Cameo Theatre

536 Forest Avenue,
Deering, ME 04101

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Cameo Theatre

The 400-seat Cameo Theatre was opened by 1932. It was remodeled and enlarged in 1940 to seat 525. It one of 3 neighborhood movie theatres operating in 1941 in the Deering section of Portland. It was still open in 1952, but had closed by 1955.

Contributed by Ron Salters

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rsalters (Ron Salters)
rsalters (Ron Salters) on September 15, 2015 at 6:29 pm

The Theatre Historical Society arcive has the MGM Theatre Report for the Cameo, it’s Card # 361. Address is Forest Avenue. There is an exterior photo taken Feb.20, 1941. Condition is Fair. The report says that it was remodeled in 1940, was showing MGM films, and had 525 seats.

rsalters (Ron Salters)
rsalters (Ron Salters) on September 15, 2015 at 6:46 pm

The CinemaData project’s file on the Cameo indicates that it had 3 locations during its life. The first location was at “476 Stevens Avenue at Deering Center”; the second location was this one at Forest Avenue – today’s “Great Lost Bear Restaurant.” The third location was at Woodford’s Corner, “next to Christopher’s”. Why did the Cameo move twice? What happened to these buildings?

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