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Apr 29, 2024 · The organization was headed by Marcus Loew, one of the industry pioneers in New York City who shifted from stage production to movie exhibition at the turn of the century. The company name soon...
2 days ago · Marcus Loew envisioned the studio creating “the greatest motion picture of all time” with “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ” (1925). While the studio explored filming in various locations, including Italy and Catalina Island, crucial scenes, including the iconic chariot race, were shot on the MGM lot.
3 days ago · The Shore opening was presided over by Loew’s theater chain founder Marcus Loew, and included many of that era’s stars of stage and screen. Some of the celebrities at the opening were...
May 17, 2024 · Architecture. The Oldest Theater in Brooklyn: Alpine Cinemas. Nicole Saraniero. For the very first movie shown at the Loew’s Alpine Theatre in Bay Ridge, a ticket cost only 25 cents. On opening...
2 days ago · Theater magnate Marcus Loew coined the phrase, “the show starts on the sidewalk,” and nothing truer could be said of the theming and design of this special park. Over the years, Hollywood Studios has featured attractions that lead guests behind the curtain and show them just how the cinematic sausage (sorry) is made.
2 days ago · Marcus Loew noted early in the twentieth century, before La Pagode was a cinema, that “people buy tickets to theatres, not movies.” This cinema is a reminder of just how incredible a place to...
May 4, 2024 · Since 1917, and through the time the studio was formed by the merger of Samuel Goldwyn's studio with Marcus Loew's Metro Pictures and Louis B. Mayer's company in 1924, several different lions...
