
| Date: | 02 05 1930 |
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| Description: | View from across the street of the Capitol Theatre tower. "Love Parade" is advertised on the marquee. Three automobiles are in the street in front of Peopl... |
| Date: | 06 18 1980 |
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| Description: | View down street towards a large crowd gathering in a line outside the Orpheum Theatre on State Street for a free 10AM Madison premiere of The Empire St... |
| Date: | 06 23 1934 |
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| Description: | A crowd is standing on the sidewalk in front of the Eastwood Theater. A sign behind them reads: "Gala Hollywood Premiere." The "Premiere" is of thirty loca... |
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| Description: | View from street of the marquee and entrance to the Parkway Theatre at 6 W. Mifflin Street. |
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