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A wind band on the stage of the concert shell at the Helenów Park is posing for photograph. The musicians’ instruments are raised but nobody is playing, and the conductor is directly facing the photographer. Rows of chairs set up for the spectators…

The drawing indicates that the cinema had one main entrance from Aleksandryjska Street, which led to a sizeable hall. From the hall, one would enter a smaller waiting area lit by natural light coming though five large windows. The ticket window was…

Pfeiffer’s photograph of the Municipal Educational Cinematograph, seen from Rokicińska Street. There are posters advertising film screenings in display cases and glued to windowpanes of the building. A boy is studying the information on one of the…

Pfeiffer’s photograph of the Municipal Educational Cinematograph building seen from the Wodny Market. The inscription above the entry to the cinema reads: “The Municipal Educational Cinematograph.” The trees behind the building belong to the…

This favorite song was written for the 1938 movie Zapomniana melodia (The Forgotten Melody), in which it was originally sung by Helena Grossówna and Jadwiga Andrzejewska. In this lighthearted romantic musical comedy we hear this song when the…

In the 1937 Polish film, Piętro wyżej (One Floor Up) the foxtrot “Sex Appeal” was performed by the unforgettable Eugeniusz Bodo impersonating (in drag) none other than Mae West. As an actress renowned for her overt sexuality and risqué wit, West…