State Theater

S. Main Street,
Rochester, NH 03867

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tallboyyyy
tallboyyyy on October 10, 2015 at 10:53 am

A local publication recently ran an article about the Colonial theater with a nice photo. Here is a scan of the article. http://s290.photobucket.com/user/tallboyyyy/media/IMG_0005.jpg.html

rsalters (Ron Salters)
rsalters (Ron Salters) on June 6, 2015 at 3:57 pm

The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the State Theatre; it’s Card # 512. But there is no information on it at all; just an exterior photo with no date.

rsalters (Ron Salters)
rsalters (Ron Salters) on June 25, 2010 at 2:33 pm

In the 1942-43 edition of the Motion Picture Almanac, the Interstate Theatre Corp. of Boston is listed as operating both the Colonial and the Scenic theaters in Rochester NH. Interstate is also listed as the operator in the 1949 Boxoffice Mag. article mentioned above.

rsalters (Ron Salters)
rsalters (Ron Salters) on June 25, 2010 at 2:25 pm

There is a short item in Boxoffice Magazine for July 16, 1949 which says that the Colonial in Rochester has been refurbished and renamed State Theatre and was due to reopen on July 15, 1949. This date conflicts with info above which indicates that the Colonial name lasted into the 1950s.

tallboyyyy
tallboyyyy on September 23, 2008 at 2:14 am

This is an old postcard of South Main St in Rochester. I’m not sure but I believe that the Colonial is shown on the left. View link