Former employees have embarked on a Kickstarter program to raise $70,000 by September 2nd. $8,000 raised so far. Money for additional digital and seating updates.
Ground lease for the property expires in 2048 and specifies premises must be used as a theater.
I’ve got an answer to a couple of questions and some news. The Milbridge was called the Colonial when it opened in 1937 so Ken, you can update the seating capacity and the AKA. Unfortunately you can also update the status as closed.
According to an article in BDN Maine for August 5, 2015 it is unlikely that this summer’s only theater will reopen due to the death of the owner, Dave Parsons, who had owned the theater since 1978 (no indication if he made the name change). Also, according to his brother it probably would have not opened this year anyway because of the digital situation. To renovate and upgrade the theater would cost $150,000 which wouldn’t seem feasible.
I’ve uploaded a photo of the façade, with a tribute to the owner on the marquee, taken by Phil Duggan. You will note the emerald green door. It seems as though Dave’s favorite movie was the Wizard of Oz and to pay homage to it the door was painted emerald green and the ramp to the theater was painted yellow.
Richard Harrison – When Lost Memory severed his connections with Cinema Treasures most of his comments and photos were deleted, including the one of the Pilgrim to which you refer. Could you possibly upload it now?
Need a little qualification here. If this theater was built on the site of the old Rave 12 the demo date could not have been one month before the opening of the new. June 2014?
Large Korean population in Flushing. Bayside is the closest town with a functioning theater albeit one which has been the subject of numerous complaints on this site.
Finally scanned a photo and uploaded it.
Uploaded photo as the Gayety.
Ron, if the Arcadia and Opera House were in Rumford, neither are on CT.
Former employees have embarked on a Kickstarter program to raise $70,000 by September 2nd. $8,000 raised so far. Money for additional digital and seating updates. Ground lease for the property expires in 2048 and specifies premises must be used as a theater.
Uploaded a photo from the Three Rivers Community of Maine Collection.
Some shots of and in the Milbridge can be seen in the 2005 indy movie The Puffy Chair.
I’ve got an answer to a couple of questions and some news. The Milbridge was called the Colonial when it opened in 1937 so Ken, you can update the seating capacity and the AKA. Unfortunately you can also update the status as closed.
According to an article in BDN Maine for August 5, 2015 it is unlikely that this summer’s only theater will reopen due to the death of the owner, Dave Parsons, who had owned the theater since 1978 (no indication if he made the name change). Also, according to his brother it probably would have not opened this year anyway because of the digital situation. To renovate and upgrade the theater would cost $150,000 which wouldn’t seem feasible.
I’ve uploaded a photo of the façade, with a tribute to the owner on the marquee, taken by Phil Duggan. You will note the emerald green door. It seems as though Dave’s favorite movie was the Wizard of Oz and to pay homage to it the door was painted emerald green and the ramp to the theater was painted yellow.
And the actual address is??????
Seth, can you get us a full address to we can have a Google Street view.
Johnny any address, seating capacity or anything else to flesh out the heading?
Origin of name?
Richard Harrison – When Lost Memory severed his connections with Cinema Treasures most of his comments and photos were deleted, including the one of the Pilgrim to which you refer. Could you possibly upload it now?
Uploaded a photo from the Emmerson Collection of the Portsmouth Public Library.
Uploaded a picture from the Emmerson Collection of the Portsmouth Public Library.
Couldn’t photos be put in the photo section rather than linked?
Great photo but couldn’t it be uploaded to the photo section. Links are easily broken.
Destroyed by fire aka demolished.
Need a little qualification here. If this theater was built on the site of the old Rave 12 the demo date could not have been one month before the opening of the new. June 2014?
27 seats! There are people with home theaters that seat more than that! They spent $60,000 to go digital for 27 seats?
Wow, a whole 728 seats. In the day most single screen theaters had more than that.
Theater with an identity crisis: half of the print references call it the Village Square Mall Theater.
Large Korean population in Flushing. Bayside is the closest town with a functioning theater albeit one which has been the subject of numerous complaints on this site.
David, there is no entry for the hardtop next to the drive-in which you mentioned. Will you be adding it to CT?
theatrefan – the original Shore was actually levelled. The new shared the same footprint.
You’d think they’d set them back from the road a bit.