Loew's Capitol Theatre
144 Main Street,
Pawtucket,
RI
02806
144 Main Street,
Pawtucket,
RI
02806
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Located next to the Pawtucket River in downtown Pawtucket, this opened as the State Theatre. It was closed in the 1950’s and was razed after that.
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Gerald A. DeLuca
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Joe,
That is an excellent piece you’ve posted a link to. I believe it contains the only known photos of Pawtucket’s Loew’s Capitol/Center Theatre.
Interesting History.
Corrected link to Boxoffice issue, July 17, 1948, as posted above by Joe Vogel, where we can see some of the few existing photos of the Loew’s Capitol.
Thanks Gerald.Great story.Picture.Loews was a classy outfit.
Ad for a stage show at the State Theatre in 1926.
CHICK CHICK
The name of the company was Mutual Burlesque, one of the most important “wheels” in the business. I would guess that the word “burlesque” was frowned on or even banned in many places, especially in the New England states.
Burlesque wasn’t frowned upon at that time in Providence, just five miles away:
1921
1929
Perhaps it was a Pawtucket hang-up.
Thanks Gerald.
This should not be listed as Loew’s Capitol, which gives a false impression that it was part of the Lorw’s/MGM empire. E.M. Loew ran his own circuit of theatres, and as far as I know, had no blood ties to Marcus Loew. This theatre was called the E.M. Loew Capitol and then renovated into the E.M. Loew Center. As the E.M. Loew Center, it was featured on the front cover of this trade journal in July, 1948:boxofficemagazine
Tinseltoes- Yes, E.M. Loew had no blood relation to Marcus Loew, who was a generation older. His theaters almost always had “E.M. Loew” in the heading rather than just “Loew” in order to avoid confusion.