Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Avon Cinema is an independent movie theater near Brown University on the East Side of Providence, Rhode Island. The Avon's Art Deco styling dates from its opening in February 1938. [1] [2] The theater primarily screens independent, art house, and foreign films. The theatre has been owned by the same family since 1938.
In 1929, the theatre changed management and opened a year later as the Paramount Theatre. To capitalize on the emerging "talking pictures" market, the nearly 2,100-seat auditorium was converted into a movie cinema, making it one of eight in downtown Providence. Four years later, the theatre returned to its original name.
Pages in category "Cinemas and movie theaters in Rhode Island" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
When opened, the theater featured vaudeville and silent films before it was leased by RKO Albee Theater. It was considered “one of Providence’s premier cinemas for the next 25 years.”. [1] In 1929, it was renamed the Uptown Theatre. [3] They fell on hard times until Misak Berberian bought it in the summer of 1962. He returned it to ...
EAST GREENWICH − "Junction," a movie produced by East Greenwich-based Chad A. Verdi and shot in Rhode Island, hits the big screen this weekend, as well as being available for streaming.
The cast ofBack to the Futurewent back to the past at Rhode Island Comic Con.. Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson and Thomas F. Wilson, stars of the time-traveling adventure classic ...
The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), formerly Loew's State Theatre and Palace Concert Theater, is a multi-use not-for-profit theater located at 220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. It was built in 1928 as a movie palace by the Loews Theatres chain to designs by Rapp & Rapp, the leading designers of music palaces ...
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!