I walked by this theatre this morning on my way to the Rollins Gymnasium to vote in a special referenda election. I peeked through the doors into the lobby area. The place, I surmise, is anxious to resume post-pandemic business as a dinner club. Memories came back to me from when I was a young adult film buff and saw so many good films here as the Art Cinema.
Article in the Lakeville Journal of February 18, 1960 on the origins of and rivalry between the two Lakeville theatres: Roberts Hall and Best (later called Stuart). “2 MACHINES, CONTINUOUS PROJECTION.” http://scoville.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=%22roberts%20hall%22&i=f&d=01011871-12312019&m=between&ord=k1&fn=lakeville_journal_usa_connecticut_lakeville_19600218_english_4&df=71&dt=80
Article in the Lakeville Journal of February 18, 1960 on the origins of and rivalry between the two Lakeville theatres: Roberts Hall and Best (later called Stuart). “2 MACHINES, CONTINUOUS PROJECTION.” http://scoville.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=%22roberts%20hall%22&i=f&d=01011871-12312019&m=between&ord=k1&fn=lakeville_journal_usa_connecticut_lakeville_19600218_english_4&df=71&dt=80
A piece I found in the local newspaper, with photo, says that the Stuart Theatre burned down on Christmas Day in 1958 and that its address was on Ethan Allen Street.
Once the theatre re-opened as a theatre/cabaret club, the 2020 pandemic set it, and operations were halted. I posted a couple of photos of the new spiffy interior.
The “Quonset style” building on Pruden Street is the Chatham Theatre. See the Chatham Theatre page and the Google photo from above its location.
The address, according to Google Maps, is 14 Pruden Street, about a block off Main Street.
In 1952.
1955 ad.
2006 circa, when the Columbus was showing art house movies with minimal success.
The name of the town is officially Marlborough, it seems, though widely spelled Marlboro.
Looks like it was a home too. The owner?
Mary Pickford, of course.
The ad was in the Fall River Globe. This film had another title: “Pleasures of the Rich.”
The year is 2006. (The Break Up, The Da Vinci Code on the marquee).
1941 photo.
The year 1915 in the article should correctly be 1925.
Article was on moviegoing choices in the area.
“Born Free.”
Opened in August 1955.
My photo for 12/24/2005. Came here to see “Brokeback Mountain.”
I walked by this theatre this morning on my way to the Rollins Gymnasium to vote in a special referenda election. I peeked through the doors into the lobby area. The place, I surmise, is anxious to resume post-pandemic business as a dinner club. Memories came back to me from when I was a young adult film buff and saw so many good films here as the Art Cinema.
The address was given in Cinematour as 73 Main Street.
Article in the Lakeville Journal of February 18, 1960 on the origins of and rivalry between the two Lakeville theatres: Roberts Hall and Best (later called Stuart). “2 MACHINES, CONTINUOUS PROJECTION.” http://scoville.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=%22roberts%20hall%22&i=f&d=01011871-12312019&m=between&ord=k1&fn=lakeville_journal_usa_connecticut_lakeville_19600218_english_4&df=71&dt=80
Article in the Lakeville Journal of February 18, 1960 on the origins of and rivalry between the two Lakeville theatres: Roberts Hall and Best (later called Stuart). “2 MACHINES, CONTINUOUS PROJECTION.” http://scoville.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=%22roberts%20hall%22&i=f&d=01011871-12312019&m=between&ord=k1&fn=lakeville_journal_usa_connecticut_lakeville_19600218_english_4&df=71&dt=80
A piece I found in the local newspaper, with photo, says that the Stuart Theatre burned down on Christmas Day in 1958 and that its address was on Ethan Allen Street.
Some information for updating: the Maple opened in 1950 and closed in 1960. It had 300 seats. From Mike Rivest’s Quebec site.
“Peck’s Bad Boy” was a 1921 film with Jackie Coogan.
Once the theatre re-opened as a theatre/cabaret club, the 2020 pandemic set it, and operations were halted. I posted a couple of photos of the new spiffy interior.
I noted the two evenings of Czech films. Is there a local Slavic community, I wonder?