Uptown Theatre

180 Front Street,
Bath, ME 04530

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Previously operated by: M & P Theaters, Paramount Pictures Inc.

Architects: John Calvin Stevens, John Howard Stevens

Previous Names: Columbia Theatre

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Uptown in 1941 from the MGM Report Card

The 500 seat Columbia Theatre opened in 1913. The Columbia Theatre was destroyed by fire in 1937. The Uptown Theatre, built to replace the Columbia Theatre was designed by John Calvin Stevens and his son John Howard Stevens. The Uptown Theatre opened on August 8, 1938 and was closed by 1959.

Contributed by Ridgewood Ken

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rsalters (Ron Salters)
rsalters (Ron Salters) on August 29, 2013 at 10:47 am

As of 1942, the Uptown Th. in Bath was run by the M&P Circuit of Boston, an affiliate of Paramount Theatres.

rsalters (Ron Salters)
rsalters (Ron Salters) on July 25, 2015 at 11:45 am

The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Uptown; it’s Card # 340. Address is 180 Front St. There is an exterior photo dated April 1941. Condition is Good. The report says it opened in 1939, shows MGM films, and had 724 seats. Competing is the Opera House. 1940 population was 10,200.

Laurel7978
Laurel7978 on March 15, 2016 at 2:52 pm

Just FYI, in 1905 my grandfather bought a store at 178 Front Street, and it was advertised as being “under the Columbia Theatre.”

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