The March 27, 1954 issue of Boxoffice Magazine has a long article entitled “Death of Carlton Mourned like Old Friend.” Google “Boxoffice-March.27.1954” and the issue should come up.
Note what was said here about the construction of the Hollywood Theatre in East Providence. The negative attitude of the city was also seen in the years leading up to the theatre’s razing in 2008, when they could have made efforts to save the building.
The Italian film “The Little World of Don Camillo” had its American premiere here at the Lincoln at the end of December 1952 according to a blurb in Boxoffice Magazine on January 3, 1953.
According to Boxoffice Magazine, this was the first time a foreign-language film played a large New York theatre in its original-language version with subtitles.
I remember going to see this at the age of nine with my parents at the Strand Theatre, but not this one. It was the Strand in nearby Providence. The theatre was packed to the rafters, including the balcony where we sat.
“The Art Theatre, New Bedford, operated by Irving Conn the last few years, has been taken back by owner Henry Tobin, who will continue its art policy.” —notice in Boxoffice Magazine, December 30, 1950.
Hurricane flooding.
The Catholic Diocese of Providence warned Catholics at masses that going to see this film would be a mortal sin. I remember it all well.
The March 27, 1954 issue of Boxoffice Magazine has a long article entitled “Death of Carlton Mourned like Old Friend.” Google “Boxoffice-March.27.1954” and the issue should come up.
Note what was said here about the construction of the Hollywood Theatre in East Providence. The negative attitude of the city was also seen in the years leading up to the theatre’s razing in 2008, when they could have made efforts to save the building.
I saw this film here during this run. I was seventeen.
I went here with my parents during the opening run. I was eleven.
I went to the film here, with my parents, during the opening run. I was eleven years old.
“The Lovers” = “Amanti in fuga” (1946).
In the Diocese of Providence announcements were made in all Catholic churches that it would be a mortal sin for any Catholics to see this movie.
In Providence announcements were made in all Catholic churches that it would be a mortal sin for any Catholics to see this movie.
The Italian film “The Little World of Don Camillo” had its American premiere here at the Lincoln at the end of December 1952 according to a blurb in Boxoffice Magazine on January 3, 1953.
The film played in January 1952.
Opening date: April 12, 1952.
According to Boxoffice Magazine, this was the first time a foreign-language film played a large New York theatre in its original-language version with subtitles.
In 2015.
The 1951 flood led ultimately to the closure of the theatre in 1952.
The Liberty was in Providence, became the Art Cinema in 1958 and the Bomes Theatre in the mid-2010’s.
President and Mrs. Truman attended the premiere of the film here in April 1951.
I remember going to see this at the age of nine with my parents at the Strand Theatre, but not this one. It was the Strand in nearby Providence. The theatre was packed to the rafters, including the balcony where we sat.
Result: owners of the theatre would be fined and allowed to re-open.
In 1943.
I’m wondering why this law existed.
“Skeptics frankly predicted failure, believing that a woman simply lacked the capacity to do a man-sized job.”
Newspaper ads appear for this theatre between 1941 and 1958.
“The Art Theatre, New Bedford, operated by Irving Conn the last few years, has been taken back by owner Henry Tobin, who will continue its art policy.” —notice in Boxoffice Magazine, December 30, 1950.