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Roxy Theatre
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Address 153 West 50th Street
Opening Night Seating Capacity 5886
Original Theatre Owner Samuel L. ‘Roxy’ Rothapfel
Original Theatre Architect Walter W. Ahlschlager
Years of Operation Opened 11 March 1927
Type of Musical Accompaniment [?] Kimball 5-rank theatre pipe organ?
Current Status Demolished 1960

Roxy Theatre was a premier first run theatre.

The theatre went into receivership in 1932.

References: Cinema Treasures website.

 

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