Best engagement in the chat thus far! Thanks a million for a fantastic presentation…

17:00:13 From Dydia DeLyser to Everyone:
	Hi from Los Angeles!
17:00:22 From Alex Spoto to Everyone:
	Welcome everybody!
17:02:05 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	Greetings from Portland Ore :)))
17:02:30 From Louise McWhinnie to Host and Panelists:
	Greetings from Australia
17:02:59 From Jeremy Ebersole to Everyone:
	Hello from Milwaukee!
17:03:16 From Adrian Mociños Sales to Host and Panelists:
	Hi from Mexico City
17:03:24 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	loved your talk yesterday Jeremy!!
17:03:54 From Rolando Puljo to Everyone:
	Hello all! Great to be here! Thanks for joining me and Tom.
17:04:11 From SF Neon to Everyone:
	Hello Portland! Hello Australia! Hello Mexico City!
17:04:30 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	Back from Berkeley!
17:04:46 From Dee Iacopelli to Everyone:
	Back from Ventura,CA!
17:04:47 From Alexa to Everyone:
	Watching sunset out by Walnut Creek, CA!
17:05:03 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	Sunset? Already?
17:05:09 From Laurie Becker to Everyone:
	Checking in from Half Moon Bay, CA
17:05:13 From SF Neon to Everyone:
	Sophie Tucker!
17:05:13 From Cindy to Host and Panelists:
	Glendale in the room!
17:05:26 From denise to Host and Panelists:
	Old times in the new times!
17:05:48 From Alexa to Everyone:
	@Meredith - close! Sun no longer hitting inside apartment :-)
17:05:54 From Alison Webster to Everyone:
	Another 👋🏻 from Portland, OR!
17:06:19 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	@Alexa — whew! I thought it was LATER THAN I THOUGHT!
17:06:23 From Alexa to Everyone:
	Haha
17:06:55 From Alex Spoto to Everyone:
	If anyone has any questions along the way, drop them in the chat or use the Q&A button at the bottom of your zoom window. Panelists will try and answer as many as possible toward the end of the presentation!
17:08:42 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	With the wonderful Laird Cregar (gone too soon, as was Carole Landis)…that’s I Wake Up Screaming…
17:11:35 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	And written by the equally interesting Steve Fisher.
17:12:29 From garyparks to Host and Panelists:
	In the 40s, many former nickelodeons were still operating, and definitely not operating as first-tier theatres.  And indeed, some did still have incandescent signage.
17:12:33 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	Scarlet Street! Hiya, Lazy Legs! Jeepers, I love you, Johnny…!
17:18:56 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	I thought that looked like Howard Johnson’s!
17:19:01 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	Clips from Killer’s Kiss were part of the late-night TCM bumper, also used for introducing Eddie Muller’s Noir Alley — just unwisely jettisoned in TCM’s utterly unnecessary graphic re-design, introduced on September 1st.
17:19:42 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	TCM’s previous bumpers included animation of Edward Hopper’s paintings, including the aforementioned Chop Suey.
17:19:53 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	And, of course, Nighthawks.
17:21:17 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	Sweet Smell indeed! You’re a cookie full of arsenic! (Shot by the genius James Wong Howe.)
17:22:02 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	The cat’s in the bag, and the bag’s in the river.
17:22:10 From denise to Host and Panelists:
	fun old movies
17:23:01 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Automat sighting.
17:23:22 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	There’s a great new documentary on the Automat.
17:23:34 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Oh, thanks, Meredith!
17:23:53 From Stephen Coles (he/him) to Host and Panelists:
	Cool! In theaters or online?
17:24:33 From Alexa to Everyone:
	I want the cars!
17:24:33 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	http:/automatmovie.com
17:24:40 From Laura Serra @laureola to Host and Panelists:
	Yesss the cars!!!
17:24:48 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	It’s charming.
17:24:53 From Stephen Coles (he/him) to Host and Panelists:
	thanks!
17:24:56 From Laura Serra @laureola to Everyone:
	Yess the cars <3
17:24:58 From Maureen Russell to Everyone:
	Match me, Sydney!
