by Erin Conlon 
On this day in 1945, the RKO Greenpoint Theater was making way for a double feature of The Very Thought of You and Alaska, according to an advertisement in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
From a date night at the movies with your gal to a gold-rush-era tale on film, the two movies boasted something for whatever Friday-night vibe Greenpointers had in mind.…
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