The Strand Cinema opened its doors on November 15, 1972 with “Butterflies Are Free”, and closed for the final time on September 6, 1990 with “Back To The Future Part III” and “Bird Of A Wire”. It was demolished later that same year.
Correction: After the Strand Theatre was destroyed on April 20, 1972, a small one-story concrete block building was immediately built on the site that same exact year. Construction of that theater started around one week later, and the Strand Cinema on the site of the old Strand Theatre opened later that same year on November 15, 1972.
The Ritz closed as a movie theater on May 21, 1999 with “The Out Of Towners”.
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Sep 2, 2025 at 1:13 pm
I cannot officially confirm if the marquee sign is either repainted blue or coming from an AI error. I also did a colorization scan of its marquee on grand opening that confirming that it was dark red matching the side walls, which is faded green in the scan here.
Actual opening date is June 14, 1957, originally housing 350 cars and a 50x80ft CinemaScope screen. The theater was built by Sanford native Russell Martin.
The Ritz suffered damage by a fire in January 2009, but reopened after renovations that November. Unfortunately after just five years of rebooting, the Ritz closed as a first-run movie theater in 2014.
After sitting abandoned for four years, Royce Eyer of Muncy bought the abandoned Ritz in October 2018. Everything was kept from the outside including its marquee, but the inside was converted into “The Ritz Complex”, which is a sportsplex, cafe, and a reception hall that opened in 2019.
This is what the sign used to look like in color. In the original photo, the cars didn’t appear. Besides, this was supposed to be 1981, not the early-2000s.
The Nashua Mall 1-4 actually started life as the Nashua Mall Cinema I & II, opening by General Cinema on March 29, 1972 with “The Hospital” in Screen 1 and “Winter Comes Early” in Screen 2. Both auditoriums were divided into a quad in the late-1970s, and became the Nashua Mall 1-4.
General Cinema first operated the theater for most of its life until the early-1990s, when the theater was purchased by Canad Cinemas, though retaining the original Nashua Mall 1-4 name. Several years later, Hoyts took over the Nashua Mall 1-4 in December 1997 after Hoyts purchased the Canad chain.
It appears that it did briefly reopened in 2022, judging by Google Street View. As of 2025, some posters that hasn’t been touched since 2022 are still completely visible but faded.
The Geneva Theatre closed as a first-run house in the late-1970s.
The Strand Cinema opened its doors on November 15, 1972 with “Butterflies Are Free”, and closed for the final time on September 6, 1990 with “Back To The Future Part III” and “Bird Of A Wire”. It was demolished later that same year.
Correction: After the Strand Theatre was destroyed on April 20, 1972, a small one-story concrete block building was immediately built on the site that same exact year. Construction of that theater started around one week later, and the Strand Cinema on the site of the old Strand Theatre opened later that same year on November 15, 1972.
The Ritz closed as a movie theater on May 21, 1999 with “The Out Of Towners”.
I cannot officially confirm if the marquee sign is either repainted blue or coming from an AI error. I also did a colorization scan of its marquee on grand opening that confirming that it was dark red matching the side walls, which is faded green in the scan here.
Actual opening date is June 14, 1957, originally housing 350 cars and a 50x80ft CinemaScope screen. The theater was built by Sanford native Russell Martin.
Closed on January 12, 1986 with “Marie”.
Correction: The “MART” on the Kmart sign is the normal light blue color in the original photo. The red is an AI mistake.
The Ritz suffered damage by a fire in January 2009, but reopened after renovations that November. Unfortunately after just five years of rebooting, the Ritz closed as a first-run movie theater in 2014.
After sitting abandoned for four years, Royce Eyer of Muncy bought the abandoned Ritz in October 2018. Everything was kept from the outside including its marquee, but the inside was converted into “The Ritz Complex”, which is a sportsplex, cafe, and a reception hall that opened in 2019.
This is what the sign used to look like in color. In the original photo, the cars didn’t appear. Besides, this was supposed to be 1981, not the early-2000s.
Definitely a Gandy Goose TerryToon playing with original titles.
Malco parted its ways with the Phoenix on November 28, 1988, after running “Punch Line” in Screen 1 and “Crossing Delancey” in Screen 2.
The Nashua Mall 1-4 actually started life as the Nashua Mall Cinema I & II, opening by General Cinema on March 29, 1972 with “The Hospital” in Screen 1 and “Winter Comes Early” in Screen 2. Both auditoriums were divided into a quad in the late-1970s, and became the Nashua Mall 1-4.
General Cinema first operated the theater for most of its life until the early-1990s, when the theater was purchased by Canad Cinemas, though retaining the original Nashua Mall 1-4 name. Several years later, Hoyts took over the Nashua Mall 1-4 in December 1997 after Hoyts purchased the Canad chain.
It was closed on March 20, 2003.
Now known as “Main Street Performing Arts Campus”.
Closed on February 14, 1976 with “Take A Hard Ride” and “The Terrorist”.
Closed as a first-run theater on August 30, 1994 with “Andre”.
Opened with Walt Disney’s “The Jungle Book” and “Charlie The Lonesome Cougar”.
Opened on July 1, 1970 with “The Adventurers” in Screen 1 and “Patton” in Screen 2.
Once operated by Lesser Theatre Services.
Once operated by Lesser Theatre Services.
Opened on October 29, 1975.
Last operated by Martin Theatres, closed on September 4, 1983.
It appears that it did briefly reopened in 2022, judging by Google Street View. As of 2025, some posters that hasn’t been touched since 2022 are still completely visible but faded.
Closed on October 17, 1999.
Closed on January 31, 2003.