The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Criterion; it’s Card # 338. Address is Cottage St. There is an exterior photo dated Jan. 31, 1941. Condition is Excellent. The report says the theater opened in 1932 and was showing MGM movies. There were 813 seats on the main floor and 125 seats in the loges, total 938.The 1940 population was 4,300.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Colonial' it’s Card # 333. Address is Water St. There is an exterior photo taken May 1941. Condition is Good. The report says it’s over 15 years old and shows MGM films. There were 882 orchestra seats and 358 in the balcony, total 1,240. Competing theater was the Capitol.(No report was filled out for the Capitol). 1940 population was 19,300.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Uptown; it’s Card # 340. Address is 180 Front St. There is an exterior photo dated April 1941. Condition is Good. The report says it opened in 1939, shows MGM films, and had 724 seats. Competing is the Opera House. 1940 population was 10,200.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Bath Opera House; it’s Card # 339. But no one filled it out, so there is no info, only an undated exterior photo.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Pastime; Card # 352. Address is “Main St.” There is an exterior photo dated May 1941. Condition was Fair. The report says it opened in 1937 and is showing MGM movies. There were 420 seats on the main floor and 250 balcony. College student patronage. Competing: Cumberland Theatre.
The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Cumberland; it’s Card # 351. Address is Cumberland St. There is an exterior photo dated May 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says it’s over 15 years old, shows MGM movies, and had 431 seats on the main floor and 223 balcony seats; total: 655. Competing is the Pastime Theatre. College student patronage. 1940 population 8,500.
The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Brunswick Drive-In; it’s Card # 605. But no one filled out the report and there is only an undated photo. These undated reports/photos were mostly made about 1946-50. The photo shows the back of a big screen and attached to it is a huge marquee.
The MGM Theatre Report also stated that the Memorial Theatre was in a “community hall”. Winchester’s brick town hall, built in 1911, has/had a second-floor auditorium, but it was located on Main Street. The MGM report and CinemaData both say the Memorial was on North St. CinemaTour says that the Memorial Theatre was in the E.L.M. Memorial Community Center at 21 Durkee Street, still open today, but that facility does not seem to have had an auditorium. CinemaData also says it had 320 seats. It was open to 1953 or later.
The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Memorial; it’s Card # 516. Address is North Street. There is an exterior photo taken March 16, 1941. Condition is Poor. The report says it opened about 1922, shows MGM films and had 250 seats. The 1940 population was 2,100.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Little Theatre; it’s Card # 515. Address is Main Street. There is an exterior photo dated April 17, 1941. The Condition is Poor. The report says it opened in 1933, shows MGM films and had 225 seats. The 1940 population was 1,600. Someone later wrote on the report “Burned April 1943”.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Memorial; it’s Card # 518. Address is “Main St.” There is an exterior photo taken May 1941 showing an imposing brick town hall building complete with a corner tower. Condition is Fair. The report says that the movie operation dates from about 1925 and that it was showing MGM movies. There were 416 seats on the main floor and 80 in the balcony. The 1940 population was 2,600.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Little Theatre. It’s Card # 517. But no one filled it out so there is no info. There is an undated exterior photo which shows a handsome white building. It looks like it could be the Town Hall, but that’s not the case. It’s the type of building which could be considered a local landmark and may still be standing today somewhere in Wolfeboro.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Tilton; it’s Card # 514. Address is Main St. There is an exterior photo dated February 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says that the theater opened about 1910, was showing MGM films and had 300 seats. The 1940 population was 1,700.
I read that this was a former Odd Fellows Hall, but I’m not sure of that. The building is called the Leddy Theatre Building or Leddy Brothers Building, and was recently for sale.
There was another Leddy’s Theatre over in Epping NH. Both cinemas were under the same management. The one in Epping later became the Community Theatre.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for Leddy’s Hall; it’s Card # 510. Address is Main St. There is an exterior photo dated March 1941. Condition is Poor. The report says that it opened in 1916, was showing MGM films and had 312 seats. There is a note “Upstairs house, flat floor”. The 1940 population was 1,200.
The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the opera house; it’s Card # 513. Address is High St. Name of theater is simply “Opera House”. There is an exterior photo dated May 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says it opened about 1925 and that it shows MGM films. There were 312 seats on the main floor and 50 in the balcony. The 1940 population was 7,000.
