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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Vermont » Bellows Falls » Bellows Falls Opera House
Also known as Opera House, Falls Cinema, New Falls Cinema

Bellows Falls Opera House

Bellows Falls, VT
7 Square
, Bellows Falls, VT 05101 United States
(map)
802.463.4766
Status: Open/Restoring
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Movies (First Run)
Seats: 557
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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This theater is located inside the Rockingham Town Hall building. The last I knew it was being operated as the Falls Cinema. I was projectionist there in the middle Fifties, when it was known as the Opera House.

Unknown amount of seating but fairly good-sized with a large balcony.
Contributed by Richard Doane

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Listed in the Film Daily Yearbook;1950 edition as the Opera House with a seating capacity of 946.

Originally opened as the Opera House. Later operating as the Falls Cinema & New Falls Cinema for many years, it has now been refurbished and re-named the Bellows Falls Opera House. Plans are going ahead to refurbish the stage and backstage areas so that live perfomances will be able to take place again to complement to film performances.
posted by KenRoe on Aug 19, 2006 at 4:14am
There is a Bellows Falls Opera House listed under Bellows Falls VT in the 1897-98 edition of the Julius Cahn Official Theatrical Guide. I don't know if it is the same as the present building. It is listed as having 1,000 seats. Ticket prices range from 35 cents to 75 cents. It had electric illumination. The proscenium was 35 feet wide x 30 feet high,and the stage was 33 feet deep. The theatre was on the second floor and there were 5 members in the house orchestra. J.E. Brosnahan was Manager. Local hotels include the Rockingham, Commercial and the Fall Mountain House. The local newspaper was the Bellows Falls Times, W.C. Belknap critic.
posted by Ron Salters on Dec 16, 2006 at 8:11am
In the 1942-43 edition of the Motion Picture Almanac, the Opera House in Bellows Falls VT is listed as being operated by Interstate Theatre Corp. of Boston.
posted by Ron Salters on Feb 19, 2007 at 7:16am
Hello all!

I am curious as to if anyone knows how the Bellows Falls Opera House is coming along in terms of live performances. Last year I visited Bellows Falls, but the theatre was still only showing movies. They mentioned they were going to work on the stage areas to handle live shows. That was about a year ago, so I am wondering where they stand now with this project. Regardless I am planning a trip to go back to Bellows Falls in a couple weeks primarily to look for a place to live (yeah I am relocating to Vermont)...so I am probably going to poke my head into the Opera House to see what's cookin' myself.
posted by Geo1 on Jul 18, 2007 at 9:27am
According to this site there are 553 seats and the Opera House accommodates movies and live performances. (The link is slow loading at times)

posted by Lost Memory on Aug 5, 2008 at 11:43am
This is a 2007 photo.

posted by Lost Memory on Sep 5, 2008 at 7:25pm
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