State Theatre

1118 Elm Street,
Manchester, NH 03101

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rsalters (Ron Salters)
rsalters (Ron Salters) on August 27, 2012 at 10:54 am

In the 1942-43 Motion Picture Almanac, the State in Manchester is listed as part of the Shea Circuit, run by Shea-Chain Inc & Affiliates of 1540 Broadway in New York City. Other Manchester NH theaters run by Shea at that time were the Palace, Strand, Crown and the Vitaphone. Shea also ran 2 theaters in Nashua.

Tinseltoes
Tinseltoes on August 27, 2012 at 8:24 am

3,300 people saw it on a midweek opening day in 1938: Boxoffice

atmos
atmos on September 28, 2009 at 6:07 am

Architect was John Eberson.

tallboyyyy
tallboyyyy on January 26, 2009 at 2:55 pm

Here is a video discussing the history of the State theater from it’s 1929 opening to it’s 1978 demolition. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrmp71Rsn-g

William
William on December 6, 2003 at 9:29 am

The State Theatre was located at 1118 Elm Street and it seated 2130 people.

btkrefft
btkrefft on December 5, 2003 at 8:58 pm

This might be the head from the facade of the State which Mr. Elwood mentions in his comment above. Photograph from the Library of Congress.

JohnElwood
JohnElwood on November 22, 2002 at 7:38 pm

Someone had the forethought to save a chunk of this theater… a massive head which is now on the campus of St. Anselm college, in nearby Goffstown NH. A rough replica of the marquee is in the Manchester Historic Society’s new millyard Museum. Manchester misses this one.