Elm Draught House Cinema

Millbury, MA

35 Elm Court

, Millbury, MA 01527 United States

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508.865.2850

Status:	Open
Screens:	Single Screen
Style:	Unknown

Function:	Movies (Second Run)
Seats:	700
Chain:	Unknown

Architect:	Unknown
Firm:	Unknown

The Elm Draught House Cinema, more commonly known as just "The Elm", is simply amazing. It is only $4.50 to get in and you can buy a personal pizza, a soda, popcorn, and a bag of candy for under ten dollars. Even though The Elm is not the most beautiful or comfortable of theaters, it makes up for it in kindness, charm, and convience. The man that owns the theater is one of the coolest people you will ever meet and always has a smile on his face.

All over the one room theater there is movie memoribilia and just plain cool things. On top of all this, the concesions stand in inside the theater so if you want more popcorn you can get it without missing any of the movie. Every third chair is also taken out and made into a small table to put your pizza, soda, wine, or anything else you happened to have gotten at the concessions stand on. This theater just screams of memories as soon as you walk in.

Contributed by dan

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Wow, this sounds like the ideal small movie theater with the ideal owner. Do you know when this theater, being single screen, was opened? Did it originally show silent films?

posted by MikeR. on Oct 28, 2005 at 4:27pm

I have been going here to see movies since I was 20 years old, I'll be turning 50 this year. This is a great place if you like room between seats, the best popcorn, cheap addmisson price and a homey type atmosphere. The gentleman who runs it is very friendly and is there to help you with anything you may need. He is also very knowledgeable about the history of this theater. My family and I love this place.

posted by May on Feb 26, 2006 at 9:21am

There is a MGM Theatre Photograph and Report form for the Elm Theatre in Millbury MA. There is a facade photo taken in May 1941. There is a one-story brick entrance which appears to be added on to a 2-story wood-frame building. The entrance has "1939" in Roman Numerals at the top. There are 2 sets of double doors seperated by about 10 feet. There is a rain canopy, but no marquee. The Report states that the theatre is on Elm St. The theatre was not a MGM customer. It was opened in 1939 and is in Good condition. The seating was shown as 350 but someone crossed that out and inserted 750, all on one floor. The competing theatre in Millbury is listed as the Paradise Theatre. The 1940 population was 6,900.

posted by Ron Salters on Nov 18, 2006 at 8:49am

The name on the marquee in this 1986 photo is Elms. Same theater?

posted by Lost Memory on May 14, 2009 at 10:52am

Lost- I guess this is the same; note the street number "35" at the entrance. It looks different from its appearance in the May 1941 photo on the MGM Theatre Report. At that time the front part of the building, in brick, was only one story high. There was a 2-story-plus building behind it. So it appears that the front has been enlarged and altered since 1941.

posted by Ron Salters on May 14, 2009 at 11:06am

The 1955 Film Daily lists this as the Elms theater with 700 seats. I think Elms should be an aka name.

posted by Lost Memory on May 14, 2009 at 11:27am

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