Samuel Roxy Rothafel

Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel
Born
Samuel Lionel Rothapfel

July 9, 1882
Prussia
DiedJanuary 13, 1936 (aged 53)
New York City, US
NationalityAmerican
OccupationTheatrical impresario
SpouseRosa Freedman
Children2
RelativesAmanda Peet
(great-granddaughter)
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Smoke week (1917), letter by Rothafel

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.


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