The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Strand in Orono. It’s Card #422. Address is Mill St. There is an exterior photo taken Feb. 17, 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says it opened in 1921, was playing MGM films and had 650 seats. 1940 population of Orono was 3,700.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Milo Th., it’s Card # 411. Address is Main St. There is an exterior photo taken March 14, 1941. Condition is Poor. The report says it opened about 1913 and was showing MGM films. There were 250 seats on the main floor and 76 in the balcony, total 326. 1940 population was 3,000.
I have seen photos taken in 1941 of both the Colonial Theatre and the Opera House in Milbridge. Both were on Main St. with no street number given. The Colonial looks suspiciously like the Milbridge Theatre, except there was no addition on the right front, which is there today. Even the chimney is in the same place, as well as the two little dormer peaks with one large peak in the center. And the Colonial was set well back from the street. The photo of the Colonial is on the MGM Theatre Report which is in the on-line archive of the Theatre Historical Society. The photo on it was taken April 25, 1941. The Report is Card # 407. The condition is Good. The report says it opened in 1936 and was playing MGM movies. There were 350 seats. The competing theater was the Opera House, also on Main St. 1940 population was 1,300.
The Central Theatre was on Oak Street, not Broadway. The street-view picture is correct. The building in the picture matches exactly the building in a 1941 photo of the Central Theatre in Lawrence.
there were several theatres on Broadway, but the Central was not one of them.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Park – Card # 337. Address is 36 State St. There is an exterior photo dated April 1941. Condition is Good. The report says it’s over 15 years old, was showing MGM product and had 1,125 seats.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Lubec; it’s Card # 401. But no one filled out the report, so there is no info. There is an undated exterior photo which was probably taken sometime in 1946- 1950.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Lincoln; it’s Card # 396. Address is Main St. There is an exterior photo dated Jan. 2, 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says it opened in 1925, was showing MGM films and had 673 seats. 1940 population was 3,600.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Riverside; it’s Card # 389. Address is Main St. There is an exterior photo taken Feb. 21, 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says it opened in 1937, was showing MGM product and had 275 seats. 1940 population was 860.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Ocean View; it’s Card # 383. Address not listed. There is an exterior photo made July 10, 1947. The report says it opened in 1945 and has 235 seats. 1947 population was 700. (1945 was actually a re-opening year).
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Opera House; it’s Card # 382. Address is “Main St.” There is an exterior photo taken Jan. 7, 1941. Condition is Poor. The report says it opened in 1907, was showing MGM films, and had 300 seats. The 1940 population was 1,300.
The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Temple; it’s Card # 380. Address is “Market”. There is an exterior photo taken April 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says that it’s over 15 years old, and was showing MGM movies. There were 605 main floor seats and 119 in the baalcony, total 724. A competing theater was the Houlton Theatre downtown. The 1940 population was 7,700.
The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Playhouse; it’s Card # 375. Adddress is “Main St.” There is an exterior photo dated March 6, 1941. The marquee reads “Gorham” Theater. Someone typed “Gorham” as the theater name, and then that was crossed out and someone wrote “Playhouse” next to it. So it was the Gorham Theatre, renamed Playhouse. Condition was Good. The report says it opened in 1940, was showing MGM films, and had 450 seats. The 1940 population was 3,500.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the first Nordica Theatre; it’s Card # 373. Address is “Water St.” There is an exterior photo dated April 2, 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says it opened in 1934, was showing MGM films, and had 325 seats. The 1940 population was 2,700.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Paramount; it’s Card # 370. Address is Main St. There is an exterior photo dated April 1941. Condition is Good. The report says it was under 10 years old (slightly incorrect), was showing MGM product, and had 958 seats. The 1940 population was 2,600.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Lincoln, it’s Card # 359. Address is “Grove St.” There is an exterior photo taken March 15, 1941. Condition is Poor. The repor says it opened about 1905, shows MGM films and had 500 seats. 1940 population was 800.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the State, it’s Card # 368. Address is Broadway. There is an external photo dated May 15, 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says it opened in 1924, was showing MGM movies, and had 437 seats. 1940 population was 3,700.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Rudy; it’s Card # 354. Address is Sweden St. There is an exterior photo dated April 10, 1941. Condition is Poor. The report says that the Rudy opened in 1909, was not showing MGM films and had 500 seats.
