ROTHAFEL, S. L. (ROXY
). Impresario who cre ated the great movie palaces of the 1920s and ’30s; b. Samuel Lionel Rothapfel, Stillwater, Minnesota, ; d. New York, New York, .
S. L. Rothafel
, better known as Roxy,
was the chief architect in the transformation of the movie theater from its humble beginnings as nickleodeon to its heyday as great movie palace. A pioneer impresario, Roxy rose quickly in his career until he became responsible for the creation...