Correction on above caption: this fire was on January 15, 1947, per the Woonsocket Call and a look at what was on the marquee in this and another photo from that date.
Jean Vigo and Julien Duvivier program. Two masterpieces of French cinema actually. French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
For those familiar with Woonsocket, this long-gone theatre was located on Cumberland Street, between Clinton and Social streets, only a few yards away from St. Ann’s Church (now St. Ann Cultural Center). It was diagonally across from the present-day Walgreen’s Pharmacy. See the included map on this page.
Correction on above caption: this fire was on January 15, 1947, per the Woonsocket Call and a look at what was on the marquee in this and another photo from that date.
“Il Sole Sorge Ancora,” Aldo Vergano, 1946.
“Poil de Carotte,” directed by Julien Duvivier.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
“Untel père et fils”, “Immortal France”.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
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French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
This is the 1942 French film “Macao, l'enfer du jeu,” dubbed in English, also known as “Gambling Hell” and directed by Jean Delannoy.
Jean Vigo and Julien Duvivier program. Two masterpieces of French cinema actually. French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
For those familiar with Woonsocket, this long-gone theatre was located on Cumberland Street, between Clinton and Social streets, only a few yards away from St. Ann’s Church (now St. Ann Cultural Center). It was diagonally across from the present-day Walgreen’s Pharmacy. See the included map on this page.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.