Amerique and Neville at the RKO Prospect Theatre, Brooklyn (reopening vaudeville bill with The Tenderfoot), Saturday 16 July 1932

Opening bill of the R.K.O. Prospect Theatre's return to a vaudeville-and-feature-film policy ('two complete shows in one'), Saturday 16 July 1932: five R.K.O. vaudeville acts (Cherry Blossom and June, Radio Rogues, Bud and Jack Pearson, Amerique and Neville, Reed and La Vere) plus the feature film "The Tenderfoot" (Joe E. Brown, Warner Bros., released 1932-05-23). RKO and civic dignitaries expected at the premiere included Harold B. Franklin and Martin Beck.
Date (happened)
16 July 1932
unresolved
  1. 16 July 1932 estimated · probable · preferred
    Source Amerique and Neville — CWB source ephemera [4a8a2ccd2a]media:2098 has no field_clip_date of its own. External: afterthefinalcurtain.net's Prospect Theatre history page states 'Vaudeville returned to the Prospect Theatre on July 16, 1932' and names the same opening-night acts as this clipping (Cherry Blossom and June, the Radio Rogues, Bud and Jack Pearson) plus 'patrons writing the theater' to request the policy's return, matching the clipping's own account nearly verbatim. 'The Tenderfoot' (Joe E. Brown/Ginger Rogers, Warner Bros.) was released 1932-05-23, consistent with a July playdate.
    Why Possible duplicate: hist_event:20083 in this same batch is titled '...RKO Prospect Theatre, Brooklyn (reopening vaudeville-and-feature-film bill; feature picture The Tenderfoot (Joe E. Brown))' — very similar description; will check for a merge when that event is processed.
    Reasoning The clipping is a contemporaneous preview published the day before the event it describes: 'Tomorrow, Saturday, the R.K.O. Prospect Theater will usher in the new gala policy... Joe Brown in The Tenderfoot', naming the full opening bill (Cherry Blossom and June, Radio Rogues, Bud and Jack Pearson, Amerique and Neville, Reed and La Vere) and the dignitaries expected. An independent, non-corpus source (afterthefinalcurtain.net) describes the identical event with the identical named acts and gives the specific calendar date, July 16, 1932 (a Saturday), which I take as the performance date itself rather than the newspaper's own (Friday, July 15) publication date.
  2. 16 July 1932 stated · probable
    Source Amerique and Neville — CWB article clipping [0d8d3e26e7]media:2137 has no field_clip_date of its own, but its text is a next-day review ('the RKO Prospect Theatre... returned yesterday to its combination of vaudeville and feature picture policy'). Cross-referenced with hist_event:20065's clipping (media:2098, a 'tomorrow, Saturday' preview of the identical opening) and with afterthefinalcurtain.net's Prospect Theatre history, which independently states 'Vaudeville returned to the Prospect Theatre on July 16, 1932' and names the same acts (Cherry Blossom and June, Radio Rogues, Bud and Jack Pearson).
    Why DUPLICATE of hist_event:20065 (same batch) — see merge proposal. Also shares this witness (media:2137) with hist_event:782, which is OUTSIDE my assigned batch and left untouched.
    Reasoning This clipping states outright that the vaudeville policy 'returned yesterday', which is a direct dated claim (not an inference) once the specific calendar date of that reopening is fixed by the independent source used for hist_event:20065 (afterthefinalcurtain.net: July 16, 1932, a Saturday). Every named act (Amerique and Neville, Reed and Le Vere, Bud and Jack Pearson, Cherry Blossom and June, Radio Rogues, Benny Roberts and his RKOlians) and the feature film ('The Tenderfoot') matches hist_event:20065's clipping exactly, confirming both clippings describe the same single opening night.
  3. July 1932 stated · probable
    Source Amerique Neville Goddard Vaudeville Photo Gallery And Newspaper Clippings"RKO Prospect (Brooklyn), Vaudeville Bill (July 1932)"
  4. July 1932 stated · doubtful
    Source Amerique Neville Goddard Vaudeville Photo Gallery And Newspaper Clippings"Palace Theatre (Chicago), Vaudeville Bill (July 1932)"
    Why pm-actor-533: pm-actor-533: different theatre and city; not evidence for this Brooklyn reopening, likely a stray row from a shared source table.
  5. July 1932 stated · probable
    Source review naming the co-billed film and describing the summer heat
    Reasoning The article reviews the RKO Prospect's reopening for vaudeville with feature film 'The Tenderfoot' (Joe E. Brown, released May 1932) and describes 'torpid heat', matching the event's existing July 1932 dating.
  6. 15 July 1932 stated · doubtful
    Source Neville Goddard Research Neville Amerique Broadway Shows And Theaters"RKO Prospect Theatre... Friday, July 15, 1932"
    Why pm-actor-533: pm-actor-533: reads as the preview clipping's publish date; scan 2098 itself previews 'tomorrow, Saturday' — the reopening was July 16, 1932.
  7. 31 July 1932 stated · doubtful
    Source Neville Goddard Research Neville Amerique Broadway Shows And Theaters"Palace Thearew Chicago, Illinois • Sun, Jul 31, 1932"
    Why pm-actor-533: pm-actor-533: different theatre and city; not evidence for this Brooklyn reopening, likely a stray row from a shared source table.
Place
RKO Prospect Theatre, Brooklyn
Persons
Neville Goddard
Amerique
Told / reported
  1. 15 July 1932 stated · doubtful
    Source Neville Goddard Research Neville Amerique Broadway Shows And Theaters
    Why pm-actor-533: pm-actor-533: A research article is not a telling: this 'told' date repeats the article's engagement date.
  2. 31 July 1932 stated · doubtful
    Source Neville Goddard Research Neville Amerique Broadway Shows And Theaters
    Why pm-actor-533: pm-actor-533: A research article is not a telling; the date belongs to a Palace Theatre, Chicago bill, not this engagement.
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Amerique and Neville — CWB source ephemera [4a8a2ccd2a]
Amerique and Neville — CWB source ephemera [4a8a2ccd2a]
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Amerique and Neville — CWB article clipping [0d8d3e26e7]
Amerique and Neville — CWB article clipping [0d8d3e26e7]
Article