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The Palace Theatre,
on Broad Street at the Providence-Cranston city line in the
Washington Park neighborhood, was for decades a well-attended
second run movie house. It often ran the same programs with its
sister theatre, the Park, on the other side of Cranston. The
Palace closed in the 1970s and is now used as a church. |
The former Park Cinema in
Cranston was a triplex that closed in 2002. As of 2004 it is now
being renovated and the triplexing is being undone. When
completed it will be one theatre. The plan is to have a live
dinner-theatre with a cafe. |
The Columbus,
known for decades as the Uptown, is one of the two most
beautiful Rhode Island theatres, the other being the former
Loew’s State (now the Providence Performing Arts Center). |
The Pastime
Theater
began showing films in 1912. 91 Bradford Street, Bristol. Fire
destroyed the original building and the current one was built on
that site that same year, 1934. |
This is a complete listing of
indoor movie theaters, past & present. If anyone knows of any
others to add to this list please contact
us.
| Name |
Location |
Status |
Screens |
| Art Cinema |
Providence |
Closed |
1 |
| Avon Cinema |
Providence |
Open |
1 |
| Bijou Theatre |
Providence |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Bullock's Theatre |
Providence |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Cable Car Cinema & Cafe |
Providence |
Open |
1 |
| Capitol Theatre |
Providence |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Carlton Theatre |
Providence |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Casino Theatre |
Providence |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Castle Cinema |
Providence |
Closed |
3 |
| Cinerama Theatre |
Providence |
Closed/Demolished |
2 |
| Columbia Theatre |
Providence |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Columbus Theatre |
Providence |
Open |
2 |
| Community Theatre |
North Providence |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| E.M. Loew's |
Providence |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Elmwood Theatre |
Providence |
Closed |
1 |
| Empire Theatre |
Providence |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Fay's Theatre |
Providence |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Loew's State |
Providence |
|
|
| 4 Seasons Cinema/now
Patriot Theatre |
East Providence |
Open |
? |
| Gilbert Stuart Theatre |
East Providence |
Closed |
1 |
| Hollywood Theatre |
East Providence |
Closed |
1 |
| Liberty Theatre |
South Providence |
Closed |
1 |
| Majestic Theater |
Providence |
Open |
1 |
| Metropolitan Theatre |
Providence |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Modern Theatre |
Providence |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Nickel Theatre |
Providence |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Olympia Theatre |
Providence |
Closed |
1 |
| Paris Cinemas |
Providence |
Closed/Demolished |
2 |
| Patriot Cinemas |
East Providence |
Open |
10 |
| Providence Opera House |
Providence |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Providence Performing Arts Center |
Providence |
Open |
1 |
| Quonset Point Naval Air
Station |
Quonset Point |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| RKO Albee Theatre |
Providence |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Royal Theatre |
Providence |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Strand Theater |
Providence |
Closed, now home of
Trinity Repertory Co. |
1 |
| Victory Theatre |
Providence |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| VIP Luxury Cinema |
Providence |
Close |
2 |
| Auburn Theatre |
Cranston |
Closed |
1 |
| Garden City Cinema |
Cranston |
Closed/Demolished |
2 |
| Palace Theatre |
Cranston |
Closed |
1 |
| Park Theatre |
Cranston |
Closed / Renovating / Restoring |
1 |
| Rainbo Theatre |
Cranston |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Star Theatre |
Cranston |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Jerry Lewis
Cinema on Mendon Rd |
Cumberland |
Now Douglas
Liquors, was
for many years a Taylor Rental. |
2
|
| Lincoln
Theater |
Cumberland |
Closed/now
a bank |
1
|
| Limelight Cinema |
Warwick |
Closed/Demolished |
3 |
| Majestic Theatre |
West Warwick |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Meadowbrook Cinemas |
Warwick |
Closed/Demolished |
3 |
| Midland Cinema |
Warwick |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Midway Theatre Oakland
Beach |
Warwick |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Majestic Theatre |
