Studio Cinema
376 Trapelo Road,
Belmont,
MA
02478
376 Trapelo Road,
Belmont,
MA
02478
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Studio Cinema is a charming, classic cinema with a throughly modern flair! Built as the Strand Theatre in 1919, it was home to both early silent film and stage productions.
Studio Cinema has managed to maintain the warmth and history of this beautiful venue, while infusing it with new life and proudly showing today’s audiences the best in current motion pictures.
The theaters ticket prices are famously low and include a 2 for 1 Tuesdays deal. One of Greater Boston’s best kept secrets…
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As a boy, I lived in Belmont between 1978 and 80, and visited this theater a number of times. Its modest exterior hides the fact that it’s actually a good, medium-sized theater within. If I remember correctly, the lobby is fairly small, but my favorite detail of the Studio is that the projectionist had to climb a ladder up into the booth! I haven’t been there in about 26 years, so my memory could be flawed. What I know for sure is that I saw “The Magic of Lassie” there, starring an aging Jimmy Stewart in an attempt to revive the Lassie series, “The Black Stallion” and a wonderful, cheap Japanese “Star Wars” rip off called “Message From Space”!
Yes Allistair you are correct the booth is in the air when i ran the theatre i was the Manager /Projectionist i was gonna move the booth to the lower level but i like the idea of it being up stair s and hiding
conccession stand before i built new one
The Strand in Belmont was listed in the 1928 Film Daily Yearbook as being part of the Boas Circuit of Boston. Boas ran 22 movie theatres at that time. It’s listed as being in the Waverly section of Belmont.
A Wurlitzer theater organ opus 1433 style “B” was installed in the Strand Theater on 8/27/1926.
I just saw There Will Be Blood there March 4, on 2-for-1 night ($8.25 adult, not bad!) The seats are old and saggy, but they’re re-painting the backs of the metal seats glossy black. Most of the seats are repainted already, but three or four rows were cordoned off, presumably while the paint dried. The whole theater smelled of spray paint. Why couldn’t they complete this project in the summer, when they could open all the doors during the day to air the place out?
An interior photo of the Strand and an exterior view of the Studio Cinema can be found on this site.
According to the site, the link to which was posted above by Lost, the name was changed from Strand to Studio in 1965.
It does look like a barn.
great little theater, I did some “learners permit” time in the booth many years ago. glad to see it’s still going strong. I will post recent photos