The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Powers; it’s Card # 353. Address is Sweden St. There is an exterior photo dated June 15, 1946 which was pasted over the original photo dated April 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says the Powers opened about 1917, was showing MGM films and had 624 seats. A competing theater was the Rudy. The 1940 population was 8,200.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the State – Card # 347. Address is Main St. There is an exterior photo taken April 18, 1941. Condition is Good. Report says it opened in 1936, was showing MGM product, and had 650 seats.
The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for this theater when it was the Mayfair; it’s Card # 348. Address is “Main St.” There is an exterior photo taken April 18, 1941. Condition is Fair. Report says it opened about 1925 and shows MGM films. 425 seats. 1940 populatin was 3,000.
The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Colonial; it’s Card # 342. But no one filled out the form so there is no info, only an undated exterior photo.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre report for this theater when it was the Opera House; it’s Card # 335. Address is 127 Main St. There is an exterior photo taken April 1941. Condition is Good. The report says it was over 15 years old and was showing MGM films. There were 758 orchestra seats and 630 balcony, total 1,388.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Olympia, it’s Card # 336. Address is Union St. There is an exterior photo taken May 15, 1941. Condition is Poor. The report says it opened in 1909 and was showing MGM movies. It had 600 seats downstairs and 250 in the balcony.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Bijou – Card # 334. Address is 164 Exchange St. There is an exterior photo taken April 1941. Condition is Good. The report says that it’s over 15 years old and was showing MGM films. There were 649 orchestra seats and 400 balcony, total 1,049. The 1940 population was 29,800.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Central; it’s Card # 343. Address is 39 Alfred St. There is an exterior photo dated April 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says that the theater is over 15 years old and was showing MGM films. There were 647 main floor seats, 413 balcony seats and 40 seats in the loges, total 1,100. A competing theater was the Opera House (for which no report was made). The 1940 population was 19,700.
The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Strand in Orono. It’s Card #422. Address is Mill St. There is an exterior photo taken Feb. 17, 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says it opened in 1921, was playing MGM films and had 650 seats. 1940 population of Orono was 3,700.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Milo Th., it’s Card # 411. Address is Main St. There is an exterior photo taken March 14, 1941. Condition is Poor. The report says it opened about 1913 and was showing MGM films. There were 250 seats on the main floor and 76 in the balcony, total 326. 1940 population was 3,000.
I have seen photos taken in 1941 of both the Colonial Theatre and the Opera House in Milbridge. Both were on Main St. with no street number given. The Colonial looks suspiciously like the Milbridge Theatre, except there was no addition on the right front, which is there today. Even the chimney is in the same place, as well as the two little dormer peaks with one large peak in the center. And the Colonial was set well back from the street. The photo of the Colonial is on the MGM Theatre Report which is in the on-line archive of the Theatre Historical Society. The photo on it was taken April 25, 1941. The Report is Card # 407. The condition is Good. The report says it opened in 1936 and was playing MGM movies. There were 350 seats. The competing theater was the Opera House, also on Main St. 1940 population was 1,300.
The Central Theatre was on Oak Street, not Broadway. The street-view picture is correct. The building in the picture matches exactly the building in a 1941 photo of the Central Theatre in Lawrence. there were several theatres on Broadway, but the Central was not one of them.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Park – Card # 337. Address is 36 State St. There is an exterior photo dated April 1941. Condition is Good. The report says it’s over 15 years old, was showing MGM product and had 1,125 seats.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Lubec; it’s Card # 401. But no one filled out the report, so there is no info. There is an undated exterior photo which was probably taken sometime in 1946- 1950.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Lincoln; it’s Card # 396. Address is Main St. There is an exterior photo dated Jan. 2, 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says it opened in 1925, was showing MGM films and had 673 seats. 1940 population was 3,600.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Riverside; it’s Card # 389. Address is Main St. There is an exterior photo taken Feb. 21, 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says it opened in 1937, was showing MGM product and had 275 seats. 1940 population was 860.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Ocean View; it’s Card # 383. Address not listed. There is an exterior photo made July 10, 1947. The report says it opened in 1945 and has 235 seats. 1947 population was 700. (1945 was actually a re-opening year).
