Cumberland Cinema
2178 Mendon Road,
Cumberland,
RI
02864
2178 Mendon Road,
Cumberland,
RI
02864
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Great memories doing the Rocky Horror Picture Show here from April 1985 thru August 1987 (122 weeks). Business owned by Paul and Barbara Anderson, but unfortunately not the building. They put their all into this theatre and had to let go when the rent got out of hand. (As I type this, they are still alive!)
After it’s closing and before Douglas Wine took residence, “Canavan’s Floor Covering” took residence. I am adding some pictures to the photos here..
Opened November 12th, 1971. Grand opening ad posted.
For what it’s worth, the liquor store is now known as Mendon Wines & More. They still use the marquee to advertise.
This was a sad closing, since it was Cumberland’s only cinema. I cannot count how many times I went there. Many screenings I attended there included a triple-bill of MARK OF THE VAMPIRE with THE MASK OF FU MANCHU with DR. JEKYL AND MR. HYDE, SUSPIRIA, CREEPERS, THE DRAGON DIES HARD, GODZILLA VS. THE SMOG MONSTER, a double bill of YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE plus ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE, THE REINCARNATION OF PETER PROUD, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, THE RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER, and so many more. I cannot recall the last time I went there, but it was either CREEPERS or THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW.
Here is a photo of said liquor store, formerly the Cumberland Cinemas.
This is now a Douglas Wine and Spirits superstore. The interior is, of course, gutted. The exterior of the building is pretty much intact, including the marquee, which is used to promote liquor specials, and the external ticket booth protuberance is still evident. The place could be called Cumberland Alcohol Cinemas.
And Hammersmith is Out as the Jerry Lewis Cinema, Cumberland, on January25, 1973.
…but was the Cumberland Twin when I saw “Bite the Bullet” in 1975.
This was still the Jerry Lewis Cinema when I saw “Gimme Shelter” here in November of 1971.