Non-musical history for today: 1927 – Samuel “Roxy” Rothafel opened the Roxy Theatre in New York City. It was the largest movie theatre ever opened at the time (a capacity of a whopping 5,920). The first film shown was the Gloria Swanson silent picture, The Love of Sunya. It was closed on March 29, 1960, and demolished. It became part of the Time-Life Building (or the ever-boring 1271 Avenue of the Americas as it is known now), part of the broader Rockefeller Centre complex. The last film shown was The Wind Cannot Read , starring Dick Bogarde.

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