RKO Albee Theatre
320 Westminster Street,
Providence,
RI
02903
320 Westminster Street,
Providence,
RI
02903
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Ron, a lovely parking lot replaced this most beautiful of theatres! Nothing has replaced the parking lot.
The theatre had TWO balconies. Memory: In early 1954 as a child of 12, I sat in the second balcony watching an odd double bill of “Hondo” (in 3-D) with John Wayne and “Volcano” with Anna Magnani.
What replaced this theatre?
Here’s a photo I took of the theatre in 1967. The pedestrian mall has gone back to being a street open to motor traffic.
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I saw a few movies here in the early 60s, including a double bill of WAY, WAY OUT with Jerry Lewis and SMOKY with Fess Parker.
As a child in the 1940’s I was taken to see some of my first movies ever in this paradise lost: SONG OF THE SOUTH, JOAN OF ARC (uncut version), and CINDERELLA in 1950.
The RKO Albee Theatre seated 2314 people.