Strand Theatre
4 E. Main Street,
Mystic,
CT
06355
4 E. Main Street,
Mystic,
CT
06355
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They were screening Sink The Bismarck 2 weeks before it burned down
This theatre may have been known as the Mystic in the 1910s. Newspaper ad found.
from Boxoffice Magazine, April 23, 1938:
Four Westerly and Mystic Houses Will Be Renovated
WESTERLY, R.I. – Jack Findlay, owner and operator of the Central, United and Lyric Theatres here and the Strand, Mystic, Conn., is renovating all four houses. Work on the Central, which will double its present seating capacity, is in progress. At the same time two new rectifiers and two lamps are being installed in the United and new carpet laid. The 400-seat Lyric, closed for many years, will soon begin complete renovation, while next in line the Strand will be entirely modernized. Findlay plans to operate the three Westerly houses full time first-run."
The Strand can be seen in this 1949 photo. It burned to the ground on December 2, 1960.
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I’m wondering if the Lyric in nearby Pawcatuck/Westerly hovered over water also, since city directories gave its address as West Broad and added “on the bridge.”
I think I heard that this theatre was literally built above the water. It hung out over it. Supposedly there were wharf rats underneath.
In June of 1940 Hitchcock’s Rebecca with Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier played here. There, isn’t that an earth-shaking fact?