Strand Theater
77 East Main Street,
Waterbury,
CT
77 East Main Street,
Waterbury,
CT
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A Hall theater organ was installed in the Strand Theater in 1925.
A picture of this theater is in Images of America: Waterbury on page 51.
The Waterbury Connecticut Theaters History site that lostmemory is referring to is at http://freewebs.com/waterburyct/theaters.htm It’s one page of a site that gives an online tour of Waterbury in vintage images from the late 1800s to the 1950s. The tour starts on the home page at http://freewebs.com/waterburyct/
From the WATERBURY CONNECTICUT THEATERS HISTORY site:
“Owner: John J. O'Neill, later leased by William Fox, prominently linked to the theatrical world and eager to challenge the Poli empire in New England.
Use: Vaudeville, summer stock and popular second-run movies and re-releases".
Listed in the Film Daily Yearbook; 1950 edition as having a seating capacity of 1,409.