Lisbon Theatre
Main Street,
Lisbon,
NH
03585
Main Street,
Lisbon,
NH
03585
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Previous Names: Empress Theatre, Lisbon Playhouse
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A small-town movie theatre originally opened as the Empress Theatre prior to 1926. Around 1936 it was renamed Lisbon Playhouse. It was still open in 1955, and by 1957 had been renamed Lisbon Theatre.
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The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Lisbon Theatre; it’s Card # 495. Address is Main St. There is an exterior photo taken May 1941. Condition is Good. It says that the Lisbon was opened about 1927 and is showing MGM product. There are 302 seats on the main floor and 84 in the balcony. The 1940 population was 2,300.
The former Lisbon Playhouse reopened as the Lisbon Cinema on December 19, 1969, as noted in the January 26, 1970, issue of Boxoffice. The new lessee was long-time Massachusetts exhibitor Karl Doran. The theater had been bought by Anthony Corey in October, 1956, who had operated the house until 1963, after which it had been used only intermittently for community events.