Go to http://www.cinematour.com/tour.php?db=us&id=496 to view my photos of interior demolition last fall. I especially like where you can see the wall between the two auditoriums removed, but both screens still hanging. It was sad to see the Elm in such a state. It has been gutted further since then.
Exact address was 961 Albany Ave. It is demolished and there is now a gas station there. I believe this is also now the most crime-ridden location in the entire city according to a Hartford Courant study.
Opened in 1937, the Webster was designed and owned by Albert Shulman. It closed in 1986, but reopened in 1996. His daughter still owns and operates the theatre today. The Shulmans also owned the now-demolished Rivoli on Park Street in Hartford and the now-vacant Plaza in Windsor.
I remember seeing a movie at the Webster in the mid-80’s as a young child during its brief run as a family-oriented cinema.
Joel: Check out CinemaTour.com – I’ve got photos on there of porno theatres that still currently operate in Hartford, CT; New Haven, CT; Troy, NY;, and Syracuse, NY. I know there are others on there as well.
The Torrington Drive-In closed in the 1980’s (I think), but its screen still stands. You can also see the foundation where the snack bar used to be. The marquee stands, but its covered up by a sign advertising a “Connecticut Bike Week” from years past. The screen is nearly blocked by the tall pine trees that have grown up in front of it. The trees at the back of the lot, however, have been removed. The drive-in property was under consideration for the site of the new Litchfield County Courthouse, but they have decided to build that elsewhere.
Gerald, have you checked to confirm that all these old storefront moviehouses you post are actually demolished? I have found here, in Connecticut, that the buildings that housed storefront theatres sometimes remain.
Go to http://www.cinematour.com/tour.php?db=us&id=496 to view my photos of interior demolition last fall. I especially like where you can see the wall between the two auditoriums removed, but both screens still hanging. It was sad to see the Elm in such a state. It has been gutted further since then.
Exact address was 961 Albany Ave. It is demolished and there is now a gas station there. I believe this is also now the most crime-ridden location in the entire city according to a Hartford Courant study.
Opened in 1937, the Webster was designed and owned by Albert Shulman. It closed in 1986, but reopened in 1996. His daughter still owns and operates the theatre today. The Shulmans also owned the now-demolished Rivoli on Park Street in Hartford and the now-vacant Plaza in Windsor.
I remember seeing a movie at the Webster in the mid-80’s as a young child during its brief run as a family-oriented cinema.
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Maybe he’s just loves watching porn on 20 foot high screens.
There’s no way the Webster was still open and showing films as late as 1990.
Joel: Check out CinemaTour.com – I’ve got photos on there of porno theatres that still currently operate in Hartford, CT; New Haven, CT; Troy, NY;, and Syracuse, NY. I know there are others on there as well.
Any word on progress of this project?
I miss the old Flicker Shack in Sedona!
For the third or fourth time – THIS THEATRE IS NOT DEMOLISHED!
The interior has been gutted for reuse as a pharmacy. Change the status to merely CLOSED.
This theatre’s status should be OPEN as the State Theatre Twin.
This was used as a cinema back in the 40’s as well. The status here should be open (although not as a cinema). See photos of it at http://www.cinematour.com/tour.php?db=us&id=17041
The final movies shown here were “The Big Sleep” and “The Maltese Falcon.”
It seems that currently they are only running shows on four of the seven screens.
The words “Norma Jean” should be removed from the name of this theatre.
I’m not sure how well a PUB and cinema would work when ¾ of the proposed clientele (Yale students) is under age 21.
The marquee has been removed. Conversion to a pharmacy continues.
I think I heard that this theatre was literally built above the water. It hung out over it. Supposedly there were wharf rats underneath.
What were the other two theatres in Novogrod’s chain?
How much do you want for it?
The Torrington Drive-In closed in the 1980’s (I think), but its screen still stands. You can also see the foundation where the snack bar used to be. The marquee stands, but its covered up by a sign advertising a “Connecticut Bike Week” from years past. The screen is nearly blocked by the tall pine trees that have grown up in front of it. The trees at the back of the lot, however, have been removed. The drive-in property was under consideration for the site of the new Litchfield County Courthouse, but they have decided to build that elsewhere.
Gerald, have you checked to confirm that all these old storefront moviehouses you post are actually demolished? I have found here, in Connecticut, that the buildings that housed storefront theatres sometimes remain.
I thought this cinema opened early to mid-70’s.
Please send me the photos too. Click on my name for contact info.
Oh, yeah. I forgot that this most surely was a twin. One screen was the Candlelite and the other screen was the Pix.