Cameo Theatre
79 Main Street,
Bristol,
CT
06010
79 Main Street,
Bristol,
CT
06010
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Previously operated by: Stanley-Warner Theatres, Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.
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The Cameo Theatre was the largest theatre in Bristol with over 1,600 seats. Located in downtown Bristol, the Cameo Theatre was opened on October 27, 1927 with Dolores Costello in The Collage Widow". It was closed in 1961.
It was demolished in summer of 1963.
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Roger Katz
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Boxoffice of August 21, 1961, reported that the Cameo Theatre in Bristol was being razed to make way for an addition to the Southern New England Telephone Company building. The Cameo had been operated by Stanley-Warner, also operators of the Bristol Theatre.
The actual destruction of the Cameo apparently didn’t take place until 1963. Boxoffice of August 19 that year said: “The former Stanley Warner Theatre on North Main Street has been demolished to make way for a redevelopment project.” Though it doesn’t mention the name Cameo, the item must refer to that house. I can’t find any indication that Stanley Warner ever operated an eponymous theater in Bristol.
Opened on October 27, 1927 with Dolores Costello in “The College Widow” along with the Monty Banks short “Monty Of The Mounted”, a newsreel, several vaudeville performances (including Myers and Hanneford in “Go Yom Wong Troupe” and Harry Brenn in “The Garden Of Roses”), and a performance by Nat Martin and his band. An opening march and the Star-Spangled Banner was also presented before the action.