December 27 1932 TRUE vintage INAUGURAL Holy Grail PROGRAM Radio City Music Hall

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The holy grail for movie theater collectors
specializing in Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center.  9" by 12" - tiny bit of edge wear, a few minor creases but in VERY GOOD condition indeed.
There are many early Radio City inaugural opening run programs available to commerce, and they look quite similar, but only one that matters.  That is for the one-night-only, authentic cornucopia of extravagance that took place at the inaugural performance on December 27, 1932.  The opening night program had a specific lineup of acts on that night and only that night. The program is so rare that WorldCat appears to list copies in only five institutions, The Library of Congress, Columbia University, Duke University, Texas A & M, and the New York Historical Society Library.
The true opening night program begins with the "Symphony of the Curtains" in honor of the first employment of Radio City's magnificent curved curtains. Second: a poetic  "Dedication" by Martha Wilchinski. These two events, the Curtain Symphony and Dedication, were never again re-created and their presence on this program proves this to be the one-and-only opening night program. The order of acts changed most nights at Radio City Music Hall but on opening night, you saw:
3. patriotic performance titled Sept. 13, 1814, and the Radio City Overture, by the Radio City Music Hall Symphony Orchestra.
4. After this come The Wallendas, "Continental Aerialists"
5. A comedy act by "Eddy and Ralph"
6. The Radio City Music Hall Ballet.
7. Fraulein Vera Schwarz, of the Berlin Opera
8  Kirkwhite and Addison, London Music Hall Dancers
9. The Tuskeegee Choir!
10. Ray Bolger, the dancing comedian!
The list goes on...and on...including bits from the Opera "Carmen" and even Martha Graham and her dance ensemble. And a grand finale with most of the acts previously seen.
I believe the premiere lasted over six hours!