Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>Strand marquee visible on right, 1955.</p>
  • <p>Photo from the 1930s or so. Bijou sign visble on left. Sign on right for the St.James Hotel, destroyed in a 1986 fire.</p>
  • <p>Early 20th Century. Area around the Bijou Theatre, which can be seen on the right beyond the railroad bridge. It is recognizable by its white dome.</p>
  • <p>In the 1970s as the PALACE, in relation to the legendary Shepard’s Tea Room on Mathewson Street.</p>
  • <p>Forum marquee in the center background. 1961 photo via unknown encyclopedia source.</p>
  • <p>1953 photo via Dennis May.</p>
  • <p>September 28, 1953</p>
  • <p>Royal Theatre, pre-1915.</p>
  • <p>April 25, 1920</p>
  • <p>April 4, 1919 ad.</p>
  • <p>An early 1900s postcard of Wakefield’s Main Street. The building on the left, with what appears to be a vertical marquee, MAY have housed the Royal Theatre which was on the second floor. In fact the last word on that marquee appears to be THEATRE. So I believe that was the Royal Theatre.</p>
  • <p>July 11, 1913 in the Narragansett Times.</p>
  • <p>October 20, 1933.</p>
  • <p>From the 1950s.</p>
  • <p>In 1961.</p>
  • <p>In 1947.</p>
  • <p>Opened on Thanksgiving Day (November 21st, 1940)</p>
  • <p>Photo from 1948. Credited to SanFranciscoTheatersBlogspot.com from the Jack Tillmany collection.</p>
  • <p>May 1, 1975</p>
  • <p>December 7, 1924.</p>
  • <p>January 3, 1972.</p>
  • <p>Dec. 7, 1971 ad for this and other RI area theatres.</p>
  • <p>In 1952.</p>
  • <p>Publicity from 1936.</p>
  • <p>In 2022.</p>
  • <p>Broadway Furniture - Former Star Theatre Building - Roosevelt Ave - Scheduled for demolition - Jan 31st 1966.</p>
  • <p>November 16, 1934.</p>
  • <p>Blurb in RI Pendulum, August 10, 1933. Don’t know if this controversial film was actually shown here.</p>
  • <p>In 2011.</p>