A Mary Pickford wannabee standing in front of the Opera House entrance in Newport in 1919. The movie being shown is the 1919 western Sally Burke of the U-Bar-U, with Louis Bennison.
The sepia “faded-color” version of Reflections in a Golden Eye, mentioned in the above comments, also played the Providence area at East Providence’s Four Seasons Cinema, now the Patriot Cinemas. I distinctly remember seeing it there.
Found. An OLD TATTERED PROMOTIONAL POSTCARD of the Eckel Theatre from 1919. Printed text on message side:
[i]ANNIVERSARY WEEK—-THANKSGIVING—-1913-1919.
Mary Pickford in “The Hoodlum"
ENTIRE WEEK BEGINNING SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23rd.
Miss Pickford Appearing in an Altogether Unusual Role,
Unique in the Annals of Films.
FOREMOST IN PICTURES— ECKEL THEATRE— ALWAYS A GOOD SHOW
Six years ago, Thanksgiving Day, 1913—-to be exact—-the Eckel opened its doors as Syracuse’s Foremost Pictureplay House. It offered then, as it does now, the best there was in Pictures; pictures that were different. This policy has been more than maintained—-it has been made perfect. Remember the last Mary Pickford picture “Daddy Long Legs?” Well, Mary is here to help celebrate Anniversary Week, beginning Sunday, November 23rd, in her very latest picture “The Hoodlum.” We expect you too.
Very truly yours,
ECKEL THEATRE.[/i]
Ronnie D.,
They don’t show movies regularly here but feature an assortment of events including plays, the RI International Film Festival, and currently, for three weeks, the first American showings of Michael Corrente’s Brooklyn Rules. Last summer members of the Theatre Historical Society of America visited the place and went gaga over it, as with PPAC.
RonnieD,
That’s the only currently known picture of the Darlton, and it was published in the Providence Journal at the time of the theatre’s closing. There must be more photos out there.
Mr. P, thank you very much. Sometimes you can loook at an old builking and say to yourself, “This was a theatre,” because of some external evidence like a scenery tower. Here there is nothing evident. Do you know about what year the Bellevue closed? I never went to the Bellevue and am from Johnston. I have a keen interest in old RI theatres. Here you can see my FLICKR SET of pictures on that topic.
Here is a POSTCARD IMAGEof the Strand Theatre in 1946. The films listed on the marquee are California with Barbara Stanwyck and Ray Milland and Night Train to Memphis as the co-feature.
Mr. P, in THIS PICTURE of Dexter Street, across from Stanley’s, would the red brick building be next to where the Bellevue was (parking lot to its right) or is the red building originally the theatre itself? Rand Street is to the left of the building, just beyond the stores with the apartments above them. I took this yesterday.
On January December 31, 1918 a fire broke out at 11:30 PM in the furnace room after the theatre had closed. It caused considerable damage so that the theatre would not re-open for several days, according to a January 1st article in the Providence Journal.
The film Show of Shows was shown at the Majestic at the end of December 1929 and the start of January 1930. It was projected in a process called “Magnifiscope…the enlarged screen.” The ads stated that “The Majestic was the first to present the talking picture and is now the first to present the newest development, the Enlarged Screen.” In 1953 the Majestic would be the first RI theatre to utilize CinemaScope, with the extremely popular feature The Robe.
Two movie ads from the Rome newspaperll Messaggero on March 14, 1941 or XIX, 19th year of Fascism. At the Bernini: Scarpe Grosse/Big Shoes, Dino Falconi, 1940, with Amedeo Nazzari and Lilia Silvi. Starting tomorrow at the Barberini: La prima donna che passa/The First Woman Who Passes By, Max Neufeld, 1940, with Alida Valli. These were the only movies with display ads, but the film listings had over sixty theatres listed with the titles and times of films playing. In addition to Italian films there were many French titles and some American movies, including Ombre rosse which was John Ford’s Stagecoach with John Wayne and Claire Trevor. American films would be blocked by year’s end with the declaration of war between the two nations shortly after the Pearl Harbor attack. The Barberini is now a multiplex called Multisala Barberini and still thrives on Piazza Barberini. It was at one time owned by Roberto Rossellini’s father. I do not know where in Rome the Bernini was located.
In June 1965 the Lincoln Art Theatre held the American premiere of this fine 1961 commedia all'italiana, The Fascist/Il federale, unfortunately all but forgotten today.
LynnZZZ, request an administrator to change the name. I have no such power. It was always the Lincoln Art to me too since I went there in the 1960s and after to see films like Luciano Salce’s The Fascist and Jiri Weiss' Sweet Light in a Dark Room and Fellini’s The Clowns.
THIS LINK takes you to the theatre’s restoration site with lots of information about work in progress, booking plans, history, funding, etc. It looks like it will be known as the HANOVER THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS and appears to be moving forward at full speed.
THIS LINK takes you to the theatre’s restoration site with lots of information about work in progress, booking plans, history, funding, etc. It looks like it will be known as the HANOVER THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS and appears to be moving forward at full speed.
The first Old South Theatre appears on this postcard which was mailed in 1914.
A Mary Pickford wannabee standing in front of the Opera House entrance in Newport in 1919. The movie being shown is the 1919 western Sally Burke of the U-Bar-U, with Louis Bennison.
I think they do a commendable job here in employing some handicapped persons as ticket-takers.
The sepia “faded-color” version of Reflections in a Golden Eye, mentioned in the above comments, also played the Providence area at East Providence’s Four Seasons Cinema, now the Patriot Cinemas. I distinctly remember seeing it there.
