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		Such was the Roxy Theatre, Broadway's fanciest, flashiest showcase from the era of colossal movie palaces.
		When Rothafel moved on to guide the course of the Radio City Music Hall, the new Roxy management decided to extend the stage apron out over the orchestra pit (which had until then been large enough for over 100 musicians and three organ consoles).
		The Roxy was among the first of the great cinema palaces of the '20s to be sacrificed to the steel ball of "progress." Changing public tastes in the entertainment field (especially with the advent of television) rendered the big theatres unprofitable.
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	Roxy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Original Roxy Theater - theater operated by "Roxy" Rothafel on 50th Street in New York City, demolished 1960
		The Roxy Theatre - nightclub on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California
		Roxy NYC - famous nightclub on West 18th Street in New York City
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roxy (152 words)

	Samuel Roxy Rothafel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Samuel Lionel "Roxy" Rothafel was a showman of the 1920s silent film era and the impresario for many of the great movie palaces that he managed such as the Capitol, the Strand, and his eponymous Roxy Theater in New York City (opened 1927, demolished 1961).
		Roxy has been credited with many movie presentation innovations including syncing orchestral music to movies (in the silent screen era) and having multiple projectors to effect seamless reel changes.
		The book The Best Remaining Seats by Ben Hall (1961), gives a good overview of the grand movie palaces of the 1920s and, specifically, of Roxy himself.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samuel_Roxy_Rothafel (169 words)

	Roxy
		High up in the massive block that is the Roxy Theater, there is a large beautifully-paneled room with a desk, great and shiny, behind which sits Roxy, pitying himself because he cannot find an assistant to do those things that have made Roxy Roxy.
		From the stage Rothafel escorted him to the top floor, through the hospital ward to the executive offices, the red and bronze lobby, the secretary's room, the library, the kitchenette, and the simply magnificent shower room.
		Built on the foundation of the personality of Samuel Rothafel, the Roxy Theater is, of course a sponge of sentiment.
	www.cinemaweb.com /silentfilm/bookshelf/13_roxy4.htm (1422 words)

	Kirkland Samuel: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Life and Public Services of Samuel Adams: Being a Narrative of His Acts and Opinions, and of His Agency in Producing and Forwarding the American Revolution, with Extracts from His Correspondence, State Papers, and Political Essays - Vol.
		The life of Samuel Seabury is a ringing response...whom I am indebted are John Kirkland Clark, Irving Ben Cooper...School of Social Science; Samuel C. Coleman, justice of the...commis, sioner; the Reverend Samuel Davis, rector, St. Lukes Church...
		Samuel Kirkland, a Protestant missionary, was largely responsible for winning over the Oneida, who rallied to the side of the colonists...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/kirkland-samuel.jsp?l=K&p=2 (1700 words)

	Samuel Roxy Rothafel Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		He also opened Radio City Music Hall in 1932, which featured the "Roxyettes", later renamed the Rockettes.
		The book The Best Remaining Seats by Ben Hall (1961), gives a good overview of the grand movie palaces of the 1920s and, specifically, of Roxy himself.
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	Wikipedia: 1927
		February 23 - The Federal Radio Commission (later renamed the Federal Communications Commission) begins to regulate the use of radio frequencies.
		March 11 - In New York City, the Roxy Theatre is opened by Samuel Roxy Rothafel.
		April - The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 affects 700,000 people in the greatest national disaster in US history.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/1/19/1927.html (673 words)

	Commentary Magazine - Out of the Ghetto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		...To MOVE from Samuel Chotzinoff to the recently deceased Jan Peerce, a vastly more prominent musical performer, is to leave the world of an aspiring intellectual for that of a born entertainer...
		...SAMUEL CHOTZINOFF, born in 1889, began his public musical career as an accompanist to several of the greatest musicians of the day (all, incidentally, Jewish): the renowned singer Alma Gluck and the violinists Efrem Zimbalist and Jascha Heifetz...
		...In the case of Samuel Chotzinoff, the evidence we possess of the first twentyone years of his life suggests that he was able to bring the success he had achieved in the secular, nonJewish world home to his family, without false pride or shame...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V79I3P58-1.htm (6259 words)

	The Trademark Blog: Roxy Music and the Rockettes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Samuel L "Roxy" Rothafel was a promoter and brought the Rockettes, first named the Roxyettes, to Radio City.
		He also designed the Roxy Theater, which was a much-copied movie palace.
		Bryan Ferry has indicated that he named his band Roxy Music, in part to suggest movie palaces.
	www.schwimmerlegal.com /archives/2003/07/roxy_music_and.html (185 words)

