Acadia Theatre
330 Waldo Street,
Rumford,
ME
04276
330 Waldo Street,
Rumford,
ME
04276
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Opened circa 1926 and operated into the 1940’s. The Acadia Theatre was located in the building that today functions as VFW Post 1641.
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John Campos
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The Acadia Theatre and the Rumford Opera House were both open in the spring of 1941, along with the Strand Theatre. Yet, when the agent for M-G-M/ Loew’s Theatres arrived in town to fill out movie theater report cards, including making a photo for the card, he did so only for the Strand. So there is no card for the Acadia and the Opera House. (The MGM report cards today are in the archive of the Theatre Historical Society).
The Acadia made it into the 1946 Film Daily Yearbook which implies it was still open then. But it wasn’t open. It apparently was leased to the Strand sometime in the 1930s and they closed it. It’s unclear if it reopened, but the MGM agent in 1941 stated that it was open. It was sold to the local VFW in 1942 for use as a clubhouse. Externally, it was a nice-looking theater.
I should point out that when the Acadia was put up for sale, there was a stipulation that commercial movies could not be exhibited there. So, even if they wanted to, the VFW in 1942 could not have run it as a movie theater.