Found. An OLD TATTERED PROMOTIONAL POSTCARD of the Eckel Theatre from 1919. Printed text on message side:
[i]ANNIVERSARY WEEK—-THANKSGIVING—-1913-1919.
Mary Pickford in “The Hoodlum"
ENTIRE WEEK BEGINNING SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23rd.
Miss Pickford Appearing in an Altogether Unusual Role,
Unique in the Annals of Films.
FOREMOST IN PICTURES— ECKEL THEATRE— ALWAYS A GOOD SHOW
Six years ago, Thanksgiving Day, 1913—-to be exact—-the Eckel opened its doors as Syracuse’s Foremost Pictureplay House. It offered then, as it does now, the best there was in Pictures; pictures that were different. This policy has been more than maintained—-it has been made perfect. Remember the last Mary Pickford picture “Daddy Long Legs?” Well, Mary is here to help celebrate Anniversary Week, beginning Sunday, November 23rd, in her very latest picture “The Hoodlum.” We expect you too.
Very truly yours,
ECKEL THEATRE.[/i]
Ronnie D.,
They don’t show movies regularly here but feature an assortment of events including plays, the RI International Film Festival, and currently, for three weeks, the first American showings of Michael Corrente’s Brooklyn Rules. Last summer members of the Theatre Historical Society of America visited the place and went gaga over it, as with PPAC.
RonnieD,
That’s the only currently known picture of the Darlton, and it was published in the Providence Journal at the time of the theatre’s closing. There must be more photos out there.
July, 1963 program shared with the Seekonk “Art” Drive-In.
Mr. P, thank you very much. Sometimes you can loook at an old builking and say to yourself, “This was a theatre,” because of some external evidence like a scenery tower. Here there is nothing evident. Do you know about what year the Bellevue closed? I never went to the Bellevue and am from Johnston. I have a keen interest in old RI theatres. Here you can see my FLICKR SET of pictures on that topic.
Here is a POSTCARD IMAGEof the Strand Theatre in 1946. The films listed on the marquee are California with Barbara Stanwyck and Ray Milland and Night Train to Memphis as the co-feature.
Mr. P, in THIS PICTURE of Dexter Street, across from Stanley’s, would the red brick building be next to where the Bellevue was (parking lot to its right) or is the red building originally the theatre itself? Rand Street is to the left of the building, just beyond the stores with the apartments above them. I took this yesterday.
On January December 31, 1918 a fire broke out at 11:30 PM in the furnace room after the theatre had closed. It caused considerable damage so that the theatre would not re-open for several days, according to a January 1st article in the Providence Journal.
On February 2, 1919 Fays Theatre hosted the great Russian pianist in a recital. Prices ranged from $1.00 to a top of $2.00.
The film Show of Shows was shown at the Majestic at the end of December 1929 and the start of January 1930. It was projected in a process called “Magnifiscope…the enlarged screen.” The ads stated that “The Majestic was the first to present the talking picture and is now the first to present the newest development, the Enlarged Screen.” In 1953 the Majestic would be the first RI theatre to utilize CinemaScope, with the extremely popular feature The Robe.
Two movie ads from the Rome newspaper ll Messaggero on March 14, 1941 or XIX, 19th year of Fascism. At the Bernini: Scarpe Grosse/Big Shoes, Dino Falconi, 1940, with Amedeo Nazzari and Lilia Silvi. Starting tomorrow at the Barberini: La prima donna che passa/The First Woman Who Passes By, Max Neufeld, 1940, with Alida Valli. These were the only movies with display ads, but the film listings had over sixty theatres listed with the titles and times of films playing. In addition to Italian films there were many French titles and some American movies, including Ombre rosse which was John Ford’s Stagecoach with John Wayne and Claire Trevor. American films would be blocked by year’s end with the declaration of war between the two nations shortly after the Pearl Harbor attack. The Barberini is now a multiplex called Multisala Barberini and still thrives on Piazza Barberini. It was at one time owned by Roberto Rossellini’s father. I do not know where in Rome the Bernini was located.
BR at the NYC World.
1950
This article recently appeared in the New Bedford paper. It’s about efforts to save the Orpheum.
In June 1965 the Lincoln Art Theatre held the American premiere of this fine 1961 commedia all'italiana, The Fascist/Il federale, unfortunately all but forgotten today.
LynnZZZ, request an administrator to change the name. I have no such power. It was always the Lincoln Art to me too since I went there in the 1960s and after to see films like Luciano Salce’s The Fascist and Jiri Weiss' Sweet Light in a Dark Room and Fellini’s The Clowns.
Film playing at the Baronet in 1956.
An elephant at the Fifth Avenue Cinema in 1954.
Here is a nice photo of the Albee, Grace Church, and Westminster Street with trackless trolleys on February 21, 1946.
These first three old photos are of the Orpheum Theatre in the 1950s.
MARQUEE in 1952
AUDITORIUM
KILLINGLY COMMUNITY BAND – 1950
Uncertain if this is the Danielson/Orpheum. Taken in 1912.
OVERLAND WESTERNERS
THIS LINK takes you to the theatre’s restoration site with lots of information about work in progress, booking plans, history, funding, etc. It looks like it will be known as the HANOVER THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS and appears to be moving forward at full speed.
THIS LINK takes you to the theatre’s restoration site with lots of information about work in progress, booking plans, history, funding, etc. It looks like it will be known as the HANOVER THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS and appears to be moving forward at full speed.