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The 1991 American-Canadian film Providence takes place at Brown University. [5] Although not set in Providence, the movie Amistad used the exterior of the Rhode Island State House as the United States Capitol exterior. [6] The movie Little Children was also filmed in Providence. [7] In 2006, Providence was the primary filming location for the ...
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.
Cable Car Cinema and Cafe was a 100-seat, single-screen independent movie theater and restaurant in Providence, Rhode Island.Raymond Bilodeau opened the cinema in 1976 in a former truck garage on North Main Street at the foot of College Hill, and the business formed long-term relationships with the neighborhood's Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Northeast face on Empire Street, Addition in 1954 Library interior in 2019. Providence Public Library of Providence, Rhode Island was founded in 1875. The central library building at 225 Washington Street opened in 1900 and was constructed in a Renaissance style with private donations including a large donation from John Nicholas Brown I, and a large addition was built in 1954. [4]
PROVIDENCE — As filming for the James Brooks movie "Ella McCay" got underway in an East Side neighborhood Monday, one of the producers said the movie company is still looking for extras to be in ...
The exterior of Helen's 445, a faux tavern created at the intersection of Broadway and Almy Street in Providence during filming of the James L. Brooks comedy "Ella McCay."
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.
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 ...