Memorial Day weekend, 1941

Memorial Day weekend in New York City, 1941. Fantasia was in its final weeks (the roadshow version had been playing since the end of December 1940) and the Cary Grant/Irene Dunne tearjerker Penny Serenade was at Radio City, with a Rodgers and Hart live revue on stage.

Valentino was making a comeback in a silent movie double bill (above) and a more-or-less forgotten Fox musical, The Great American Broadcast, was at the Roxy, also with a live stage show (below).

But most importantly, one of American cinema's masterpieces, Citizen Kane, was premiering at the RKO Palace, apparently without a live chorus line.