George Keister, architect. Built by Edgar and Arch Selwyn. By 1934, it was showing movies. In 1950, a unique policy was introduced: a sixty-minute play to precede each screening--resulting in thirty live shows each week. Traditional double features quickly took over, lasting into the 1990s, when the theatre fell into the hands of The New 42nd Street, Inc. Roundabout Theatre Company signed a long-term lease and renovated the theatre (Robert Ascione and Frank Eilam, architects).
Music for ""The Mender of Broken Dreams" by John W. Bratton; Music for "A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You" by Joseph Meyer; Music for "Carrie!," "Russian Blues" and "Poor Little Rich Girl" by Noël Coward; Music for "Fallen Babies" by Ivor Novello; Music for "Gigolette" by Franz Lehár; Music for "How D'You Do?," "Let's All Go Raving Mad," "Follow Master Cook" and "Oxford Bags" by Philip Braham; Music for "Mouse! Mouse!" and "Susannah's Squeaking Shoes" by Muriel Lillie; Music for "Sealed Feet" by Charles Prentice; Music for "Take Them All Away" by Jack Strachey; Music for "The Fox Has Left His Lair" by Peggy Connor; "Buying a Hat" and "Wine -- A Romantic Reverie" written by Douglas Furber; "Fate" and "A Cup of Coffee" written by Ronald Jeans; "Methods of Barberism" written by Arthur Wimperis; "References" written by Harold Simpson, Morris Harvey; Lyrics for ""The Mender of Broken Dreams" by John W. Bratton; Lyrics for "A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You" by Al Dubin, Billy Rose; Lyrics for "Carrie!," "Russian Blues" and "Poor Little Rich Girl" by Noël Coward; Lyrics for "Fallen Babies" by Ronald Jeans; Lyrics for "Gigolette" and "A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You" by Irving Caesar; Lyrics for "How D'You Do?" and "Gigolette" by Dion Titheradge; Lyrics for "How D'You Do?" by Eric Blore; Lyrics for "Let's All Go Raving Mad" by Hugh E. Wright; Lyrics for "Mouse! Mouse!" by Hilda Brighton; Lyrics for "Oxford Bags" by Arthur Wimperis; Lyrics for "Susannah's Squeaking Shoes" by Arthur Weigall; Lyrics for "Take Them All Away" by Jack Strachey; Lyrics for "The Fox Has Left His Lair" and "Follow Master Cook" by Douglas Furber
"Jack on Film" written by Adam Rapp; "The Blizzard" written by David Ives; "The First Tree in Antartica" written by Julia Cho; "The Sunday Times" written by Terrence McNally; "Three Girls and Bob" written by Adam Bock; "Toccata and Fugue" written by Tina Howe
