I visited the interior of the theatre some months before. It was sponsored by some preservation group that doesn’t seem to have succeeded. Same old story.
A Swedish film of the kind that played the Avon and Art cinemas in Providence. Some nudity but NOT porn. Description from IMDb: “The young beautiful sisters Lilly and Ragni are motherless. They live with their father, a horse dealer. During a horseback ride, Lilly and Ragni come to a pond of water lilies. They undress and swim naked. A local watches them play.”
The Paramount was sometimes a de-facto art house, since there was no full-time art house in Newport. Often, in the 1950s, an art-house feature could be scheduled for the bottom of a double bill.
Semi art-house program.
The theatre would not last more than another three years, then close for good.
Crystal, right.
French and Swedish double bill. Torment had a screenplay by Ingmar Bergman.
A few of the Italian neo-realist films played here.
De Sica’s SHOESHINE and BICYCLE THIEF also played here.
I visited the interior of the theatre some months before. It was sponsored by some preservation group that doesn’t seem to have succeeded. Same old story.
Saw this here. Excellent.
Charles Ruggles and Mary Boland in Wives Never Know, maybe.
“Here Comes Mr. Jordan” - 1941.
A 1927 film, opened here in 1928.
Theatre is behind second float.
Cinema is left of Hotel Excelsior.
Google Maps shows the entire block demolished and replaced with a new structure.
Looks like a postcard was made from this photo. It’s posted on this page.
Looks like 1942,“Ghost of Frankenstein.”
A Swedish film of the kind that played the Avon and Art cinemas in Providence. Some nudity but NOT porn. Description from IMDb: “The young beautiful sisters Lilly and Ragni are motherless. They live with their father, a horse dealer. During a horseback ride, Lilly and Ragni come to a pond of water lilies. They undress and swim naked. A local watches them play.”
Italian film as second feature.
Should be LOEW’S Paramount, not “Lowe’s”.
You can see the Paramount toward the bottom, with the marquee still visible as well as the backdrop tower behind the stage.
The Paramount was sometimes a de-facto art house, since there was no full-time art house in Newport. Often, in the 1950s, an art-house feature could be scheduled for the bottom of a double bill.
Both good films, but a very strange pairing of an Italian soaper with a Hollywood musical.
The theatre closed in 1960; the marquee was moved in 1972 (see another photo).
Across from rear trolley.
Shortly after I had seen it in nearby Providence. My first film at age 5.