REAL ESTATE: Curtains for the Roxy

What's playing at the Roxy? I'll tell you what's playing at the Roxy: A picture about a Minnesota man, so in love with a Mississippi girl that he sacrifices everything and moves all the way to Biloxi—that's what's playing at the Roxy! —Guys and Dolls

Opening night of the Roxy in 1927 was an event that bedazzled New Yorkers. The $11 million theater was so big and luxurious that the only billing it thought fitting was "The Cathedral of Motion Pictures." As the cathedral's doors opened, 125 special policemen held back the...

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