In July of 1984, when this was the Galleria, I saw Electric Dreams. The last films I saw here were Zelary, a very long Czech film, and the director’s cut of Donnie Darko on November 6, 2004, shortly before the place closed.
I found out that I saw these two movies there on August 23, 1983. One was La terrazza by Ettore Scola. It was dubbed in French, as was their preference here. The other was Carlos Saura’s Blood Wedding, which I believe is wordless and a ballet. Don’t any Montrealers remember or care about this respected place? Why am I, someone from Providence, Rhode Island, the only one to post?
That Flickers showing of The Shop on Main Street that I saw was on May 5, 1983. The film society was run, if I am not wrong, by George Marshall, who has been heading the R.I. International Film Festival for nearly a decade. Flickers also used other venues, including the Jane Pickens Theatre and a second floor hall off Washington Square that I forget the name of.
I was here once only, in July of 1978, to see an excellent and unusual double bill of Ramparts of Clay and the Egyptian-made The Night of Counting the Years.
On June 23, 1982 I came up to the Stadium with a friend to see a special presentation of the French-language film from Quebec called Les Plouffe, a family saga based on the very popular novel by Roger Lemelin and directed by Gilles Carle. I remember the showing was rather crowded. The print was 16mm, with subtitles. Details on the film can be found here. Woonsocket, of course, has a large population of French-Canadian ancestry. This is the kind of movie that would easily have found its way into the Laurier in the Social district, had that theatre still been around.
I remember enjoying a double bill of Pigskin Parade & Mother Wore Tights here when visiting Los Angeles, on July 18, 1977. It was unfortunately the only time I went to any movies here.
The movie I remember seeing here and would most love to see again but that seems to have entered the legion of the lost is Due pezzi di pane, directed by Sergio Citti, a friend and collaborator of Pier Paolo Pasolini. It had Vittorio Gassman and Philippe Noiret as two roaming musicians, Pippo and Peppe, who unknowingly have the same girl, Lucia. The two return from a prision stretch, the girl dies and leaves a child, Piripicchio, whom they raise with some sad consequences. The film had a Pasolini-esque kind of ribald humor and a fervent melancholy charm that I’ve never forgotten. I saw it at the Barberini on February 17, 1979. A few days later I caught Giuliano Montaldo’s Il giocattolo, starring Nino Manfredi, at the same theatre.
I saw the film Lifeguard here on September 19, 1976. I believe it might have been the last film I ever saw here before the theatre closed a year later.
I went to an Italian-horror double bill here on September 15, 1976. The films were Deep Red (Dario Argento) and The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (Emilio Miraglia). The genre is not my cup of tea and I don’t think I really enjoyed it.
I went with a friend to a triple “horror” bill here on August 8, 1980. The program was The Came from Within (David Cronenberg), The Children and * Horror House*. I think we laughed throughout and ate a lot of drive-in junk food.
The earlier Walnut Hill Cinemas and Cinema 4 (1971 & 1973) were each located on Diamond Hill Road in the same general vicinity. The Walnut Hill Cinemas had been located in Walnut Hill Plaza. The Woonsocket Cinemas were in Woonsocket Plaza. Cinema 4 had also been in Woonsocket Plaza, in a different spot. The two plazas are practically adjacent. At no time were the Woonsocket Cinemas operating when either the Walnut Hill Cinemas or Cinema 4 were in existence. In 1989, when the Woonsocket Cinemas were opened, the other two theatres had already been closed and/or demolished.
In July of 1984, when this was the Galleria, I saw Electric Dreams. The last films I saw here were Zelary, a very long Czech film, and the director’s cut of Donnie Darko on November 6, 2004, shortly before the place closed.
One of the last movies, if not the last,that I saw there, was The Natural with Robert Redford. That was on June 29, 1984.
I found out that I saw these two movies there on August 23, 1983. One was La terrazza by Ettore Scola. It was dubbed in French, as was their preference here. The other was Carlos Saura’s Blood Wedding, which I believe is wordless and a ballet. Don’t any Montrealers remember or care about this respected place? Why am I, someone from Providence, Rhode Island, the only one to post?
