Roxy Theatre reminiscences, 1992.

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Roxy Theatre reminiscences, 1992.

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The typescript is a chapter from North's unpublished autobiography, Quest for Love. It describes his experiences working at the Roxy in 1951 when the theater still had stage shows with stars such as Josephine Baker, chorus girls called roxyettes, and a large corps of uniformed young men known for their decorum: the ushers. It also contains photographs of North then and now and of his collection of celebrity shots from his Roxy days.

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Roxy Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

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North, John Joseph.

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John Joseph North was an usher in 1951 at the Roxy Theatre, which was located at 7th Avenue and 50th Street in New York City. When the Roxy opened in 1927 it was New York's most lavish combination movie and stage showplace, and with 6,200 seats, perhaps the largest and most luxurious film house in the world. Built by theatrical impresario, Samuel Lionel Rothafel, or "Roxy", in an exuberant mix of Renaissance, Gothic and Moorish styles, it marked the pinnacle of the era of the picture palace and ...