Samuel Lionel "Roxy" Rothafel (9 July 1882, Stillwater, Minnesota - 13 January 1936, New York City) was a showman of the 1920s silent film era and the impresario for many of the great movie palaces that he managed such as the Capitol, the Strand, and his eponymous Roxy Theatre in New York City (opened March 11, 1927, demolished October 1960). Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Stillwater is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, directly across the St Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada Impresario, from the Italian impresa an enterprise or undertaking is a traditional term still very much in use in the Entertainment industry for Movie palace is an American English Synonym for Movie theater, but nowadays usually used within the USA for the grand cinemas of the 1910s to early For other people and places named Roxy see Roxy and Roxy Theatre The Roxy Theatre in New York City was a 6214 seat Movie The City of New York He also opened Radio City Music Hall in 1932, which featured the precision dance troupe, the "Roxyettes", later renamed the Rockettes. Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located in New York City 's Rockefeller Center. The Rockettes are a well-known precision dance company out of the Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, New York City.
Mitchell Mark hired Rothafel in 1914 to manage the Mark Strand Theater, the first genuine Movie Palace in New York City. Mitchell Mark (1868-1918 was an important pioneer and visionary of motion picture exhibition In 1914 Mitchell Mark opened the Mark Strand Theater at 47th Street and Broadway in New York City. Movie palace is an American English Synonym for Movie theater, but nowadays usually used within the USA for the grand cinemas of the 1910s to early
Rothafel has been credited with many movie presentation innovations, including syncing orchestral music to movies (in the silent film era) and having multiple projectors to effect seamless reel changes. An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well The book The Best Remaining Seats by Ben Hall (1961), gives a good overview of the movie palaces of the 1920s and, specifically, of Roxy himself.
Bibliography
- Hall, Ben M. (1961). The Best Remaining Seats; The Story of the Golden Age of the Movie Palace. New York: Clarkson N. Potter. ISBN 0127782851.
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