17:24:59 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Jerry’s Bar on 54th and Broadway became ..?
17:25:16 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	(Neon script)
17:26:00 From Al & Randall to Everyone:
	Hooray for props!
17:26:07 From Alexa to Everyone:
	@Laura :-)
17:26:23 From Lippy to Everyone:
	Jealous!
17:28:04 From Stephen Coles (he/him) to Host and Panelists:
	hey we got one in SF
17:28:14 From Lippy to Everyone:
	Tad’s “corn juice”!
17:28:36 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	What was/is “corn juice”?
17:29:20 From Lippy to Everyone:
	Hi Meredith - obscure “SPY” magazine reference.. I’ll explain in email
17:29:38 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	Thanks!
17:30:17 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Didi not know that Tad’s started in SF!
17:30:34 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	Scary anywhere (Tad’s).
17:31:05 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	“And the Milford Plaza”
17:31:14 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	The lullaby of old broadway….
17:31:17 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	The Beatles stayed in the Warwick on their first visit to NYC, I believe.
17:31:20 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Yup!
17:33:06 From Stephen Coles (he/him) to Host and Panelists:
	I am willing to call that an ugly sign.
17:33:11 From Charles to Host and Panelists:
	Milford Plaza is now The ROW, great place to stay.
17:35:14 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	I loved Colony Records.
17:35:56 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	Child’s shows up in NYC period novels — A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Marjorie Morningstar — for butter cakes
17:36:06 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	And coffee.
17:36:23 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	Buttercakes is what they called pancakes.
17:37:06 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	I looked at the time/ temp on the MONY building daily in 83-4 when I worked across the street.
17:40:34 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	DUMBO!
17:41:15 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	SO SO sad about Ratner’s...
17:41:50 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	And the Belmore…
17:41:54 From Rena Kiehn to Everyone:
	I am late to tell you all this but I was trying to verify. The instrumental song (synonymous to film noir) that you heard in the opening credits of I WAKE UP SCREAMING also is in SCARLET STREET and several other films. It is called Street Scene by Alfred Newman but you all probably knew that.
17:42:17 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	Yeah. A LOT of people think it’s Gershwin!
17:43:08 From Peter Tannen to Everyone:
	DUMBO is under the Brooklyn side of the Manhattan Bridge.
17:43:11 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	Alfred Newman was Fox’s head of music as well as a composer, so it showed up in a lot of Fox movies. Fox now is owned by Disney…
17:43:48 From Dee Iacopelli to Everyone:
	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqjWf7qgoHg
17:43:57 From Stephen Coles (he/him) to Host and Panelists:
	interesting! thanks, Meredith. Alfred is Randy Newman’s uncle.
17:44:46 From Stephen Coles (he/him) to Host and Panelists:
	that Belmore is a doozie
17:45:23 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Frame by frame, these have all been amazing.
17:45:41 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	NOW you can hear Gershwin (Manhattan).
17:46:19 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	SNAP OUT OF IT!
17:46:25 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	(Moonstruck)
17:46:56 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	W. village
17:47:53 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	I wrote a piece in the Village Voice about all the restaurants Woody Allen used in Alice.
17:48:17 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	And a piece in the LA Weekly about all the restaurants Michael Mann used in Heat.
17:51:06 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Parthenon cup neon
17:51:11 From Al & Randall to Al & Randall(Direct Message):
	Loving Rolando’s rhythm. His pacing is great!
17:51:46 From Al & Randall to Al & Randall(Direct Message):
	New Yorker pace!
17:52:12 From Al & Randall to Al & Randall(Direct Message):
	haha seriously rarely a spare beat!
17:52:40 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Love the White Horse
17:53:00 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	His last 50 drinks! (Dylan Thomas)
17:53:07 From Alexa to Everyone:
	*clapping*
17:53:14 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Amazing presentation!! Thank you very much.
17:53:15 From Jay Potter to Everyone:
	AWESOMEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
17:53:22 From Lippy to Everyone:
	Hooooray!
17:53:26 From Louise McWhinnie to Host and Panelists:
	Thanks Thomas and Ronaldo… just great!
