Esmond Theatre

7 Esmond Street,
Smithfield, RI 02917

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Roger Katz
Roger Katz on February 12, 2013 at 10:39 am

How do you do that? I could never figure out how to make a clickable link.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on February 12, 2013 at 10:35 am

link

Roger Katz
Roger Katz on February 11, 2013 at 1:06 pm

Research has turned up that Esmond Hall, likely also known as the Esmond Theatre, in Smithfield was used for movies through at least 1929. It’s location was on Esmond Street. There is currently a venue called the East Smithfield Neighborhood Center at 7 Esmond Street. It was built in 1900 and sure looks like those old village halls where movies used to be shown many years ago. Although I cannot prove it, it seems likely that this is the former Esmond Hall.

See a photo of it at http://calendar.boston.com/smithfield_ri/venues/show/972697-east-smithfield-neighborhood-center

Gerald A. DeLuca
Gerald A. DeLuca on January 18, 2011 at 4:48 am

But I don’t have an exact address and I don’t have any photos. If I did, I would post them. All I have is what is in the ad in my above CLICK HERE link. Perhaps someone will furnish an address and and maybe a photo.

Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen
Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen on January 18, 2011 at 4:41 am

Need an address and photos.

Gerald A. DeLuca
Gerald A. DeLuca on January 17, 2011 at 1:16 pm

This theatre was part of the September 1923 6th Paramount Week. In this advertisement from the (Providence) Evening Tribune, September 1, 1923, we see a fascinating list of Rhode Island area theatres, many long-gone and long-forgoten, or even unheard of, as well as what they were showing during that week. The Esmond Theatre (existence previously unknown to me) would show The Old Homestead with Theodore Roberts. CLICK HERE and move text to see all theatres.