On August 23, 1982 a friend and I, in town for the World Film Festival, took a break from it and came here to see “Pink Floyd -The Wall.” Among other things, we were overwhelmed by the quality of the sound in the theatre!
The name of the place was now given as the Orpheum Theatre. There were frequent name changes for the place:Gaiety, Lyceum, Pastime, Orpheum, and who knows what else.
A newspaper piece on March 17, 1914 has this place showing the silent film “Tigris the Master Crackman.” The name of the place was now given as the Orpheum Theatre. There were frequent name changes for the place :Gaiety, Lyceum, Pastime, Orpheum, and who knows what else.
Over the decades I attended hockey games here (brought by our parish priest when I was an altar boy!). I also remember in the early 1960s a touring production of the Oberammergau Passion Play that was poorly done.
The Kent Theatre opened to the public on December 17, 1947 with “State Fair” and “Behind Green Lights.” See announcement and opening day ads in the photo section.
In 1963 you could see this double bill of dubbed Italian films, both actually considered very good. They were: On Any Street / La notte brava, Mauro Bolognini, from material by Pier Paolo Pasolini & Mill of the Stone People / Mill of the Stone Women / Il mulino delle donne di pietra, Giorgio Ferroni, 1960. Sexy Elsa Martinelli was a considerable draw at the time.
To M_R_G: I found and posted in the photo section a scan of a movie ad for the Lafayette from July 1950 of “The Big Hangover” with “Angels with Dirty Faces.”
In 1955.
Partial schedule.
A good history of the Rhode Island Auditorium can be found here: http://artinruins.com/property/ri-auditorium/
On August 23, 1982 a friend and I, in town for the World Film Festival, took a break from it and came here to see “Pink Floyd -The Wall.” Among other things, we were overwhelmed by the quality of the sound in the theatre!
“The Navy gets the gravy and the Army gets the beans…”
In 1906.
The name of the place was now given as the Orpheum Theatre. There were frequent name changes for the place:Gaiety, Lyceum, Pastime, Orpheum, and who knows what else.
A newspaper piece on March 17, 1914 has this place showing the silent film “Tigris the Master Crackman.” The name of the place was now given as the Orpheum Theatre. There were frequent name changes for the place :Gaiety, Lyceum, Pastime, Orpheum, and who knows what else.
Premiere date: February 6, 1961.
I was taken to this at age 10.
The auditorium opened on February 18, 1926. It was demolished in 1989.
Over the decades I attended hockey games here (brought by our parish priest when I was an altar boy!). I also remember in the early 1960s a touring production of the Oberammergau Passion Play that was poorly done.
I found newspaper references to the Palace-Casino Theatre in Randall Square in 1911-1912.
A film by Luchino Visconti.
Obviously named for Truffaut’s great film, “The 400 Blows.”
Note that Cinema de Paris (without the accented e) is a different place on this site. Peculiar.
The Kent Theatre opened to the public on December 17, 1947 with “State Fair” and “Behind Green Lights.” See announcement and opening day ads in the photo section.
1962 duo of Italian screen actresses.
“The Navy gets the gravy, but the Army gets the beans.”
In 1963 you could see this double bill of dubbed Italian films, both actually considered very good. They were: On Any Street / La notte brava, Mauro Bolognini, from material by Pier Paolo Pasolini & Mill of the Stone People / Mill of the Stone Women / Il mulino delle donne di pietra, Giorgio Ferroni, 1960. Sexy Elsa Martinelli was a considerable draw at the time.
October 1950 program.
The film had previously played at The Imperial in February 1916.
As the Victory!
To M_R_G: I found and posted in the photo section a scan of a movie ad for the Lafayette from July 1950 of “The Big Hangover” with “Angels with Dirty Faces.”
Started December 25, 1948.