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<p>[QUOTE="Pat P, post: 62286, member: 201"]There was a second Elite Theatre in Brooklyn that opened in 1914. Maybe that's close enough to the movie's premiere that it still would have been shown?</p><p><a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/42131" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/42131" rel="nofollow">http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/42131</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the New York Clipper newspaper was a New York City weekly entertainment paper. So that would fit with a Brooklyn theatre.</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Clipper" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Clipper" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Clipper</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I was trying to puzzle out the writing on the semi-hidden posters. It wouldn't surprise me if the second word of the poster on the left is "Bottoms." And then I thought the word above could be "Fred" or "Alfred." No idea if that's right or is helpful, though. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It's a great photo! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pat P, post: 62286, member: 201"]There was a second Elite Theatre in Brooklyn that opened in 1914. Maybe that's close enough to the movie's premiere that it still would have been shown? [URL]http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/42131[/URL] Also, the New York Clipper newspaper was a New York City weekly entertainment paper. So that would fit with a Brooklyn theatre. [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Clipper[/URL] I was trying to puzzle out the writing on the semi-hidden posters. It wouldn't surprise me if the second word of the poster on the left is "Bottoms." And then I thought the word above could be "Fred" or "Alfred." No idea if that's right or is helpful, though. :rolleyes: It's a great photo! :)[/QUOTE]
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