The Robe Premiere

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1268A
Date Released
24 Sep 1953
Date submitted
16 Sep 1953
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 9
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Robe Premiere. DESCRIPTION: Enthusiastic scenes were witnessed at New York’s Roxy Theatre for the Premiere of The Robe, the first CinemaScope production to be released. Twentieth-Century Fox President Spyros Skouras was there to welcome distinguished members of the huge audience. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Illuminated title on New York’s Roxy Theatre. (CU ‘The Robe’ in Cinemascope). Crowds watch arrival. Irene Dunne with husband. Mr Impelliteri, wife and daughter arrive. CU Charles Boyer. SCU General van Fleet and wife. CU Mary Martin and husband. Henry Koster. Evelyn Ay, Miss America. Alfred Vanderbilts, (Mr and Mrs Spyros Skouras greeting Professor Chretien. CU. LS cinema illuminated.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Entertainment and leisure; Cinema; Military; Inventions and discoveries; Newsreels
Locations
New York
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
59767
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
86
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Robe Premiere', British Movietone News Issue No. 1268A, 24 Sep 1953. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/18769 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)