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Dates: during 1936-1936
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Died. Samuel Lionel ("Roxy") Rotha-felf 53, Manhattan showman who, starting as a nickelodeon operator 28 years ago, introduced superspectacle stage shows to U. S. cinema theatres, carried cinemansion magnificence to fabulous Byzantine heights in his own theatre, The Roxy; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. In 1934 he lost his job as manager of Rockefeller Center's theatres...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 20, 1936 | 1/20/1936 | See Source »

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