I attended a performance that seminarians (like myself at the time) were bussed to. It would be charitable to say it was a mediocre show and at times even laughable, as a number of us opined.
In the news. Warning of same-sex kiss in a film. https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/oklahoma-theater-posts-warning-sign-sex-kiss-pixars-lightyear-rcna34725
In her extraordinary autobiography, “Finding Me,” published in 2022, actress Viola Davis, who grew up in next-door Central Falls, mentions going to the Leroy Theatre with her siblings, probably in the 1970’s. She writes: “After that, we took our Easter money to Leroy Theatre to watch a double feature and eat either hot dogs or large bags of M&M’s. Seventy- five cents for a double feature and 35 cents for a big bag of M&M’s.” (Page 74)
The film can be watched on You Tube, complete, dubbed in English.
This looks like the 1953 film version with Sophia Loren as Aida (with Renata Tebaldi’s voice.)
I attended a performance that seminarians (like myself at the time) were bussed to. It would be charitable to say it was a mediocre show and at times even laughable, as a number of us opined.
These had been shown in the previous decade at the Avon Cinema in Providence.
I watched this here, dubbed. Some boorish teens were in the audience.
UPDATE: This theatre was still showing films, perhaps on and off, until the early 1970’s, per newspaper ads found.
Visconti.
As I recall, when two men, played by Peter Finch and Murray head, kissed each other on the lips, some in the audience said “eewwwwwww!”
To terrywade: Slightly curved, as I recall.
An Italian “shockumentary” by Blasetti.
August 1964.
First saw this here!
KWAHERI can be watched on YouTube, complete.
I saw this here. Surprisingly it was shown in the original Italian version with English subtitles.
A white supremacist film title.
“Last and Sassy” = “Fast and Sexy.”
Revival showing. It had premiered at the Majestic about four years earlier.
Day-dating with the Majestic in Providence.
Wouldn’t be long before this place became a porno house.
I came to see this here at age 16.
Mid-1960s, I believe. I remember seeing “Treasure of Sierra Madre” as part of this series here.
Don’t believe so. I attended one of these showings. The image was cropped too!
In Pawtucket Times.
In the news. Warning of same-sex kiss in a film. https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/oklahoma-theater-posts-warning-sign-sex-kiss-pixars-lightyear-rcna34725
In her extraordinary autobiography, “Finding Me,” published in 2022, actress Viola Davis, who grew up in next-door Central Falls, mentions going to the Leroy Theatre with her siblings, probably in the 1970’s. She writes: “After that, we took our Easter money to Leroy Theatre to watch a double feature and eat either hot dogs or large bags of M&M’s. Seventy- five cents for a double feature and 35 cents for a big bag of M&M’s.” (Page 74)