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Opera House; it’s Card # 382. Address is “Main St.” There is an exterior photo taken Jan. 7, 1941. Condition is Poor. The report says it opened in 1907, was showing MGM films, and had 300 seats. The 1940 population was 1,300.
The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Temple; it’s Card # 380. Address is “Market”. There is an exterior photo taken April 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says that it’s over 15 years old, and was showing MGM movies. There were 605 main floor seats and 119 in the baalcony, total 724. A competing theater was the Houlton Theatre downtown. The 1940 population was 7,700.
The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Playhouse; it’s Card # 375. Adddress is “Main St.” There is an exterior photo dated March 6, 1941. The marquee reads “Gorham” Theater. Someone typed “Gorham” as the theater name, and then that was crossed out and someone wrote “Playhouse” next to it. So it was the Gorham Theatre, renamed Playhouse. Condition was Good. The report says it opened in 1940, was showing MGM films, and had 450 seats. The 1940 population was 3,500.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the first Nordica Theatre; it’s Card # 373. Address is “Water St.” There is an exterior photo dated April 2, 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says it opened in 1934, was showing MGM films, and had 325 seats. The 1940 population was 2,700.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Paramount; it’s Card # 370. Address is Main St. There is an exterior photo dated April 1941. Condition is Good. The report says it was under 10 years old (slightly incorrect), was showing MGM product, and had 958 seats. The 1940 population was 2,600.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Lincoln, it’s Card # 359. Address is “Grove St.” There is an exterior photo taken March 15, 1941. Condition is Poor. The repor says it opened about 1905, shows MGM films and had 500 seats. 1940 population was 800.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the State, it’s Card # 368. Address is Broadway. There is an external photo dated May 15, 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says it opened in 1924, was showing MGM movies, and had 437 seats. 1940 population was 3,700.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Rudy; it’s Card # 354. Address is Sweden St. There is an exterior photo dated April 10, 1941. Condition is Poor. The report says that the Rudy opened in 1909, was not showing MGM films and had 500 seats.
The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Powers; it’s Card # 353. Address is Sweden St. There is an exterior photo dated June 15, 1946 which was pasted over the original photo dated April 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says the Powers opened about 1917, was showing MGM films and had 624 seats. A competing theater was the Rudy. The 1940 population was 8,200.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the State – Card # 347. Address is Main St. There is an exterior photo taken April 18, 1941. Condition is Good. Report says it opened in 1936, was showing MGM product, and had 650 seats.
The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for this theater when it was the Mayfair; it’s Card # 348. Address is “Main St.” There is an exterior photo taken April 18, 1941. Condition is Fair. Report says it opened about 1925 and shows MGM films. 425 seats. 1940 populatin was 3,000.
The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Colonial; it’s Card # 342. But no one filled out the form so there is no info, only an undated exterior photo.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre report for this theater when it was the Opera House; it’s Card # 335. Address is 127 Main St. There is an exterior photo taken April 1941. Condition is Good. The report says it was over 15 years old and was showing MGM films. There were 758 orchestra seats and 630 balcony, total 1,388.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Olympia, it’s Card # 336. Address is Union St. There is an exterior photo taken May 15, 1941. Condition is Poor. The report says it opened in 1909 and was showing MGM movies. It had 600 seats downstairs and 250 in the balcony.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Bijou – Card # 334. Address is 164 Exchange St. There is an exterior photo taken April 1941. Condition is Good. The report says that it’s over 15 years old and was showing MGM films. There were 649 orchestra seats and 400 balcony, total 1,049. The 1940 population was 29,800.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Central; it’s Card # 343. Address is 39 Alfred St. There is an exterior photo dated April 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says that the theater is over 15 years old and was showing MGM films. There were 647 main floor seats, 413 balcony seats and 40 seats in the loges, total 1,100. A competing theater was the Opera House (for which no report was made). The 1940 population was 19,700.