West Warwick |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Palace Theatre Arctic |
West Warwick |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Star Theatre Natick |
West Warwick |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Thornton's Theatre |
West Warwick |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Warwick Cinema |
Warwick |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Warwick Mall Cinemas |
Warwick |
Closed/Demolished |
3 |
| Bijou Theatre |
Woonsocket |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Cinema
1,2,3 at Walnut Hill Plaza |
Woonsocket |
Now
Mark Stevens warehouse store. |
3 |
| Cinema 4 at
Woonsocket Plaza Diamond Hill Rd. |
Woonsocket |
Was
demolished, Lowes
home improvement there now. |
1
|
| Laurier Theatre |
Woonsocket |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Olympia Theatre |
Woonsocket |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Park Theatre |
Woonsocket |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Rialto Theatre |
Woonsocket |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Stadium Theatre |
Woonsocket |
Open |
1 |
| Broadway Theatre |
Pawtucket |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Capitol Theater |
Pawtucket |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Crown Theatre |
Pawtucket |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Darlton Theatre |
Pawtucket |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Fairlawn Theatre |
Pawtucket |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Imperial Theater |
Pawtucket |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Leroy Theater |
Pawtucket |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Loew's Capitol Theatre |
Pawtucket |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Strand Theatre |
Pawtucket |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Pastime Theater |
Bristol |
Closed/Demolished |
2 |
| Greenwich |
East Greenwich |
Closed |
1 |
| Greenwich Odeum |
East Greenwich |
Open |
1 |
| Kent |
East Greenwich |
Closed/Demolished |
3 |
| Apple Valley Cinemas |
Greenville/Smithfield |
Open |
8 |
| Diamond Hall |
Greenville/Smithfield |
Closed |
1 |
| Bellevue Theatre |
Central Falls |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Casino Theater |
Central Falls |
Closed |
1 |
| Holiday Cinema |
Central Falls |
Closed |
1 |
| Lafayette |
Central Falls |
Closed |
1 |
| Bijou Theatre |
Newport |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Colonial |
Newport |
Closed |
1 |
| Freebody Park Theatre |
Newport |
Closed |
1 |
| Jane Pickens Theatre |
Newport |
Open |
1 |
| Opera House Cinemas |
Newport |
Open/Renovating/Restoring |
3 |
| Paramount Theatre |
Newport |
Closed |
1 |
| Burrillville Theatre |
Harrisville/Burrillville |
Closed |
1 |
| Campus Cinema |
Wakefield |
Closed |
3 |
| Capitol Theatre |
Warren |
Open |
1 |
| Lyric Theatre |
Warren |
Closed |
? |
| Casino Theatre |
Narragansett |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Narragansett Theater |
Narragansett |
Open |
3 |
| Pier Cinema |
Narragansett |
Closed |
? |
| Central Theatre |
Westerly |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Crown Theatre |
Westerly(Watch Hill) |
Closed |
1 |
| Lyric Theatre |
Westerly |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| United Theatre |
Westerly |
Closed |
1 |
| Westerly Cinemas |
Westerly |
Closed |
4 |
| Central Theatre |
Manville, Lincoln |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Manville Opera House |
Manville, Lincoln |
Closed/Demolished |
? |
| Cinema World 16 at
Lincoln Mall |
Lincoln |
Open |
16 |
| Lincoln Mall Cinemas |
Lincoln |
Closed |
4 |
| Coventry Cinema |
Coventry |
Closed |
1 |
| Cumberland Cinemas |
Cumberland |
Closed |
2 |
| Mayfair Theatre |
Valley Falls, Cumberland |
Closed |
? |
| Empire Theatre |
New Shoreham (B.I.) |
Open |
1 |
| Holiday Cinemas |
Middletown |
? |
6 |
| Starcase Triplex
Theatres |
Middletown |
Closed |
3 |
| Island Theatre |
Portsmouth |
Closed |
1 |
| Jamestown Theatre |
Jamestown |
Closed |
1 |
| Johnston Cinema |
Johnston |
Open |
? |
| Johnston Theatre |
Johnston |
Closed/Demolished |
1 |
| Myrtle Theatre |
Johnston |
Closed |
1 |
| Community Theatre/later
theCampus Cinema |
South Kingstown |
Closed |
? |
| Peacedale Theatre |
South
Kingston |
Closed |
1 |
| Wickford Theatre |
Wickford, North Kingston |
Closed |
1 |
| Star Theatre |
Pascoag |
Closed/Demolished |
? |
| Strand Theatre |
Hope Valley, Hopkinton |
Closed |
1 |
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