17:53:26 From Al & Randall to Everyone:
	Very impressive rhythm, Rolando! Fantastic presentation!
17:53:29 From Pam Wright to Everyone:
	👏👏👏
17:53:56 From Al & Randall to Everyone:
	If anyone has any questions for Tom and/or Rolando, drop those Qs in the chat box!
17:54:08 From Peter Tannen to Everyone:
	Wonderful!!
17:54:11 From Jay Potter to Everyone:
	ROLANDO!! SO GOOD
17:54:17 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	We heard both Gershwin and Alfred Newman! In different movies. (Alfred, Lionel, David, Thomas — the Newman music dynasty.)
17:54:18 From Felis Loyata to Everyone:
	👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 thanks so much for this presentation  ^_^
17:54:36 From Lippy to Everyone:
	Even into the 90s Taxi Driver’s “Variety Photoplays” was lit nightly (I lived a block away!)
17:54:54 From Janet Rudolph to Everyone:
	What a great presentation. Thx so much
17:55:11 From Lippy to Everyone:
	Cue the NYC siren!
17:55:21 From Jay Potter to Everyone:
	I moved to NY in 1981 and Midnight Cowboy feels most normal as I lived in that hood initially
17:55:34 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	McHale’s was fabulous.
17:55:46 From Jay Potter to Everyone:
	McHale’s YES!!!!
17:56:22 From Maureen Russell to Everyone:
	👏🏽🎥💕Whew!
17:56:33 From Donna Lamour to Host and Panelists:
	Jay, I moved to New York in ‘81 also...now reside in Austin, Texas
17:56:39 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	Variety Photoplay used in Bette Gordon’s movie…
17:57:09 From Jay Potter to Everyone:
	I’ll miss those post theatre burgers at McHales
17:57:18 From rex mandel to Everyone:
	The Velvet Underground “Loaded” Album
17:57:23 From Lippy to Host and Panelists:
	I lived in Manhattan during “Do The Right THING”. Exactly as I remember my time there..
17:57:29 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	The Odd Couple — Walter Matthau had a several-bedroom movie on the UWS on a journalist’s salary!
17:57:47 From Jay Potter to Everyone:
	There was an arcade called, TOO MUCH IS NOT ENOUGH. It was amazing
17:58:03 From garyparks to Host and Panelists:
	New Amsterdam sign from the 40s was saved because Michael Eisner remembered it from his childhood.
17:58:31 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	@Rex — Todd Haynes just made a Velvet Underground documentary. (His first doc.)
17:58:59 From Alex Spoto, Tenderloin Museum to Al & Randall(Direct Message):
	yeah no real questions tbh! but great memories
17:59:07 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	(My NY apartment had a view of the Pepsi sign. So glad it’s preserved!)
17:59:08 From garymeyer to Everyone:
	A lot of neon in the VARIETY trailer. Thanks Meredith. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IwXNrlYZpI
17:59:14 From Jay Potter to Everyone:
	The seedy show, of the 1970s, The Deuce recreated Times Square neon
17:59:39 From Kate Widdows to Everyone:
	“Two Men in Manhattan” 1959
17:59:48 From Andrew Danish to Host and Panelists:
	yes, that was awesome!
17:59:54 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	Thank you again so much!!
17:59:58 From Dydia DeLyser to Everyone:
	Thank you both for an amazing presentation!
18:00:02 From Dee Iacopelli to Everyone:
	Wonderful! Thank you!
18:00:05 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	By the wonderful Jean Pierre Melville (who’s also IN it!)
18:00:05 From Jay Potter to Everyone:
	hahahahahahaha
18:00:09 From Suz Lipman to Everyone:
	3-card monty!
18:00:14 From Lippy to Everyone:
	Eames casegoods sighting behind Randall!  Noice.
18:00:28 From Kay Bush to Everyone:
	There you go, Kate!  Thank you!
18:00:29 From meredithbrody to Everyone:
	Melville directed and starred in Two Men in Manhattan…
18:00:50 From rex mandel to Host and Panelists:
	Meredith: Can’t wait to see it.
18:00:52 From Alex Spoto, Tenderloin Museum to Everyone:
	Thanks everybody!