Stone slab with the name of the theatre can be seen in pieces. It wound up by itself on the sand of the nearby beach. Photos can be found elsewhere on this theatre page.
After nearly a year of extensive renovations to its century-old structure, a beloved Providence venue is making its long-awaited encore. Read more about Uptown Theater here: https://www.wpri.com/…/historic-uptown-theater-returns…/
A subsequent flood in August 1955 led to the permanent closing of the theatre, followed by sale and demolition by the new owners who created a parking lot where a Walgreen’s pharmacy would later be built.
An ad on February 24, 1955 stated “This theatre will close temporarily after tonight’s performance. PRINCE VALIANT and CATTLE QUEEN OF MONTANA. The big flood arrived in August and the theatre never re-opened but was demolished.
The newspaper piece is from the Berkshire Gleaner.
French movie program.
Great Italian film program. Movies by Fellini and Blasetti.
Stone slab with the name of the theatre can be seen in pieces. It wound up by itself on the sand of the nearby beach. Photos can be found elsewhere on this theatre page.
I think you can still see the stone slab with the name of the theatre near the top of the arch.
The Park Theatre also now has a page on CT.
Opening film: The Beloved Bachelor.
When the nearby Lee Theatre opened up the street in 1940, it would assume the mantle of the town’s only movie theatre by replacing the Park.
A country music event.
When the theatre is now used at all, it is for country music performances.
Credit to Damien Jurado.
Last program of films here might have been around February 20, 1960 with The Gene Krupa Story and The Crimson Kimono.
Last program ever at the Bijou might have been around February 20, 1960 with Blue Denim and 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock.
Ghostly.
This is a work of art, not an actual vertical marquee.
After nearly a year of extensive renovations to its century-old structure, a beloved Providence venue is making its long-awaited encore. Read more about Uptown Theater here: https://www.wpri.com/…/historic-uptown-theater-returns…/
In 1946.
There was a similar theatre in Grand Central Station in New York for many years. It seated about half as malny patrons as this one in Boston.
A subsequent flood in August 1955 led to the permanent closing of the theatre, followed by sale and demolition by the new owners who created a parking lot where a Walgreen’s pharmacy would later be built.
An ad on February 24, 1955 stated “This theatre will close temporarily after tonight’s performance. PRINCE VALIANT and CATTLE QUEEN OF MONTANA. The big flood arrived in August and the theatre never re-opened but was demolished.
Saw De Sica’s moving masterpiece here with my parents.
American-made Italian film. Opera in Italian.
Pro-Mussolini films and events were common here before the war began.
Scipio Africanus as a Mussolini figure.
In 1911.