Palace Theatre
338 Main Street,
Middletown,
CT
06457
338 Main Street,
Middletown,
CT
06457
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Demolished in 1980 per the Historic Buildings of Connecticut website.
I remember the Palace Theater! It was the first theater I went to and the first movie I ever saw- The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams back in 1974. I also remember The Capital Theater next to it. Great memories
Link’s dead. http://www.boxofficemagazine.com/the_vault/issue_page?issue_id=1955-5-28&page_no=83#page_start
The Capitol and the Palace appear almost side-by-side in this photo in Boxoffice magazine from May 28, 1955. Each house was playing a different Davy Crockett film.
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Item in Boxoffice magazine, September 18, 1948:
Middletown Palace Opens
MIDDLETOWN, CONN. —– Salvatore Adorno has reopened the Palace Theatre here after a ten-year shutdown. He renovated the entire building, including a new marquee and lobby.
From information I have found the Palace opened as the Grand Theatre on 24 Nov 1915 and was damaged by a fire on 27 Jul 1980.I don’t recall where I found these details so I am not sure how accurate they are.
ken mc:that photo is of the Middlesex Theatre formerly known as the Middlesex Opera House.It opened in 1892 and closed in 1961 and was located at 111 College Street,according to cinematour listing.
The Palace is the only Middletown theater listed as closed/demolished. This photo gives a demolition date of around 1977 for the unnamed theater. Any ideas?
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Also known as the Starr and the Grand.
In the 1941 and 1943 editions of Film Daily Yearbook, the Palace Theatre is listed with 950 seats and ‘Closed’.
The 1950 edition lists it as open with 1,099 seats.