Pittsfield Community Theatre

69 Main Street,
Pittsfield, ME 04967

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Opened in 1915 as Leger’s Theatre for showing silent movies. Remodeled and renamed Bijou in 1918. In 1929 sound was added. Closed in 1971. Purchased by bank and donated to theater group in 1975. Purchased by the town in 1978. Continues to operate as the only municipally owned theater in Maine. Features live performances and movies.

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lostmemory
lostmemory on July 30, 2007 at 9:16 pm

Here is a photo of the Bijou from the late 1960s.

Roger Katz
Roger Katz on January 6, 2008 at 5:30 pm

website http://pittsfieldtheatre.co.nr/

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 11, 2008 at 12:23 am

Here are photos from 1955 and 1972, respectively:
http://tinyurl.com/6qdd3b
http://tinyurl.com/64s5tw

lostmemory
lostmemory on April 7, 2009 at 10:07 pm

This is a photo of the Pittsfield Community Theater.

lostmemory
lostmemory on May 5, 2009 at 2:23 am

1986 Photo

Reallady
Reallady on May 6, 2009 at 2:02 pm

Hi my name is Donna I run the Pittsfiled Community Theatre for the Town. We have now 262 Seats. We are still owned by the Town of Pittsfield. We are open at 7:30 every evening. We show first run movies. Right now we are fundraising to up date our sound system
concession area theatrical lighting and a whole lot more if you know any one that can help us out please email me.

Thank you
Donna

DonLewis
DonLewis on December 18, 2009 at 4:38 am

From 1955, a photo of then president Dwight Eisenhower giving a speech in front of the Bijou Theatre in Pittsfield.

Looks as if the Secret Service tried to blend into the crowd wearing those distinctive hats back then rather than black suits and sunglasses.

Don…

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