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Raymond M Hood |
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Edward Durell Stone |
Architect |
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| 1933/00/00 |
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| 1933/03/02 |
Merian C Cooper |
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In New York City, "King Kong" opens at Radio City Music Hall and the RKO Roxy across the street (razed). Crowds line up around the block to enjoy the film preceded by a stage show called Jungle Rhythms. |
King Kong (film) |
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| 1933/03/05 |
David O Selznick |
Producer |
In King Kong's first 4 days at Radio City Music Hall and the RKO Roxy, all of the 10 shows a day are sold out. With tickets priced from $.35 to $.75, King Kong sets an attendance record for an indoor event, grossing $89,931 in 4 days. |
King Kong (film) |
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| 1935/08/29 |
Mark Sandrich |
Director |
"Top Hat" premiere is held at Radio City Music Hall, New York City. The film earned $1,782,000 in the US and Canada and $1,420,000 elsewhere. RKO made a profit of $1,325,000, making it the studio's most profitable film of the 1930s. |
Top Hat |
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| 1935/08/29 |
Fred Astaire |
Actor |
"Top Hat" premiere is held at Radio City Music Hall, New York City. The film earned $1,782,000 in the US and Canada and $1,420,000 elsewhere. RKO made a profit of $1,325,000, making it the studio's most profitable film of the 1930s. |
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| 1938/01/13 |
Walt Disney |
Producer |
Sheer fantasy, delightful, gay and altogether captivating, touched the screen when Walt Disney's long-awaited feature-length cartoon of the Grimm fairy tale, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, had its local premiere at the Radio City Music Hall. - NY Times |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (film) |
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| 1940/12/26 |
George Cukor |
Director |
"The Philadelphia Story" opens, creating "the longest line in the 8 year history of the Radio City Music Hall." - Time Magazine |
The Philadelphia Story |
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| 1940/12/26 |
James Stewart |
Actor |
"The Philadelphia Story" opens, creating "the longest line in the 8 year history of the Radio City Music Hall." - Time Magazine |
The Philadelphia Story |
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| 1940/12/30 |
Cary Grant |
Actor |
Patrons "queued up during a spell of foul weather to pay top prices" for The Philadelphia Story and within four days "had set a new record for the period with 110,168 paid admissions in the nation's No 1 movie house." - Time magazine |
The Philadelphia Story |
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| 1942/08/13 |
RKO Pictures |
Distributor |
Disney's 5th full-length animated feature, Bambi, has its US debut at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. |
Bambi |
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| 1963/02/14 |
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" opens in New York City at Radio City Music Hall. |
To Kill a Mockingbird (film) |
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| 1968/10/17 |
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"Bullitt" opens at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Shown along with a stage show, it will gross $210,000 in its first week. |
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| 1998/02/25 |
Bob Dylan |
Performer |
At 40st Annual GRAMMY Awards, "Time Out of Mind" wins Album of the Year, Best Contemporary Folk Album and, for "Cold Irons Bound", Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. |
Time Out of Mind |
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| 2004/05/23 |
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"Harry Potter And the Prisoner of Azkaban" premiers at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. |
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