That Flickers showing of The Shop on Main Street that I saw was on May 5, 1983. The film society was run, if I am not wrong, by George Marshall, who has been heading the R.I. International Film Festival for nearly a decade. Flickers also used other venues, including the Jane Pickens Theatre and a second floor hall off Washington Square that I forget the name of.
I noted seeing the movie Betrayal, with Jeremy Irons and Ben Kingsley, at this theatre in April, 1983.
I told a lie. Also saw Tender Mercies here in April, 1983.
I believe the Turkish movie Yol was the last picture I saw here, on March 19, 1983, before the theatre closed.
I was here once only, in July of 1978, to see an excellent and unusual double bill of Ramparts of Clay and the Egyptian-made The Night of Counting the Years.
On June 23, 1982 I came up to the Stadium with a friend to see a special presentation of the French-language film from Quebec called Les Plouffe, a family saga based on the very popular novel by Roger Lemelin and directed by Gilles Carle. I remember the showing was rather crowded. The print was 16mm, with subtitles. Details on the film can be found here. Woonsocket, of course, has a large population of French-Canadian ancestry. This is the kind of movie that would easily have found its way into the Laurier in the Social district, had that theatre still been around.
I am asking if the theatre is posted on Cinema Treasures under another name, since I cannot find one by that name.
I remember enjoying a double bill of Pigskin Parade & Mother Wore Tights here when visiting Los Angeles, on July 18, 1977. It was unfortunately the only time I went to any movies here.
I noted seeing Werner Herzog’s Aguirre: The Wrath of God here on July 12, 1977.
I believe I saw Who’ll stop the Rain here in 1978. Was there a Montreal movie theatre actually called the “Westmount”?
I visited a theatre in Berkeley in 1978 called the “U.C. Theatre.” What was that?
I visited a theatre in Berkeley in 1978 called the “U.C. Theatre.” What was that?
…and had seen Halloween here in July of 1979.
Also saw Greased Lightning with Superman here on July 2, 1979.
The movie I remember seeing here and would most love to see again but that seems to have entered the legion of the lost is Due pezzi di pane, directed by Sergio Citti, a friend and collaborator of Pier Paolo Pasolini. It had Vittorio Gassman and Philippe Noiret as two roaming musicians, Pippo and Peppe, who unknowingly have the same girl, Lucia. The two return from a prision stretch, the girl dies and leaves a child, Piripicchio, whom they raise with some sad consequences. The film had a Pasolini-esque kind of ribald humor and a fervent melancholy charm that I’ve never forgotten. I saw it at the Barberini on February 17, 1979. A few days later I caught Giuliano Montaldo’s Il giocattolo, starring Nino Manfredi, at the same theatre.
I saw the film Lifeguard here on September 19, 1976. I believe it might have been the last film I ever saw here before the theatre closed a year later.
I went to an Italian-horror double bill here on September 15, 1976. The films were Deep Red (Dario Argento) and The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (Emilio Miraglia). The genre is not my cup of tea and I don’t think I really enjoyed it.
I went with a friend to a triple “horror” bill here on August 8, 1980. The program was The Came from Within (David Cronenberg), The Children and * Horror House*. I think we laughed throughout and ate a lot of drive-in junk food.
I saw an ideal presentation of The Empire Strikes Back here in July 31, 1980.
I saw Vincent Price in Theatre of Blood here in May, 1973.
Here is the opening day newspaper ad for Cinema 4.
The earlier Walnut Hill Cinemas and Cinema 4 (1971 & 1973) were each located on Diamond Hill Road in the same general vicinity. The Walnut Hill Cinemas had been located in Walnut Hill Plaza. The Woonsocket Cinemas were in Woonsocket Plaza. Cinema 4 had also been in Woonsocket Plaza, in a different spot. The two plazas are practically adjacent. At no time were the Woonsocket Cinemas operating when either the Walnut Hill Cinemas or Cinema 4 were in existence. In 1989, when the Woonsocket Cinemas were opened, the other two theatres had already been closed and/or demolished.