State Cinemas

239 Main Street,
Calais, ME 04619

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Previously operated by: Lockwood & Gordon Enterprises

Functions: Movies (First Run)

Previous Names: State Twin Cinema

Phone Numbers: Box Office: 207.454.8830

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State Cinemas

The State Theatre was opened as a single screen movie theatre in 1928. It was destroyed by fire on March 4, 1958 (it has its own page on Cinema Treasures).

A new State Twin Cinema was built at the same address and opened in 1980 by Lockwood & Gordon Enterprises. It has since been tripled.

Contributed by Bryan Krefft

Recent comments (view all 5 comments)

Trolleyguy
Trolleyguy on October 31, 2015 at 9:49 am

Website: http://www.statecinemascalais.com/ Accepts both US and Canadian currency due to its proximity to the border.

rsalters (Ron Salters)
rsalters (Ron Salters) on October 31, 2015 at 2:01 pm

As the State Theatre, this cinema is listed in the 1942-43 Motion Picture Almanac under the Lockwood & Gordon circuit of Boston.

Texas2step
Texas2step on September 30, 2016 at 5:19 pm

The address is 239 Main Street.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on August 26, 2021 at 9:26 pm

The State Theatre opened in 1928, and the original building was destroyed by a fire on March 4, 1958. A post from the St. Croix Historical Society (rather far down this page) says that the State was not rebuilt for many years, and in the meantime Calais movie fans had to attend the theater in St. Stephen, across the Canadian border.

Stratford24
Stratford24 on September 26, 2022 at 9:00 pm

I remember going to the movie theater in Calais a couple times when it opened in the mid-seventies. It was very small as I remember. Mostly had gone to the Queen but in summertime, it was the St. Croix Valley Drive-In.

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