From Facebook, East Greenwich Then and Now: “Charlie Ellis Jr. We think the upper floor was the Star Theater where silent movies were held. The Booth family ran the movies. Doris played piano, the rest of the family sold tickets, sold popcorn, swept up after the show and everyone enjoyed the show! Welcome to Silent Movies in a small town ! Projectionist was Ora Booth.”
Facebook comment, from East Greenwich Then and Now site: “Charlie Ellis Jr. We think the upper floor was the Star Theater where silent movies were held. The Booth family ran the movies. Doris played piano, the rest of the family sold tickets, sold popcorn, swept up after the show and everyone enjoyed the show! Welcome to Silent Movies in a small town ! Projectionist was Ora Booth.”
Theatre marquee can be seen on the middle right.
From Facebook, East Greenwich Then and Now: “Charlie Ellis Jr. We think the upper floor was the Star Theater where silent movies were held. The Booth family ran the movies. Doris played piano, the rest of the family sold tickets, sold popcorn, swept up after the show and everyone enjoyed the show! Welcome to Silent Movies in a small town ! Projectionist was Ora Booth.”
Facebook comment, from East Greenwich Then and Now site: “Charlie Ellis Jr. We think the upper floor was the Star Theater where silent movies were held. The Booth family ran the movies. Doris played piano, the rest of the family sold tickets, sold popcorn, swept up after the show and everyone enjoyed the show! Welcome to Silent Movies in a small town ! Projectionist was Ora Booth.”
The Lyric Theatre became the Gilbert Stuart Theatre on October 11, 1953.
The year of the film was 1975.
December, 1955.
July, 1955.
October, 1954
That’s an ad from 1928.
October 29, 1976 ad.
Above photo courtesy quahog.org.
Sign to the left of the theatre directs people to wartime shelter.
On the site of the current Warwick Theatre.
Courtesy quahog.org
In 2004.
In 1996.
In 2004.
On August 23, 1959, with a group of friends, we saw two films here: “First Man into Space” and “The Crimson Pirate.” Good adventure matinee program.
The place is now Federal Hill Brick Oven Pizza.
In 1925.
In 1969.
In 1911.
And “RBG” is quite a good documentary!
This looks like the 1960 film “Jazz Boat” with Anthony Newley and Anne Aubrey.
In 1938 or 1939.