Opened as the Paramount on June 20, 1930. The theatre would be called the Paramount only briefly, before reverting to the Strand name after about four years.
I attended that event and remember it very well. I remember Truffaut spoke in French and there was a person translating as he spoke. Some francophone members of the audience did not like the translations. At least one person heatedly proclaimed, “No that’s not what he said!” and proceeded to add his own translation.
Regret never having taken a photo of the building over the years. It was a wooden structure. The front entrance had a large star/sun figure carved over it with the word “STAR” visible.
Regret never having taken a photo of the building over the years. It was a wooden structure. The front entrance had a large star/sun figure carved over it with the word “STAR” visible.
The old Pastime Theatre became the Grand Central Market. I remember shopping here in the 1950’s/1960’s, noting the interior configuration of the place and figuring out (easily) where the lobby had been, the scenery tower, the projection booth, etc.
Godard himself had earlier addressed students at Harvard on April 20 of that year, presenting “See You at Mao” and discussing radical revolutionary politics in a rather heavy-handed event at Lowell Lecture Hall. I had attended and remember it well, without affection.
I attended this talk by Renoir and remember his mentioning how his film “The Golden Coach” had been inspired by both Anna Magnani and the music of Vivaldi.
In 1963?
The theatre would be called the Paramount only briefly, before reverting to the Strand name after four years on August 15, 1934.
May 11, 1934. Still the Paramount, but not for long before becoming named the Strand again.
Opened as the Paramount on June 20, 1930. The theatre would be called the Paramount only briefly, before reverting to the Strand name after about four years.
I attended that event and remember it very well. I remember Truffaut spoke in French and there was a person translating as he spoke. Some francophone members of the audience did not like the translations. At least one person heatedly proclaimed, “No that’s not what he said!” and proceeded to add his own translation.
Error in description. Looks like 1947, not 1967.
Mario Lanza films were very popular back then in theatres in or near Italian neighborhoods in Rhode Island.
Regret never having taken a photo of the building over the years. It was a wooden structure. The front entrance had a large star/sun figure carved over it with the word “STAR” visible.
Regret never having taken a photo of the building over the years. It was a wooden structure. The front entrance had a large star/sun figure carved over it with the word “STAR” visible.
Opened in February 1958 and played for about three weeks.
“Thou Old, thou Free.”
The old Pastime Theatre became the Grand Central Market. I remember shopping here in the 1950’s/1960’s, noting the interior configuration of the place and figuring out (easily) where the lobby had been, the scenery tower, the projection booth, etc.
“Open City” was shown here. Amazing.
“Open City” was shown here. Amazing.
“Paisan” shown here, amazing.
“Street of Shadows” was the 1937 “Mademoiselle Docteur” by G.W. Pabst.
French films were often shown in this mill-town of French-Canadian ancestry where the language was widely spoken.
This small-town theatre seems to have had a preference for higher-brow films.
Original title: “Pronto, chi parla?” Made in 1946.
Godard himself had earlier addressed students at Harvard on April 20 of that year, presenting “See You at Mao” and discussing radical revolutionary politics in a rather heavy-handed event at Lowell Lecture Hall. I had attended and remember it well, without affection.
Ad in Le Devoir.
A Robert Bresson masterwork.
The film “Neal of the Navy” played here on November 7, 1915.
I attended this talk by Renoir and remember his mentioning how his film “The Golden Coach” had been inspired by both Anna Magnani and the music of Vivaldi.
April (?) 1968.