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Samuel Lionel "Roxy" Rothafel (July 9, 1882 – January 13, 1936) was an American theatrical impresario and entrepreneur. He is noted for developing the lavish presentation of silent films in the deluxe movie palace theaters of the 1910s and 1920s.
Among their admiring audiences in New York City was Samuel (“Roxy”) Rothafel, owner of the new Roxy Theater. He acquired the troupe, doubled its size, and dubbed the dancers the Roxyettes. After the 1932 opening of the Radio City Music Hall—then the world’s largest indoor theatre—he enlarged the troupe again in order to fill the hall ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The theater was conceived by film producer Herbert Lubin in mid-1925 as the world's largest and finest movie palace. To realize his dream, Lubin brought in the successful and innovative theater operator Samuel L. Rothafel, aka "Roxy", [2] enticing him with a large salary, a percentage of the profits and stock options, and even offering to name ...
Jun 17, 2014 · This book is devoted to the multifaceted career of Samuel “Roxy” Rothafel (1882–1936), who is regularly cited as one of the twelve most important figures in the history of film and radio.
- Ross Melnick
American Showman analyzes the career of a single film exhibitor and radio broadcaster, Samuel Lionel “Roxy” Rothafel (1882–1936), between the years 1908 and 1935, in order to illuminate the work of a silent era “showman,” the complex operations of an urban movie palace, and the multiple and interrelated venues created for film, music, and live p...
Jun 1, 2013 · American Showman is a fascinating, passionate, and definitive biography of Samuel “Roxy” Rothafel—a man who had little life outside of his work. The book includes a substantial section of photographs but not a single glimpse of his apparently patient wife and their two children.
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Jul 8, 2012 · American Showman chronicles the life of Samuel “Roxy” Rothafel (1882–1936), the prolific movie palace showman and radio star who helped transform the moviegoing experience, radio broadcasting, and American popular culture to become an international celebrity.
