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3 unusual facts about Loew's Jersey Theatre


Loew's Jersey Theatre

The clock featured a white faced clock that was illuminated from behind with a statue of Saint George and a statue of a dragon.

Work is currently underway to install 70 mm projection equipment, as well as Dolby Digital, DTS, and 6-track magnetic sound.

In February 2011 the band The Strokes shot a music video for the single "Under Cover of Darkness" off of their 2011 album Angles at the Loew's Jersey Theatre, featuring the main lobby, promenade and stage.


Arthur Loew, Jr.

His paternal grandfather, Marcus Loew, founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Loew's Theaters, and his father, Arthur Loew Sr., was a president of M-G-M.

Benedum Center

Today the Center is the home of the Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera who formerly were based at Heinz Hall, (the former Loew's Penn Theater) that had been restored by and is the current home of the Pittsburgh Symphony.

Golden Door Film Festival

The opening and closing night awards ceremony are located at the 1929 movie palace Loew's Jersey Theater at Journal Square with many screenings and other events at various Downtown venues.

H. nobilis

Hippelates nobilis, Loew, 1863, an eye gnat species in the genus Hippelates

Leopold Löw

He translated Imre Madach's "The Tragedy of Man" and also wrote a biography of his father (available in Google ebookstore), published in 1912 celebrating the centenary of Leopold Loew's birth.

Loew's Wonder Theatres

Loew's Paradise Theatre, The Bronx (opened 1929) - In 2011 it is operating as a venue for live entertainment.

Loew's 175th Street Theatre, Manhattan (opened 1930) - In 2011, it operates as a church and an entertainment venue under the name United Palace Theater.

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

Heinz and other individuals, including his son, United States (US) Senator from Pennsylvania John Heinz, and William Rea, began with Pittsburgh's first renovated former movie palace, Heinz Hall, (which was built as the former Loew's Penn Theater).

Samuel Loew

Samuel ben Nathan Ha-Levi Loew (Kelin or Kolin) (also “Lōw” or “Löw”, Hebrew: שמואל בן נתן נטע הלוי קעלין; ca. 1720–1806) was a Talmudist and Halakhist (“Authority on Jewish law”), son of Nathan Naṭe ha-Levi, born at Kolin, Bohemia.

Sidney Clare

In the early 1940s Clare and several of his fellow hitmakers formed a sensational review called Songwriters on Parade, performing all across the Eastern seaboard on the Loew's and Keith circuits.

Songwriters on Parade

Between 1931 and 1940 (at least) various line-ups of popular songwriters would form a sensational act, performing their hits across the eastern seaboard on the Loew's and Keith Circuits.

T. fragilis

Toxorhina fragilis, T. Loew, 1851, a crane fly species in the genus Toxorhina

The Ballad of Curtis Loew

A young boy wakes up "before the rooster crows" and searches for soda bottles to cash in to give some money to a man named Curtis Loew, who buys wine and plays his Dobro guitar "across his knees" for the boy all day.

Vincent Rose

In the late 1930s and early 1940s Rose and several of his fellow hitmakers formed a sensational review called Songwriters on Parade, performing all across the eastern seaboard on the Loew's and Keith circuits.


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