There was a Leddy’s Hall in Raymond NH showing movies as of the spring of 1941. According to the CinemaData project, the Leddy’s in Epping and the one in Raymond were both under the same management. (There was a family named Leddy who were in various business activities in the area.)
Cathy- Try the Theatre Historical Society’s library/archive in Elmhurst IL. www.historictheatres.org. They almost certainly have a file on the Fenway, although I don’t know what’s in it. Also, the Harvard Theatre Collection which is in one of the libraries in the Harvard Yard -they might have a file, too.
Rob- looks that way. The MGM agent went to Gorham in May 1941. He noted that the Ritz had been a MGM customer for 2 years; and that it had opened in 1938 – probably got that info from the Mgr. There was another movie venue in Gorham which was gone by 1938/ 1941: the Opera House. It was located at “Park St. & Railroad” which I take to mean either Park St. & Railroad St., or Park St. & the railroad line. It was an “upstairs house” with 700 seats and was open from at least 1914 to about 1933. It presented both live shows and movies, the latter on Wed. and Sats. It’s listed in the CinemaData project.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Olympia; it’s Card # 509. Address is Vaughn St. There is an exterior photo dated May 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says it’s over 15 years old and was showing MGM movies. There were 598 orchestra seats and 400 balcony, total 998. The MGM agent filled out reports for the Olympia, Colonial and Arcadia in Portsmouth, but the Music Hall/Civic was not included. Perhaps it was not presenting movies in May 1941.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Colonial; it’s Card # 508. Address is “Main St.” There is an exterior photo dated May 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says it opened about 1920 and shows MGM films. It had 850 orchestra seats, and 400 balcony, total 1,250.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Arcadia; it’s Card # 507. Address is “Main St.” There is an exterior photo dated May 1941. Condition is Poor. The report says that it opened about 1925, and was not showing MGM films. There were 500 main-floor seats and 300 balcony. The 1940 population was 14,000.
The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Criterion; it’s Card # 338. Address is Cottage St. There is an exterior photo dated Jan. 31, 1941. Condition is Excellent. The report says the theater opened in 1932 and was showing MGM movies. There were 813 seats on the main floor and 125 seats in the loges, total 938.The 1940 population was 4,300.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Colonial' it’s Card # 333. Address is Water St. There is an exterior photo taken May 1941. Condition is Good. The report says it’s over 15 years old and shows MGM films. There were 882 orchestra seats and 358 in the balcony, total 1,240. Competing theater was the Capitol.(No report was filled out for the Capitol). 1940 population was 19,300.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Uptown; it’s Card # 340. Address is 180 Front St. There is an exterior photo dated April 1941. Condition is Good. The report says it opened in 1939, shows MGM films, and had 724 seats. Competing is the Opera House. 1940 population was 10,200.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Bath Opera House; it’s Card # 339. But no one filled it out, so there is no info, only an undated exterior photo.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Pastime; Card # 352. Address is “Main St.” There is an exterior photo dated May 1941. Condition was Fair. The report says it opened in 1937 and is showing MGM movies. There were 420 seats on the main floor and 250 balcony. College student patronage. Competing: Cumberland Theatre.
The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Cumberland; it’s Card # 351. Address is Cumberland St. There is an exterior photo dated May 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says it’s over 15 years old, shows MGM movies, and had 431 seats on the main floor and 223 balcony seats; total: 655. Competing is the Pastime Theatre. College student patronage. 1940 population 8,500.
The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Brunswick Drive-In; it’s Card # 605. But no one filled out the report and there is only an undated photo. These undated reports/photos were mostly made about 1946-50. The photo shows the back of a big screen and attached to it is a huge marquee.
The MGM Theatre Report also stated that the Memorial Theatre was in a “community hall”. Winchester’s brick town hall, built in 1911, has/had a second-floor auditorium, but it was located on Main Street. The MGM report and CinemaData both say the Memorial was on North St. CinemaTour says that the Memorial Theatre was in the E.L.M. Memorial Community Center at 21 Durkee Street, still open today, but that facility does not seem to have had an auditorium. CinemaData also says it had 320 seats. It was open to 1953 or later.
