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Title:
Pawcatuck Bridge-Home of the Silents Movie Theater
Author:
Sherman,Martha P.
Subjects:
fires
movie theaters
silent movies
vaudeville
Object ID:
PF 24.1 #081
Object Name:
Pamphlet, File
Category:
6: T&E For Communication
Subcategory:
Written Communication T&E
Publisher:
Tidings, Inc.
Publication Place:
Westerly, R.I.
Pubication Date:
August 1986
Collection:
Tidings
Summary:
Downtown Westerly-Pawcatuck's silent picture theater district receives a thorough look including the buildings, the people who owned them and worked in them , and their eventual demise. Martha P. Sherman employs great detail. (Photos)
People:
Payne, Gerald
Redford, Charlie
Redford, Robert
McPartland, Jeanne R.
Rathbun, Herbert
Findlay, John
Cowans, Charles P.
Gibson, Hoot
Sherman, Margaret P.
Barrows, Henry D.
Pendleton, Albert
Higgins, Leo
Burns brothers
Calannquin, Leon
Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr.
Valentino, Rudolph
Navarro, Ramon
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