	Kirkland Samuel: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Coleridge, Samuel Taylor--1772-1834, Coleridge, Samuel Taylor--1772-1834--Correspondence, Poets, English--19th Century--Correspondence
		Kirkland 615 1816 990...878 1146 2 October Samuel Curtis 876 1147 4 November...879 1149 20 November Samuel Curtis 882 1150 24...
		Samuel Gompers, the first president...multinational companies.") Even Lane Kirkland, not long ago a staunch advocate...
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	Cinema Treasures \| Family Theatre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Opened in the backroom of the Freedman Hotel saloon, Samuel 'Roxy' Rothafel's first movie theater was originally opened in November 1908 for roller skating.
		Roxy left the Family in 1910 and went to work for Benjamin F. Keith before moving on to the Alhambra in Milwaukee, the Lyric in Minneapolis, the Regent in New York City and many of the most important movie palaces in the Broadway area between 1914 and 1934.
		In 1933, when Roxy's wife Rosa was visiting her family back in Forest City, a fire broke out at the Freedman Hotel and destroyed what remained of the original Family Theatre.
	cinematreasures.org /theater/7209 (286 words)

	Times Argus: Vermont News & Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		At the invitation of Samuel L. (Roxy) Rothafel, Mr.
		Markert brought his troupe to the Roxy Theater in New York as the Roxyettes.
		A rainstorm delayed the curtain, many audience members fled after intermission, and Rothafel, the visionary behind it all, collapsed and was taken from the theater to the hospital on a stretcher.
	www.timesargus.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051224/NEWS/512240357/1023 (756 words)

	Life Books - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - Excerpt
		His Roxy and His Gang variety show, broadcast from the Capitol Theatre, was popular on NBC radio, and his new Roxy Theater was a grand showbiz palace.
		It wasn't a far leap for Rothafel to rename Markert's squad the Roxyettes after he convinced them that a long and glorious future could be enjoyed in Manhattan.
		It was another easy jump to dub them the Rockettes when they helped open Rothafel and the Rockefeller family's glorious new venue, the Radio City Music Hall, on December 27, 1932.
	www.life.com /Life/lifebooks/macys/excerpt.html (356 words)

	Samuel Roxy Rothafel - Wikinfo
		A showman of the 1920s silent screen era, Samuel Roxy Rothafel was the impresario for many of the great movie palaces such as the Capitol, the Strand, and the self-named Roxy Theater in New York City.
		Roxy has been credited with many movie presentation innovations including syncing orchestral music to movies (in the silent screen era) and having multiple projectors to effect seamless reel changes.
		Ben M. Hall, The Best Remaining Seats: The Story of the Golden Age of the Movie Palace, Bramhall (1961) hardcover, there are several later editions, but they lack the special colored illustrations of the first edition.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Samuel_Roxy_Rothafel&printable=yes (640 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Roxy's on the Rocks -- May. 30, 1932 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Claimed as chief reason for the theatre's present poverty was the fact that about a year ago Samuel Lionel ("Roxy") Rothafel resigned to head Rockefeller Center's entertainment department.
		But cinamen know that spectacular Roxy's was unable to make satisfactory profits even when all its 6,000 seats were filled and when Roxy's 118-piece symphony orchestra was a feature.
		Mentioned last week as the most likely candidate for new managing director of Roxy's was Sid Grauman, operator of Hollywood's famed Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
	www.time.com /time/archive/printout/0,23657,769639,00.html (157 words)

	Film History of the 1920s
		The largest theatre in the world (with over 6,000 seats), the Roxy Theater (dubbed "The Cathedral of the Motion Picture"), opened in New York City in 1927, with a 6,200 seat capacity.
		It was opened by impresario Samuel Lionel "Roxy" Rothafel at a cost of $10 million.
		The first feature film shown at the Roxy Theater was UA's The Love(s) of Sunya (1927) starring Gloria Swanson (she claimed that it was her personal favorite film) and John Boles.
	www.filmsite.org /20sintro.html (2406 words)

	SearchBug Web Search for Roxy
		Roxy is dedicated to the high end VIP crowd.
		Our champane and bottle service tables are for reservation only with an extensive list of bottles to choose from.
		Find great deals on Roxy shoes, clothing and accessories from all your favorite stores in one simple search.
	www.searchbug.org /websearch.aspx?query=Roxy (366 words)

