Star Theatre
130 Pascoag Main Street,
Pascoag,
RI
02859
130 Pascoag Main Street,
Pascoag,
RI
02859
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A small theatre in Pascoag, Burrillville, RI. It was opened by 1922. It did not survive beyond the 1960’s and was demolished decades ago.
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Gerald A. DeLuca
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The Music Hall, Pascoag’s other lost movie theatre (and social hall) is now posted. Click here.
I spoke to an old gentleman in Pascoag today at the hardware store and he said that the Star was located at or very near the spot where the current Subway sandwich shop is located at 130 Main Street.
If this is the theatre I am thinking of, I saw A Hard Days Night here multiple times. My brother dated a girl whose parents owned the theatre and I would get parked there while he was on a date.
If I remember correctly, the family name was Deroy or Deny.
“Pascoag Star Blaze Confined to Booth"
Item in Boxoffice magazine, May 27, 1950:
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Earlier article of the rebuilding of the Star after an earlier fire in 1937. From Boxoffice magazine, February 1, 1937:
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Boxing at the Star Theatre, 1922. Providence News, October 4, 1922.
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This theatre was part of the September 1923 6th Paramount Week. In this advertisement from the (Providence) Evening Tribune, September 1, 1923, we see a fascinating list of Rhode Island area theatres, many long-gone and long-forgoten, or even unheard of, as well as what they were showing during that week. The Star was showing Java Head with Leatrice Joy. CLICK HERE and move image to see all theatres.
Photo of the Star’s reopening in 1961, showing Dumbo and The Absent Minded Professor. Scroll down to fourth photo.
There are references in lists from around 1915 to a theatre in Pascoag called the Empire. Could that have been the Star or the Music Hall, or was it another location?
The Empire Theatre, Main Street, Pascoag was listed in the 1914-1915 edition of American Motion Picture Directory. It was the only movie theatre listed in that town.
In the 1926 edition of Film Daily Yearbook the 400-seat Star Theatre was the only theatre listed for Pascoag.