RKO Albee Theatre

320 Westminster Street,
Providence, RI 02903

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Gerald A. DeLuca
Gerald A. DeLuca on March 31, 2005 at 2:04 pm

Ron, a lovely parking lot replaced this most beautiful of theatres! Nothing has replaced the parking lot.

The theatre had TWO balconies. Memory: In early 1954 as a child of 12, I sat in the second balcony watching an odd double bill of “Hondo” (in 3-D) with John Wayne and “Volcano” with Anna Magnani.

Ron Newman
Ron Newman on March 31, 2005 at 1:24 pm

What replaced this theatre?

Gerald A. DeLuca
Gerald A. DeLuca on March 31, 2005 at 1:16 pm

Here’s a photo I took of the theatre in 1967. The pedestrian mall has gone back to being a street open to motor traffic.
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Elsie
Elsie on August 5, 2004 at 12:06 pm

I saw a few movies here in the early 60s, including a double bill of WAY, WAY OUT with Jerry Lewis and SMOKY with Fess Parker.

Gerald A. DeLuca
Gerald A. DeLuca on March 15, 2004 at 12:16 pm

As a child in the 1940’s I was taken to see some of my first movies ever in this paradise lost: SONG OF THE SOUTH, JOAN OF ARC (uncut version), and CINDERELLA in 1950.

William
William on March 15, 2004 at 11:58 am

The RKO Albee Theatre seated 2314 people.