	Criterion Quartet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In the mid-1920s the Criterion Quartet changed its name to the Roxy Quartet or Roxy Male Quartet to be better identified with the "Roxy's Gang" radio program.
		Beginning on November 19, 1922, Samuel L. ("Roxy") Rothafel hosted a variety series on Sunday evenings over radio station WEAF between shows at the Capitol Theatre, later at the Roxy Theatre.
		During this later period, when it was known as the Roxy Quartet, members were Young; Reardon; Mellor, who joined the group in 1921; and Fred Thomas, who replaced Chalmers some time in the 1930s.
	www.garlic.com /~tgracyk/criterionquartet.html (515 words)

	The Doors in History: 11 March
		1927 - Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the famous Roxy Theatre in New York City.
		The first feature shown at the Roxy was The Loves of Sunya, starring Gloria Swanson and John Boles.
		The Roxy truly was part of the “golden age of the movie palace.”;
	history.waiting-forthe-sun.net /Pages/March/11_march.html (754 words)

	Samuel Roxy Rothafel - Wikigadugi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A showman of the 1920s silent screen era, Samuel Roxy Rothafel was the impresario for many of the great movie palaces such as the Capitol, the Strand, and the self-named Roxy Theater in New York City.
		This biographical article related to film is a stub.
		This page was last modified 07:41, 20 September 2005.
	wikigadugi.org /wiki/Samuel_Roxy_Rothafel (110 words)

	St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: The Rockettes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		While rehearsing in New York for a Broadway appearance, one of Markert's troupes was observed by Samuel L. "Roxy" Rothafel, who invited them to perform in nightly shows at his Roxy Theatre for the six weeks before their Broadway opening.
		They were such a hit that Rothafel was reluctant to let them go, so Markert trained yet another group to continue performing at the Roxy.
		The production, however, was not a popular success and, by January 1933, the Music Hall decided to abandon full-evening variety shows and adopted what became its signature format--the showing of a first-run family film, accompanied by a live stage show.
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	FYI - March 11, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Samuel Roxy Rothafel opened the famous Roxy Theatre in New York City.
		The Roxy truly was part of the "golden age of the movie
		Roxy was The Loves of Sunya, starring Gloria Swanson and John Boles.
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	Samuel Roxy Rothafel - TheBestLinks.com - Orchestra, 1920s, 1961, Silent movie, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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	º°¨¨°º©[]© Welcome To The ROXY Theatre! ©[]©º°¨¨°º (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		You can visit our Movies page for details on what's playing, future shows and get showtimes and ticket prices.
		Or read about the history of the ROXY and check out some great photos!
		And when you're finished looking over the website.....c'mon down to the ROXY and see a show!
	www.roxytheaternorthampton.com (284 words)

	WOOKIEEhut: NYC: Day 4 - Just Another Manic Monday
		The apartment which was awarded to Roxy featured the latest amenities of the day, and combined older art within a framework of art deco splendor.
		Roxy would have used this place as his "city abode" and for entertaining.
		He was a big party-thrower, and enjoyed the spectacular duplex's location for that, and many a celebrity and starlet used the private elevator which whisked them directly to the ground level without having to mingle with mortals in the main part of the building.
	www.wookieehut.com /nonfic/nyc_traveldiary_day4.html (8433 words)

	The LOC.GOV Wise Guide : One Day Her Prince Did Come
		In the series “Impossible Interviews,” he brilliantly paired prominent politicians, artists, writers and actors who would never be seen together in real life.
		Here, he pairs Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel, designer of Radio City Music Hall and the Roxy Theater, with impresario conductor Arturo Toscanini, musical director of the New York Philharmonic.]
		This animation cel from Walt Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” is part of this extraordinary collection, some of which can be seen online in a special presentation.
	www.loc.gov /wiseguide/oct03/cartoons.html (528 words)

	Those Were the Days, Today in History - March 11
		1791 - Samuel Mulliken of Philadelphia, PA became the first person to receive more than one patent from the U.S. Patent Office.
		Four patents were issued for his machines: (1) to thresh corn and grain, (2) to break and swingle hemp, (3) to cut polished marble, and (4) to raise the nap on cloths.
		The Roxy truly was part of the ‘golden age of the movie palace’.
	www.440.com /twtd/archives/mar11.html (1235 words)

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