Night They Raided Minsky’s, The

Stock footage from the early 20th century features throughout the film. Here, a dancer performs in the street. Steve Randall identifies this scene as the intersection of Broadway and West 47th Street in New York with the Central Theater to the left.

Explaining that the street car is on the Broadway line, proving that the view is looking north along Broadway, Janette Cotton adds that the Central Theater was demolished in 1998 and replaced by a hotel in 2005.

The main setting for the film was on East 26th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues. The street of vacant tenements was transformed into a 1920s scene before being demolished.

Janette Cotton didn't see any features that matched the screen capture as those buildings have since been demolished and replaced. "I'm unsure if the view is looking east towards the East River or west towards the center of Manhattan, there does appear to be a hazy structure in the distance so I suspect it's looking west."

More footage from the era of the film is seen. In the background stands a shop named Lobel's. If it's the butchery business, the address is possibly Madison Avenue at the intersection with 82nd Street in New York's Upper East Side. However, Steve Randall discovered that Lobel's also once stood at Broadway and 81st Street.

'Lobel's Prime Meats' is still located at 1096 Madison Avenue, one shop over from actually being on the corner of 82nd Street. The business moved here in 1954 and this is where Janette Cotton took her comparison adding "My guess is the workman in the orange shirt is where the Lobel's sign was. However, if the original capture was taken before 1954 then it's at the previous address on Broadway and 81st, but I can't find any info on when that shop opened, as prior to that it was in the Bronx."

New York's elevated railway meanders through the streets. This is an unknown location on the system that was mostly closed and dismantled in the mid 20th Century.

The train bringing Rachel Schpitendavel to New York's Lower East Side arrives at the station. According to IMDB this is Myrtle Avenue, an elevated station in Brooklyn, New York.

Rachel Elizabeth Schpitendavel (Britt Ekland) alights and heads to find the National Wintergarden theatre. The station is also known as Broadway and is on a section of line which is the last surviving remnant of one of the original Brooklyn elevated railroads.

The section of elevated railway seen between the tenements was built for the film. East 26th Street, New York 10028. The area has been completely redeveloped.

Professor Spats (Bert Lahr) heads for the theatre.

Detail on the front of Minsky's Burlesque Theatre, also known as the National Wintergarden and the Poor Man's Follies. This may be a studio set.

Chick Williams (Norman Wisdom) and Rachel share food in the street.

Jacob Schpitendavel (Harry Andrews) arrives looking for his daughter.

Pigeons fly away after being fed by an elderly Woman. Unknown location.

Jacob surveys the big city streets. Orchard Street in Manhattan, New York located by Steve Randall.

The canopy over the entrance to the theatre.

The film's re-creation of a long forgotten New York.

Rachel and Raymond Paine (Jason Robards) smile at Chick's handkerchief trick before entering a theatrical shop.

Police race to the Lower East Side on the night they raided Minsky's. An unidentified location that could be a studio set.

The Police arrive at the theatre as preparations for the midnight show are under way.

Billy Minsky (Elliott Gould) watches the Officers enter his theatre as the sell out show is about to start.