Comments about Shelton Theatre in Shelton, CT

PaperMemories on June 25, 2011 at 1:22 pm

In the 1960’s the owner of this theater changed the name to “Shelton Fine Arts Theatre”. It had sunk to the point where it showed Adult Films. It had sunk that low. (It was not a chain)

As a theater, that was it’s ‘Last Hurrah’.

Yves Marchand on September 2, 2009 at 4:27 pm

Does anyone knows what remains from the original theater inside the building today ?

lostmemory on September 25, 2007 at 4:04 pm

A Kilgen theater organ opus 4144 size 2/3 was ordered for the Shelton Theater in 1928, but the order was cancelled; parts put back in stock.

shoeshoe14 on September 25, 2007 at 11:54 am

This theater opened in 1915 and closed in the mid 70s. A picture is in Images of America: Shelton on page 119.

kencmcintyre on August 8, 2007 at 8:00 pm

LM’s photo of 8/11/05 has moved to this location:
http://tinyurl.com/283x9g

KenRoe on August 11, 2005 at 1:22 pm

Listed as the Shelton Theatre in the 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook with a seating capacity given as 550.

lostmemory on August 11, 2005 at 12:58 pm

Here is a 1960’s photo of the Shelton Theater.

shoeshoe14 on January 18, 2005 at 3:42 pm

so i believe the Fine Arts was a small, regional chain? there was a westport fine arts 1 and 2 and the brookfield fine arts which closed down many years back. check the post i made from a few weeks ago about what we found.

Roger Katz on June 12, 2004 at 7:08 pm

It was actually the Shelton Fine Arts

Chuck1231 on June 12, 2004 at 12:29 pm

If I have my information correct the Shelton at one time was known as the Fine Arts and played adult fare.

William on November 19, 2003 at 6:01 pm

The Shelton Theatre seated 448 people.

Shelton Theatre

509 Howe Avenue, Shelton, CT

509 Howe Avenue,
Shelton, CT