Braden Theater
408 Main Street,
Presque Island,
ME
04769
408 Main Street,
Presque Island,
ME
04769
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1959 photo added, credit Joel Kelly Photography.
The Theatre Historical Society on-line archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the “Branden” Theatre in Presque Isle; it’s Card # 433. But no one filled it out, so there is no info. There is an undated exterior photo. Most of the photos on these cards which have no information on them were taken between 1946 and 1950.
Make that 476 seats ( 144/161/171).
The Braden now has 3 screens with a total of 473 seats and reopened on March 1, 2008, according to an article in the “University Times”, published by the Univ. of Maine at Presque Isle.
In 1963, the Braden was operated by Charles Brooks Theaters, headquartered in Ashland, Maine. Brooks Theaters also ran the Presque Isle Drive-In at the time, along with some other theaters in Ashland, Eagle Lake and Fort Kent.
Here is an August 2006 article about renovation of the Braden:
http://tinyurl.com/qp42z
Here are photos from 1951 and 1957, respectively:
http://tinyurl.com/qhygf
http://tinyurl.com/nt6e3