Although the theatre was one of the best known structures in the town after 1919, there are precious few images of it and none of the interior. Year of this photo uncertain.
I never went to the Provincetown Theatre, even though I visited the town in the 1960s and 1970s a number of times When I seriously became interested in old movie theatres, the place had ceased to exist. To make up for my neglect, I have posted a good number of photos and ads in the photo section. My one wish is that someone will come up with photos of the interior, lobby, seating, audiences, projection booth, ANYTHING.
I don’t know if this was the first Provincetown showing of GWTW. It had played already in 1940 at the Orleans Theatre in Orleans to a good deal of hoopla.
Fragment of original Provincetown Theatre stone façade could be seen discarded in the sand on the nearby beach. There are photos of it posted on this page.
See separate entry about what happened. Woonsocket Call article 7-26-63.
Remember that entrance canopy from the 1960s.
I went there many times in the 1960s.
Although the theatre was one of the best known structures in the town after 1919, there are precious few images of it and none of the interior. Year of this photo uncertain.
A 1933 film release.
All four films related thematically to the then-current war effort.
My photo.
In 1943.
Still: MONPTI.
“The Girl Was Young” by Hitchcock was also known as “Young And Innocent.”
I never went to the Provincetown Theatre, even though I visited the town in the 1960s and 1970s a number of times When I seriously became interested in old movie theatres, the place had ceased to exist. To make up for my neglect, I have posted a good number of photos and ads in the photo section. My one wish is that someone will come up with photos of the interior, lobby, seating, audiences, projection booth, ANYTHING.
Lovely cinema lost.
1940s-1950s.
Poil de carotte and The Third Man.
Fellini’s I VITELLONI.
“The Biscuit Eater” was a 1940 film.
A drive-in and fly-in theatre as well.
Rembrandt.
“The Biscuit Eater” was a 1940 movie.
A TIME FOR DRUNKEN HORSES, just wow.
I don’t know if this was the first Provincetown showing of GWTW. It had played already in 1940 at the Orleans Theatre in Orleans to a good deal of hoopla.
Fragment of original Provincetown Theatre stone façade could be seen discarded in the sand on the nearby beach. There are photos of it posted on this page.
Saw Room for One More in 1952 at age ten, though not here. Loved it.
In 1941 plays were performed but no films shown.
ENEMIGOS might have been the 1934 film by Chano Urueta with Miguel M. Delgado, Joaquín Busquets, Gaby Sorel.