About This Item


  • Call NumberTHEA_0016
  • TitleCentury theaters
  • SummaryCaption: "Century theaters officials entertained the U. S. Marine Corp veterans of Iwo Jima at a party at the Rivoli Restaurant and later gave an all-Marine theater party to preview 'Sands of Iwo Jima' at the Kingsway Theater where it is being featured. Shown here [sitting at a banquest table] are, left [to right] J. Weinstein, district manager of Century theaters; Fred J. Schwartz, vice president of the Century Circuit, and Col. A. J. Cincotta of the Marines." Image includes five additional, unidentified men cropped out of the image and a large Marine Corps billboard behind the men.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped and retouched. Date stamped on verso: Apr. 14, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBanquets -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Marines -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York ; Theaters -- Employees -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Theatres: Century theaters