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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Rhode Island » Cranston » Auburn Theatre

Auburn Theatre

Cranston, RI
553 Park Avenue
, Cranston, RI 02910 United States
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Status: Closed
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Seats: Unknown
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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The Auburn Theatre was built around 1914 and lasted only until 1918 when a fire, begun by the burning of nitrate film stock, destroyed the interior. The building, located on Park Avenue near the corner of Elmwood Avenue, still remains and is used for a commercial business.

One can still see the niches on the front of the building that were used to display posters of featured attractions at the theatre. A 1915 Providence Journal ad lists the theatre as "Exhibitors of Paramount and Mutual photo plays".
Contributed by Gerald A. DeLuca

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I will report some of the other contents of the 1915 ad I have here. For the week of April 19th, 1915, the theatre showed: Monday & Tuesday: THE MAN FROM HOME and JUSTIFIED; Wednesday and Thursday: THE STRAIGHT ROAD with Gladys Hanson and THE CHINATOWN MYSTERY; Friday and Saturday: THE BOUNDARY LINE and the Thomas Ince produced IN THE TENNESSEE HILLS. Admission was 10 cents for all shows.
(Sunday shows were prohibited in Rhode Island at that time.)
posted by Gerald A. DeLuca on Mar 18, 2004 at 6:24am
Here is a photo of the former theatre as it appears today.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/italiangerry/AuburnTheatre-CranstonRI--.jpg
posted by Gerald A. DeLuca on Mar 31, 2005 at 10:24am
Historic photo of the Auburn Theatre after its 1918 fire.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/italiangerry/AuburnTheatre-CranstonRI-1918fire.jpg
posted by Gerald A. DeLuca on Apr 3, 2005 at 1:20pm
Gladys W. Brayton wrote of the Auburn Theatre origins, on the website of the Cranston Historical Society:
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...Town Councilman Alfred Barolet built the Auburn Theater on Park Avenue near the corner of Elmwood Avenue. In February of 1913 he was showing "Motion Pictures and Illustrated Songs." Admission was five cents, reserved seats ten cents. Pictures changed three times a week and the current program consisted of "The Ranks," "The Burning Brand," and the "The Vengeance of Fate."

The same year the Edgewood Theater was advertised to open at Firemen's Hall, but due to a misunderstanding of insurance laws this project fell through.

Mr. Barolet, being a public spirited man, allowed use of his theater on off nights for benefits of various kinds, including such affairs for the Fire Companies of the city. It was advertised as "The Small Theater with the Big Features," In 1915 it was showing "The Political Feud" (two reels), "Giddy, Gay and Ticklish" (a Keystone production), "Two Kisses," "The Old Maid" and "Mabel's Flirtation." On Saturdays it featured "Tess of the Storm Country" with Mary Pickford as the star.

posted by Gerald A. DeLuca on Jul 25, 2005 at 3:12pm
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