Strand Theater
Main Street,
Lewiston,
ME
04240
Main Street,
Lewiston,
ME
04240
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The Strand Theater was operating prior to 1941, and at that time it was operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. through their subsidiary Mullins & Pinanski. The Strand Theater was still operating in 1950.
Contributed by
Billy Holcomb / Billy Smith / Don Lewis
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The Strand in Lewiston is listed in the 1942-43 Motion Picture Almanac as being run by John Ford, a Paramount affiliate. At that time John Ford/Paramount operated 3 additional theaters in Lewiston: the Empire, the Music Hall, and the Priscilla Theatre. John Ford operated a number of theaters in Maine, plus a few in New Hampshire, Vermont and Mass. The John Ford theaters were not part of Mullin & Pinanski/Paramount at that time, but listed seperately.
AKA:
LEWISTON
UNION SQUARE.
This was the largest theater in the state?
January 1, 1915 Lewiston Theater?
1915 renamed Union Square?
1917 renamed Strand?
1920 taken over by Nathan H. Garden & William P. Gray?
1925 owned by Garden & Gray?
1930-1961 Maine & New Hampshire Theaters Co. of Boston?
1940 John Ford (Paramount)?
1961 Closed?
All this info should be verified.
Is the theater still standing? Could use an address, more info, photos or postcards.
From 1950 an image of the Strand Theater on Main Street in Lewiston.
I compared that image above with google street view – found the building in the background with the large arches up top. That looks much better now after renovation but the Strand building is demolished probably long ago – the new building on the site has an early 1960s look to it.
Wurlitzer installed their Opus 261 (1919) in the Strand. The organ survives and is being installed in a private residence in Maine