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Movie Theatres
The Orpheum Theatre opened in 1912, was renamed the State Theater in 1935 and finally closed about 1955. It is now the site of Robbins Auto Parts.
The Strand Theatre opened in 1919 as a silent movie/vaudeville theater. It was the first New Hampshire theater to show "talkies" in 1929. In 1955, The Strand was the site of the world premiere of the movie The McConnell Story, based on the life of Dover High School graduate Joseph McConnell, who was the first triple Ace and shot down 16 Korean planes. The Strand has been extensively renovated and updated several times and is one of the area's more popular movie theaters.
The Clement Theatre was one of Dover's earliest movie theaters. It was located across from the Broadway Fire Station. One Dover resident recalls that it was "hot as the hinges of Hell" in the summertime.
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Some may remember this theatre as "The Uptown". During the Sixties, when I was in Grammer School and High School, it was a fun place to go. I remember seeing Jerry Lewis movies there as well as the first showing of "The Sound of Music.
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| Anonymous | The Uptown Theatre | 1 | Nov 28 2008, 9:38 PM EST by ryan9570 | ||
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The fact that it was located across from the fire station made it pretty interesting if the movie-goers were not aware of the whistle which blew every evening at 9:00. It could give you quite a jolt, especially if it blew at a suspenseful moment in the film!
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| Anonymous | Movie theaters, continued | 0 | Apr 26 2008, 9:32 AM EDT by Anonymous | ||
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Someone did a good job of restoring the second and third story facade of the Orpheum in the 1980s. Any volunteers to post a recent photo of the facade? The photo that is already there should stay; it's a good view of what the facade was like in the mid 20th century.
The Uptown was the Uptown for as long as I can remember, that is, since before 1955. And you are right, movie goers were routinely startled when the whistle blew at 9:00, as well as when there was a fire in town and it blew at other times. It's amusing that the theater was hot in the summer, because in most towns movie theaters were the first places to get air conditioning. The early air conditioning systems weren't well regulated, and therefore movie theaters were often too cold in the summer. People who were on the ball brought a sweater or jacket when they went to the theater on hot days in the summer. |
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