Jean Vigo and Julien Duvivier program. Two masterpieces of French cinema actually. French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
For those familiar with Woonsocket, this long-gone theatre was located on Cumberland Street, between Clinton and Social streets, only a few yards away from St. Ann’s Church (now St. Ann Cultural Center). It was diagonally across from the present-day Walgreen’s Pharmacy. See the included map on this page.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
This is the 1942 French film “Macao, l'enfer du jeu,” dubbed in English, also known as “Gambling Hell” and directed by Jean Delannoy.
Jean Vigo and Julien Duvivier program. Two masterpieces of French cinema actually. French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
For those familiar with Woonsocket, this long-gone theatre was located on Cumberland Street, between Clinton and Social streets, only a few yards away from St. Ann’s Church (now St. Ann Cultural Center). It was diagonally across from the present-day Walgreen’s Pharmacy. See the included map on this page.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
This is the photo I took in 1989.
November 8, 1933. “Les Cinq gentlemen maudits” (Moon Over Morocco), Julien Duvivier, 1931.
Vertical sign “Park Theatre” visible.