Photos favorited by davidcoppock

  • <p>Newspaper report of the Como Theatre’s opening in February 1938 …</p>
  • <p>Newspaper report at the time of the Como Theatre’s opening in 1938. Today, the theatre (as the Cygnet) is looking as smart as ever …</p>
  • <p>1965</p>
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  • <p>2/2</p>
  • <p>Nowadays a childcare centre occupies what was the bio box and kiosk at the Starview Drive in</p>
  • <p>These are the foundations that used to support the screen.</p>
  • <p>July 26th, 1978</p>
  • <p>“Poor Richard” was operator Richard Dupuis who founded the pun/cinema beginning with Annie Hall July 18, 1978 and had a ten-year lease that lapsed. He got six months of renewal and closed February 2, 1989 after an auctioning of the pub/theater’s contents and a final showing of “Tequila Sunrise”.</p>
  • <p>2006 obituary for Richard N. Dupuis, owner of Poor Richard’s Pub and Cinema.</p>