Mayfair Theatre
69 Main Street,
Bridgton,
ME
04009
69 Main Street,
Bridgton,
ME
04009
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Previous Names: Meserve Theatre, Brookside Theatre, Magic Lantern Theatre
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The Meserve Theatre was a long-running movie theatre on Main Street in Bridgton, Maine. It opened on June 5, 1929. By 1936 it had been renamed Mayfair Theatre and was still operating in 1957. It later became the Brookside Theatre and finally the Magic Lantern Theatre. In 1990 a second screen was converted out of the former stage. It was closed on October 2, 2005 and was demolished on February 7, 2006.
A new 3-screen Magic Lantern Theatre was built on the site (which has its own page on Cinema Treasures).
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The Mayfair Theatre opened on June 5th, 1929 as the Meserve Theatre. Later operating as the Mayfair for a time, it was eventually renamed the Brookside Theatre, and finally the Magic Lantern Theatre. In 1990, the theater’s stage was closed and a second screen was added. The Magic Lantern Theatre closed on October 2nd, 2005, and the aged building, parts of which dated back to 1856, was demolished on February 7th, 2006. On the cleared site rose the new Magic Lantern Theatre, a three-screen operation which pays tribute to its predecessor by calling its three auditoriums the Meserve, the Mayfair, and the Brookside.
This history, and a bit more detail, can be found on this page of the Magic Lantern’s web site. There is also one historic photo of the original theater building.
Cinema Tour gives 69 Main Street as the address of this house. The entrance of the new Magic Lantern is around the corner on Depot Street.