Premier Theatre
20 Rock Street,
Fall River,
MA
02720
20 Rock Street,
Fall River,
MA
02720
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The Premier Theatre was located on Rock Street, across from District Court. Writer John McAvoy reported in the Fall River Herald that he had seen a Jackie Coogan movie from the theatre’s balcony and that the theatre was destroyed in the great fire of 1928. More information would be appreciated.
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“The Premier Theatre (capacity 800) was located on Rock Street, right across from District Court. However, I have just a very vague memory of its front and watching a Jackie Coogan movie in its balcony. It was destroyed in the great fire of 1928, when I was eight.
“The Rialto Theatre was located in the spot where the Durfee Theatre later stood. I have only one memory of the Rialto – of seeing a Rin Tin Tin movie there. The Rialto was also destroyed in the 1928 fire."
~~~John McAvoy, "Under the Marquee,” Fall River Herald, February 11, 1990.
In a 1976 Fall River Herald feature, Women’s Page editor Jean Judge wrote:
“The old Premier on Rock Street was typical of the movie houses here in those early days. At least one movie patron of old remembers going to that theatre, also owned by W. J. Dunn, and getting a box of bonbons with his ticket to the silent movie, all for the price of a dime.”
address was 20 Rock St.