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#359 The Magic of the Movie Theater

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

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The Rise and Fall of the Timesquare Movie Scene

The west was one metrogold with mayor and sinnerama have brought together the biggest and most distinguished all-star cast in entertainment history. In many timesquare theaters would go the sinnerama route including the strand theater so this is where would you call it a narrative strand from roxy to billy holiday just sinnerama. The strand would play sinnerama films into most of the 1960s 1960s sinnerama and timesquare what were these timesquare films playing in sinnerama in the 60s well in nature documentaries like seven wonders of the world and they would have regular films which they would fit onto that giant curve screen.

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