Crowd lined up to see Irving Berlin's "Alexander's Ragtime Band" outside the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. Note attached to photo: 57 years ago today, August 19th, on my 25th...
Crowd lined up to see the film "Bowy Bill" in the lobby of the Tower Theatre, 213 E 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Crowd lined up to see the film "One Night of Love" outside the Tower Theatre at 213 E 12th, Kansas City, Mo.
Crowd lined up to see the film "She Couldn't Take It"; outside the Tower Theatre, 213 E 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Crowd lined up to see the film "The Robe" outside the Orpheum Theater, 1214 Baltimore Avenue; Kansas City, Mo.
Crowd lined up to see the film "One Night of Love" in the lobby of the Tower Theatre, 213 E 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Esquire Theatre redecorated as an Old West building for the release of the film "I Shot Jesse James"; 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Esquire Theatre redecorated as an Old West building for the release of the film "I Shot Jesse James"; 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Group of soldiers (all white men) lined up to see the film "Immortal Sergeant" outside the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Interior of the Esquire Theatre lobby, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Jack Carson with Mary Laird, Katherine Joffee and Jeanne Simpson (left to right) after a performance at the Tower Theatre at Muehlebach Hotel, Kansas City, Mo.
Jack Carson with the Tower Adorables performing onstage at Tower Theatre, 213 E 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Joseph Redmond standing with three unidentified people in Western dress for the world premiere of the film "I Shot Jesse James" outside the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Looking north from the Jones Store toward the Paramount and Roxy Theatres on 12th and Main, Kansas City, Mo.
Marquee advertising the film "Arabian Nights" at the Esquire Theater, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Marquee advertising the film "Moontide" at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Marquee advertising the film "The Pied Piper" at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St; Kansas City, Mo.
Marquee advertising the film "Comanche Territory" at the Tower Theatre, 213 E 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Marquee advertising the film "Hello, Frisco, Hello" at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Marquee advertising "How Green Was My Valley" at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Marquee advertising a 1946 re-release of the film "Rose of Washington Square" (originally released in 1939) at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Marquee advertising the film "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Marquee advertising a 1948 re-release of the films "The Grapes of Wrath" and "Tobacco Road" at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Marquee advertising the film "The Meanest Man In The World" at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Marquee advertising the film "The Robe" at the Orpheum Theater, 1214 Baltimore Ave.; Kansas City, Mo.
