John Street Theatre
72 John Street,
Cumberland,
RI
02864
72 John Street,
Cumberland,
RI
02864
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References to the theatre appeared in the Pawtucket newspaper in the 1913-1914 era. I have copied some of those references and posted them in the photo section. There are no actual ads for the theatre to be found. The place was actually probably a social club with portable projection equipment as one of the scanned pieces indicates. It could even have been an Odd Fellows Hall. As Roland L. suggests in a previous comment, this was likely a hall with a screen and portable projector.
Gerald, I talked with a lady that knew about the building that was used for the John St. Theater. The building was nondescript and recalls it being an Amvets Club type building and not really a theater per se. After reading about the old theaters of the 1920’s and 30’s, it seems that a lot of theaters were no more than halls that sported a screen and a portable projector. From her description, this particular theater was of that genre. She believes the building was razed (as you state) many decades ago and possibly in the 50’s.
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