Odeon Theatre

Roberts Street,
West Warwick, RI 02893

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Brian Edmund Guiot
Brian Edmund Guiot on January 1, 2015 at 4:13 pm

Hello all! I live in West Warwick. I am a historian. I have a ton of information on the old theatres in West Warwick. Any questions, please e-mail me at . Happy to help you! Brian

Gerald A. DeLuca
Gerald A. DeLuca on February 20, 2011 at 2:03 pm

October 16, 1921 at the Odeon….a show called “Melodyland."
AD.

Gerald A. DeLuca
Gerald A. DeLuca on July 26, 2005 at 2:08 pm

Sarah Bernhardt once performed here!

Yes, Sarah Bernhardt. The year is unclear, but it is mentioned in the book by Mathias P. Harpin, Trumpets of Jericho, about this Pawtuxet Valley town:

“Father Bourgeois brought Bernhardt to Jericho. Her agent came first to see if the theater was worthy of the great star’s talents. Father Bourgeois escorted her through the theater.

‘Marvelous Marvelous! Simply marvelous!’ exclaimed the woman who had the world at her feet in the roles of Camille, La Tosca, Cléopâtre and l'Aiglon."

Gerald A. DeLuca
Gerald A. DeLuca on July 25, 2005 at 1:46 pm

From an article in The Providence Journal on December 18, 2003:

“In May 1999, authorities announced with great fanfare that they had cracked one of the biggest of the unsolved cases, the 1996 Christmas Day fire that destroyed the Odeon Theater. They charged a local man with first-degree arson; the charge was eventually dropped for lack of evidence.”

Gerald A. DeLuca
Gerald A. DeLuca on July 20, 2005 at 5:54 pm

And here is a photo of the Odeon.