Palace Theatre
95 Exchange Street,
Bangor,
ME
04401
95 Exchange Street,
Bangor,
ME
04401
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The Palace theatre opened on February 1st, 1912. Grand opening ad posted.
Six theaters are listed for Bangor in a 1922 directory, but the Palace is not among them. 95 Exchange Street was listed as the location of the shop of Clark Max, a dry goods retailer.
Cinemalover’s link. The photos of the Park Theatre show that it was indeed at the northeast corner of State Street and Park Street. As the Palace was at 95 Exchange Street, the Palace and the Park were different theaters. 95 Exchange would be two blocks south of State Street.
Once again we have two theaters conflated, and we need a new page for one or the other. An article about Bangor’s theaters in the July 15, 1916, issue of The Moving Picture World clarifies the early days of both.
The Palace Theatre at 95 Exchange Street was opened in 1911 by Pope D. McKinnon. It had 400 seats. It was still in operation in 1916 under the direction of the Acme Amusement Company.
The Park Theatre opened as the Star Theatre on December 25, 1913, and was also initially operated Mr. McKinnon. The 1,200-seat house was taken over by the Keith circuit on November 28, 1914, after which it was redecorated and renamed the Park Theatre.
Here is a picture of it http://tinyurl.com/mw5y3sp
Palace was at 95 Exchange Street in the 1917 city directory.