Pastime Theatre
High Street and Exchange Street,
Pawtucket,
RI
02860
High Street and Exchange Street,
Pawtucket,
RI
02860
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Previous Names: Gaiety Theatre, Fay's Theatre, Lyceum Theatre
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The Gaiety Theatre was opened by November 1901. By January 1908 it had been renamed Fay’s Theatre, the later in 1908 it became the Lyceum Theatre. On December 20, 1909 it became the Pastime Theatre. The theatre existed in downtown Pawtucket in the 1910’s and had newspaper advertisements. It was listed in the American Motion Picture Directory 1914-1915. It had closed by 1926.
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Gerald A. DeLuca
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The Pastime Theatre opened on December 20, 1909.
The Gaiety Theatre, per a November 29, 1901 piece in the paper, had the same address as the Pastime would have, High and Exchange. I believe the Gaiety (1901) became the Pastime in 1909.
In 1908 this theatre is advertised in the Pawtucket newspaper as the Lyceum. See ad posted.
A newspaper piece on March 17, 1914 has this place showing the silent film “Tigris the Master Crackman.” The name of the place was now given as the Orpheum Theatre. There were frequent name changes for the place :Gaiety, Lyceum, Pastime, Orpheum, and who knows what else.
Also called Fay’s Theatre, January 1, 1908 ad. Address: High and Exchange.
Photo of the Pastime in 1919: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pawtucketlibrary/44289071420/in/album-72157702646785301/
Closer view, with a For Sale sign on the building - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pawtucketlibrary/32234004648/in/album-72157702646785301/