Burnside Theatre
580 Burnside Avenue,
East Hartford,
CT
06108
580 Burnside Avenue,
East Hartford,
CT
06108
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Liggett-Florin Booking Service
Architects: Morris Rothenberg
Styles: Colonial Revival
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Opened on September 15, 1949 with June Haver in “Look For the Silver Lining”. The Burnside Theatre is listed twice in the 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook under Hartford with 800 seats and under Burnside with 750 seats. It was designed by Brooklyn, NY architect Morris Rothenberg. It was twinned on March 19, 1975. This theatre in East Hartford closed in 1980.
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Gerald A. DeLuca
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Article, with photo, on the opening of the Burnside Theatre which appeared in Boxoffice magazine, October 8, 1949:
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PLEASE CHANGE NAME TO:
BURNSIDE 1 & 2.
PLEASE CHANGE FUNCTION TO:
OFFICE.
Last I knew it was a Social Security Office and had a Doctor Office?
Owners:
1961 Connecticut Theaters?
1964? and I know for sure 1967, Brandt Theaters of 42nd St., New York, N. Y. Harry had 119 theaters in 1967. Anyone know what happened to Brandt?
More info or photos?
Owned by Morris Kepner until closing I worked as one of the projectionist
when it was a single and then a twin. I never remenber of Brandt
theatres. Ed Glazer
This opened on September 15th, 1949. The grand opening ad can be found in the photo section.
This reopened as a twin cinema on March 19th, 1975. Grand opening ad in the photo section.