Pastime Theatre

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The Pastime Theatre opened on December 1, 1911 as the first theater in Lumberton built for photo plays. It was remodeled soon thereafter celebrating another grand opening (upper left) playing important films (top middle) and going to a low cost theater during WW I (top right). H.H. Anderson was the original owner then selling out to a couple who sold to a third owner in 1929 who installed Movietone sound and had its first talkie with “Abie’s Irish Rose” (bottom left). The theater got new ownership in 1934, 1939 (grand opening on bottom), and the theater closes on March 25, 1949 and goes dark. Jimmy Adams purchases the building housing the theater on March 2, 1950 and apparently disassembles the theater ending its cinematic service at just over 37 years.