The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Memorial; it’s Card # 516. Address is North Street. There is an exterior photo taken March 16, 1941. Condition is Poor. The report says it opened about 1922, shows MGM films and had 250 seats. The 1940 population was 2,100.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Little Theatre; it’s Card # 515. Address is Main Street. There is an exterior photo dated April 17, 1941. The Condition is Poor. The report says it opened in 1933, shows MGM films and had 225 seats. The 1940 population was 1,600. Someone later wrote on the report “Burned April 1943”.
This was an “upstairs house” on the second floor. As funds permit, the auditorium is being slowly repaired and renovated.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Memorial; it’s Card # 518. Address is “Main St.” There is an exterior photo taken May 1941 showing an imposing brick town hall building complete with a corner tower. Condition is Fair. The report says that the movie operation dates from about 1925 and that it was showing MGM movies. There were 416 seats on the main floor and 80 in the balcony. The 1940 population was 2,600.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Little Theatre. It’s Card # 517. But no one filled it out so there is no info. There is an undated exterior photo which shows a handsome white building. It looks like it could be the Town Hall, but that’s not the case. It’s the type of building which could be considered a local landmark and may still be standing today somewhere in Wolfeboro.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Tilton; it’s Card # 514. Address is Main St. There is an exterior photo dated February 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says that the theater opened about 1910, was showing MGM films and had 300 seats. The 1940 population was 1,700.
I read that this was a former Odd Fellows Hall, but I’m not sure of that. The building is called the Leddy Theatre Building or Leddy Brothers Building, and was recently for sale.
There was another Leddy’s Theatre over in Epping NH. Both cinemas were under the same management. The one in Epping later became the Community Theatre.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for Leddy’s Hall; it’s Card # 510. Address is Main St. There is an exterior photo dated March 1941. Condition is Poor. The report says that it opened in 1916, was showing MGM films and had 312 seats. There is a note “Upstairs house, flat floor”. The 1940 population was 1,200.
The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the opera house; it’s Card # 513. Address is High St. Name of theater is simply “Opera House”. There is an exterior photo dated May 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says it opened about 1925 and that it shows MGM films. There were 312 seats on the main floor and 50 in the balcony. The 1940 population was 7,000.
There was a Leddy’s Hall in Raymond NH showing movies as of the spring of 1941. According to the CinemaData project, the Leddy’s in Epping and the one in Raymond were both under the same management. (There was a family named Leddy who were in various business activities in the area.)
Cathy- Try the Theatre Historical Society’s library/archive in Elmhurst IL. www.historictheatres.org. They almost certainly have a file on the Fenway, although I don’t know what’s in it. Also, the Harvard Theatre Collection which is in one of the libraries in the Harvard Yard -they might have a file, too.
I read somewhere very recently that the BEDC will purchase the Colonial and then lease it to the City for 7 years for use as a municipal auditorium.
Rob- looks that way. The MGM agent went to Gorham in May 1941. He noted that the Ritz had been a MGM customer for 2 years; and that it had opened in 1938 – probably got that info from the Mgr. There was another movie venue in Gorham which was gone by 1938/ 1941: the Opera House. It was located at “Park St. & Railroad” which I take to mean either Park St. & Railroad St., or Park St. & the railroad line. It was an “upstairs house” with 700 seats and was open from at least 1914 to about 1933. It presented both live shows and movies, the latter on Wed. and Sats. It’s listed in the CinemaData project.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Olympia; it’s Card # 509. Address is Vaughn St. There is an exterior photo dated May 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says it’s over 15 years old and was showing MGM movies. There were 598 orchestra seats and 400 balcony, total 998. The MGM agent filled out reports for the Olympia, Colonial and Arcadia in Portsmouth, but the Music Hall/Civic was not included. Perhaps it was not presenting movies in May 1941.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Colonial; it’s Card # 508. Address is “Main St.” There is an exterior photo dated May 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says it opened about 1920 and shows MGM films. It had 850 orchestra seats, and 400 balcony, total 1,250.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Arcadia; it’s Card # 507. Address is “Main St.” There is an exterior photo dated May 1941. Condition is Poor. The report says that it opened about 1925, and was not showing MGM films. There were 500 main-floor seats and 300 balcony. The 1940 population was 14,000.