Abbott Hall
Bradford Street,
Forge Village,
Westford,
MA
01886
Bradford Street,
Forge Village,
Westford,
MA
01886
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Another mill-owned movie theater in MA was at Corticelli Mills in Florence. It had 300 seats.
Abbott Hall was located on Bradford Street near the intersection with Pleasant St., and near Forge Pond.
Abbott Hall is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 400 seats and open 2 days per week. It was the only film venue listed in the FDY for Forge Village and for Westford MA. From a Google search for Abbott Worsted I learned that the 2 days of operation for this cinema were Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Abbott Mills also had a band and a soccer team, and possibly other employee organizations. This theater was included in the MGM Theatre Photograph and Report project. There is a photo of Abbott Hall taken in May 1941. There was no cinema signage on the exterior, and sets of steps leading up from the sidewalk. The Report says that Abbott Hall had been a MGM customer for 7 years, that it had opened to films in 1920, that it sat 450 on one level, using movable seating. And that it was located in Abbott Worsted mills.