Neon Marquees at Night
Neon Marquees at Night
Tape 21 - Part 1 Amazing color footage of neon/marquees, 1950s. Features really great compositions/color. Includes: LS down street, Fox theatre, Orpheum Theatre (Land of the Pharoahs is playing). Carter's Credit Jewelry/Thrifty Drugs. street with the Liberty Theatre and the "Jolly Joan" (coffee shop?). CU Sunny Brothers (dairy?) sign: red neon cow strikes poses. New Heathman Hotel; Cocktails (with neon bubbles) CU Fox theatre marquee (something with Marilyn Monroe is playing). Cafe: Glorified Hamburgers (39 cents). CU Orpheum theatre marquee. Hotel Congress. Parking. Bowling. Bayway Market. CU: DRUGS. Great supper club marquee with showgirls, appearing: The McGuire Sisters. Layrite Linoleum. The Pagoda Chinese restaurant(?) Amazing sign for NEON, the "N" rotates so that it reads "ZEON". Nick's Flower Home (with neon flowers in CU). Carter's Credit Jewelry. PGE. Firpine products. IRELANDS: Food and Friends. Drink 7UP ("It Likes You"). Incredible stuff. Glitz; Ads, Nightlife; Broadway, City.