Stone slab with the name of the theatre can be seen in pieces. It wound up by itself on the sand of the nearby beach. Photos can be found elsewhere on this theatre page.
After nearly a year of extensive renovations to its century-old structure, a beloved Providence venue is making its long-awaited encore. Read more about Uptown Theater here: https://www.wpri.com/…/historic-uptown-theater-returns…/
JAWS playing in 2025 50th anniversary re-release.
In 1945. “Blood on the Sun” with James Cagney and Sylvia Sidney.
In 2002.
A 1964 film.
WINTER MEETING with Bette Davis.
Actually 1948, WINTER MEETING with Bette Davis.
Can be seen complete on YouTube in a copy from the Library of Congress.
This film can be seen on YouTube in a copy from the Library of Congress. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQgIY43c5ww
Film can be seen complete on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FssOccMguG0
The newspaper piece is from the Berkshire Gleaner.
French movie program.
Great Italian film program. Movies by Fellini and Blasetti.
Stone slab with the name of the theatre can be seen in pieces. It wound up by itself on the sand of the nearby beach. Photos can be found elsewhere on this theatre page.
I think you can still see the stone slab with the name of the theatre near the top of the arch.
The Park Theatre also now has a page on CT.
Opening film: The Beloved Bachelor.
When the nearby Lee Theatre opened up the street in 1940, it would assume the mantle of the town’s only movie theatre by replacing the Park.
A country music event.
When the theatre is now used at all, it is for country music performances.
Credit to Damien Jurado.
Last program of films here might have been around February 20, 1960 with The Gene Krupa Story and The Crimson Kimono.
Last program ever at the Bijou might have been around February 20, 1960 with Blue Denim and 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock.
Ghostly.
This is a work of art, not an actual vertical marquee.
After nearly a year of extensive renovations to its century-old structure, a beloved Providence venue is making its long-awaited encore. Read more about Uptown Theater here: https://www.wpri.com/…/historic-uptown-theater-returns…/