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Roxy, n.|ˈrɒksɪ|
The nickname of Samuel Lionel Rothafel (1882–1936), U.S. radio and film entrepreneur, used attrib. of persons and things connected with the chain of cinemas built by him.
1940F. Scott Fitzgerald Let. 12 July (1964) 84 It's very modern to be taking dramatic criticism although it reminds me vaguely of the school for Roxy ushers. 1957Encycl. Brit. XV. 868/1 The Roxy theatre,..which opened in 1927 in New York city, with a 6,250 seating capacity, cost $8,000,000 and grossed in one week $144,267. 1961A. Berkman Singers' Gloss. Show Business 76 Roxy ending.., the fanfare ending of a song, first used at the Roxy Theatre in New York. The Roxy Ending is sometimes played at the end of a production number, or where majestic fullness is required. (Also Paramount ending, Publix ending). |