International Theatre

Coordinates: 40°46′00″N 73°58′54″W / 40.76674°N 73.98155°W / 40.76674; -73.98155
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)
This article is about the former theatre with the address 5 Columbus Circle. For the office building at 1790 Broadway, known as 5 Columbus Circle, see 5 Columbus Circle. For the present day New York theatre of the same name, see Majestic Theatre (Broadway).
International Theatre
The then-Majestic Theatre is the large grey building on the left. 'Columbus Circle' (1909), by Colin Campbell Cooper.
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General information
LocationManhattan, New York City
Opened1903
Demolished1954
Design and construction
Architect(s)John H. Duncan

The International Theatre was a theatre located at 5 Columbus Circle, the present site of the Deutsche Bank Center in Manhattan, New York City.

History

Designed in 1903 by

Shuberts, Florenz Ziegfeld
, and Billy Minsky, in succession, owned the house but did not find success there.

In 1923, it was purchased by William Randolph Hearst, renamed the Cosmopolitan Theatre, and played movies. The name was changed to the International Theatre in 1944.[2]

In 1949, NBC leased the theatre, and made it into a television studio rechristened as NBC International Theatre, with the Admiral Broadway Revue being one of the first TV shows aired from this location. In 1953, the venue hosted a portion of the 25th Academy Awards, which was the first Academy Awards to be broadcast, as well as the first to be aired from both New York City and Los Angeles.

The theater was demolished in 1954 to allow for wider sidewalks in front of the

Time Warner Center
in 2000.

External links

  • The Movie Theater For Marion Davies -- YouTube: The 1920s Channel. An article from the June, 1924 issue of Picture Play detailing theatre's conversion to a movie palace in 1923 is read. Includes photos from the article. Video posted 31 December 2023.

References

  1. ISBN 9781538117293
    .
  2. ^ a b c "International Theatre", Internet Broadway Database, accessed June 8, 2013
  3. ^ "'The Miracle' is Splendid Pageant" (PDF). New York Times. 18 February 1913. Retrieved 1 October 2022.[page needed]

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