Methuen Theatre

The Methuen Theatre was included in the MGM Theatre Photograph and Report project. The form has an exterior photo dated April 1941. The theatre was a 2-story free-standing building with a center entrance and a store on each side. There is a small, rectangular marquee posted above which is a sign which says “Get Rich Nite”. At the top center of the facade is a fancy emblem but the photo quality is too poor to read what is inscribed there. The Report states that the theatre is at 13 Pelham St., that it has been showing MGM films for over 10 years; that it’s over 10 years old and in Good condition, and has 600 seats. Someone crossed that figure out and wrote in “711” seats. There were no competing theatres in Methuen and the 1940 population there was 21,800. The Methuen Theatre is listed in the 1942-43 Motion Picture Almanac as being part of Graphic Theatres of Boston.

Try again ,Was this one of Louis Mayer’s early houses?

According to Images of America: Methuen, Massachusetts:
“The Century Movie House or Methuen Movie House was located in Railroad Square across Pelham Street from the First United Methodist Church. Built about 1918, it could seat around 250-300 people. The Dead End Kids appeared there in the 1930s. The basement contained a bowling alley. The second floor was used by many different community groups. In the 1930s, the Methuen Brownie Club used the second floor as a meeting place. The Brownie Club was a social organization known for the minstrel shows they produced and held in the Central School auditorium. The Brownies also fielded several neighborhood sports teams. In the 1940s, the Civil Defense, Draft Board and Police School, among others, used the second floor for their meetings. The theater was torn down to create an entrance to the Massachusetts Electric Power Station.”

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