Artists' Theater
Art Colony, Pfeiffer's Wharf,
Provincetown,
MA
02657
Art Colony, Pfeiffer's Wharf,
Provincetown,
MA
02657
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Founded by art director Heinrich Pfeiffer for the purpose of presenting both quality theatre and quality movies, the Artists' Theater was an open air theatre which opened on June 15, 1936 with Harry Bauer in “Poil de Carrotte” and a short ballet film “Doll’s Fantasy”. Films, both foreign and domestic would play alongside stage works. Many of the films were French, of the type that did not normally play Provincetown. Advertisements in the Provincetown papers show programs from 1936 to 1939. In 1941 it was operating as a playhouse having dropped movies from the programing.
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I think I just discovered a lost and forgotten movie theatre in Provincetown: ARTISTS' THEATRE. It was, as far as I can figure, an open-air shed-like structure near the water. In the summer they ran artistic foreign and domestic films that had not really been shown in the town. They also included on each program a theatrical piece or else a classical music recital. Opening night was June 15, 1936. The first film was Duvivier’s great POIL DE CAROTTE. Live classical music performances filled out this initial program. The project seems to have lasted only about 3 to 4 years, judging by newspaper articles and ads of that period. I keep finding more stuff and posting it on Cinema Treasures.
Note that the theatre opened in 1936, not 1937. Error in introduction. Also noteworthy, by 1940 the place ceased to operate. It lasted a mere four summers.
In 1941 plays were performed but no films shown.