Alamo Theatre
85 Main Street,
Bucksport,
ME
04416
85 Main Street,
Bucksport,
ME
04416
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Built in 1916, this small theatre is one of the oldest surviving movie theatres in all of New England.
In 1956, it was gutted and converted into a grocery store, but by the early-1990’s, it was long vacant, and little more than a shell remained.
In 1992, the Northeast Historic Film group purchased the ruined theatre and rebuilt the main auditorium, and renovated the second floor for a film library and study center.
The Alamo Theatre currently screens a varied mix of film, from silents, classics, foreign and current releases and is open every weekend (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights and Sunday matinees).
Contributed by
Bryan Krefft
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Another photo is here.
Love this nighttime photo, Lost Memory. Thanks for posting it.
Is the address 85 Main or 379 Main? The theater website says 85. Additionally, the Bittersweet Gift Shop seen in the 6/4/08 photo is at 81 Main.
What theater website? I don’t see the website posted on here.
If you enter www.alamotheatre.org you get this site http://www.oldfilm.org/ which as karan pointed out in 2006 owns the theater.
If Northeast Historic Film is located in the Alamo Theater then the address should be 85 Main Street which is the address given on their website. Good old trusty Google will return both addresses for this theater.
I passed by twice last week while on vacation and the museum was not open. Movies are still showing but they appear to be first run only.
That vintage photo,if those were one sheets out front of the Alamo Theatre just think what they would worth today.
Nice Theatre.
While driving through on vacation, we stopped at the Alamo and Executive Director David Weiss and his wonderful staff spent quite a bit of their time giving us a tour of the theater and the Northeast Historic Films archives. Please try to support their dedication and passion if you can. Jerry