1949 Italian film “Cielo sulla palude,” also known as “Heaven Over the Marshes,” directed by Augusto Genina a photographed by the great G.R. Aldo who did Visconti’s “La Terra Trema.”
Google Maps shows that the location now houses the Atlantic Sports Bar and Restaurant and Gillett’s Mixed Martial Arts Academy in a single new building. All signs of the former drive-in seem to have disappeared.
“The Iron Crown” is still around today. It has been shown by TCM and Martin Scorsese admires the film very much. “La donna e' mobile,” on the other hand, probably survives only in an Italian archive or may even be lost.
A September 15, 1911 blurb in The Olneyville Times states “The Star Theatre (Centredale)is being well patronized.” I don’t know if that was the same place as this theatre or if it was another.
A September 15, 1911 blurb in The Olneyville Times states “The Star Theatre (Centredale)is being well patronized.” I don’t know if that was the same place as this theatre or if it was another.
The Circle Theatre, as a repertory cinema, had programming very similar to the beloved Thalia in New York, with its double bills (mostly) of international and domestic movies from all periods.
“Es war eine rauschende Ballnacht,” 1939, directed by Carl Froelich, with Zarah Leander and Leo Slezak. NOT in color.
German biopic on the Russian composer.
“Il Cristo Proibito.”
Previous name: Palmer Theatre.
Film on marquee: the 1938 “Letter of Introduction” with Adolphe Menjou.
1930?
Original title: “Odna.”
Max Ophuls film.
Russian film.
My favorite film of all time.
Ad in The Daily Worker.
Ad in The Daily Worker.
1949 Italian film “Cielo sulla palude,” also known as “Heaven Over the Marshes,” directed by Augusto Genina a photographed by the great G.R. Aldo who did Visconti’s “La Terra Trema.”
The Royal Theatre first opened on Tuesday, October 27, 1914, per a notice in The Olneyville Times.
Google Maps shows that the location now houses the Atlantic Sports Bar and Restaurant and Gillett’s Mixed Martial Arts Academy in a single new building. All signs of the former drive-in seem to have disappeared.
“The Iron Crown” is still around today. It has been shown by TCM and Martin Scorsese admires the film very much. “La donna e' mobile,” on the other hand, probably survives only in an Italian archive or may even be lost.
A 1940 film, “One Night in the Tropics.”
A 1940 film.
Spanish-language films were regularly shown here, I believe.
Must be 1975.
…and Harold Lloyd too!
Both films on the marquee were from 1938.
A September 15, 1911 blurb in The Olneyville Times states “The Star Theatre (Centredale)is being well patronized.” I don’t know if that was the same place as this theatre or if it was another.
A September 15, 1911 blurb in The Olneyville Times states “The Star Theatre (Centredale)is being well patronized.” I don’t know if that was the same place as this theatre or if it was another.
The Circle Theatre, as a repertory cinema, had programming very similar to the beloved Thalia in New York, with its double bills (mostly) of international and domestic movies from all periods.