Lawler Theater
42 Federal Street,
Greenfield,
MA
01301
42 Federal Street,
Greenfield,
MA
01301
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The Lawler Theater dates back to at least 1928 when an Estey theater organ was installed.
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The Estey theater organ was an opus 2686 size 2/6. That organ was replaced by a Wurlitzer theater organ opus 2095 style 150 on 1/28/30.
In the 1942-43 edition of the Motion Picture Almanac, the Lawler in Greenfield is listed as part of the Peter Latchis theatre circuit of Brattleboro VT.
The Wurlitzer organ from the Lawler Theatre is now in the Lafayette Theatre, Suffern NY. It was for a long time owned by the late Ben Hall of New York, founder in 1969 of the Theatre Historical Society.
The Lawler in Greenfield is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 1000 seats and open daily. They also list a Victoria Theatre in Greenfield with 832 seats and also open 7 days/week.
The Lawler Theater originally opened in 1913, the same year the town’s other theater the Victoria (later changed to Showplace), opened. The auditorium was demolished in the early 1960’s, however the lobby and part of the Foyer area was spared. It is now part of the Greenfield Grill restaurant, but any interior traces of the theater are long gone :(