Search results
Samuel Lionel "Roxy" Rothafel (July 9, 1882 – January 13, 1936) was an American theatrical impresario and entrepreneur. He is noted for developing the lavish presentation of silent films in the deluxe movie palace theaters of the 1910s and 1920s.
May 3, 2012 · The excerpt from Ross Melnick’s American Showman: Samuel “Roxy” Rothafel and the Birth of the Entertainment Industry, 1908-1935 in yesterday’s post looked at Rothafel’s great triumph with the opening of the Roxy theater.
Among their admiring audiences in New York City was Samuel (“Roxy”) Rothafel, owner of the new Roxy Theater. He acquired the troupe, doubled its size, and dubbed the dancers the Roxyettes. After the 1932 opening of the Radio City Music Hall—then the world’s largest indoor theatre—he enlarged the troupe again in order to fill the hall ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 17, 2014 · This book is devoted to the multifaceted career of Samuel “Roxy” Rothafel (1882–1936), who is regularly cited as one of the twelve most important figures in the history of film and radio. It examines his role as the key purveyor of a new film exhibition aesthetic that appropriated legitimate theatre, opera, ballet, and classical music to ...
- Ross Melnick
Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel (1882–1936) built an influential and prolific career as film exhibitor, stage producer, radio broadcaster, musical arranger, theater manager, war propagandist, and international celebrity.
Jul 8, 2012 · American Showman chronicles the life of Samuel “Roxy” Rothafel (1882–1936), the prolific movie palace showman and radio star who helped transform the moviegoing experience, radio broadcasting, and American popular culture to become an international celebrity.
People also ask
What did Rothafel do for a living?
Who is Samuel Rothafel?
Who owned the Roxy Theatre in New York City?
How did Roxyettes become famous?
Jun 1, 2013 · American Showman is a fascinating, passionate, and definitive biography of Samuel “Roxy” Rothafel—a man who had little life outside of his work. The book includes a substantial section of photographs but not a single glimpse of his apparently patient wife and their two children.
