And this time it happened, after so many delays the new Broadway nite spot finally opened its doors. Then the owners let the press know that September 17th would be the grand opening of the International Casino. Unfortunately trouble with the stage mechanisms made the 13th impossible.

Next the 13th was given as the date for the long awaited opening. In 1928, the brothers began a complete overhaul of the building and.

The newly constructed Casino Theatre was one of the at least six movie theaters along the lower section of 2nd Avenue. As the 25th neared the opening was pushed back to September 1st, which also did not happen. The centerpiece of the new three-story building was a 595-seat moving picture theater on the first and second floor. An article in the New York Times on August 7th now said the International Casino would open on August 25th, with an elaborate Continental style show titled Bravo! and with George Olsen and his Orchestra providing music between shows. But as the 10th approached it became apparent that date was too confident. On June 19th the New York Daily News reported the nite spot would be opening around August 10th. Rather than featuring realistic landscape. The International Casino opening continually faced delays through the first three quarters of 1937. The movie theatre occupies the first four floors of the Casino building and was designed in an atmospheric style. Grumbine Collection, New York Historical Society. The International Casino at night with the enormous Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum sign on its roof, (1938).

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