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Presque Isle: The Star City - Braden Theater

"It re-opened on Saturday, March 1, 2009. The theater still has three screens. The first movies that played at the re-opened theater were: “There Will…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - State Street Theater

"Less people came to the theater. In the mid 1950s, the owner decided to close the theater. The building was sold to the New England Telephone and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… people into the area including Clark Gable, movie star and member of the Army Air Force, and Bob Hope, movie star and comedian working with the USO."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Pastimes

"camping, fishing, music, theater, art, snow sports. These are the activities that bring people together, encompass the resources of the area and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Perry Opera House

"… by Northern National Bank, and named the State Theater. It burned down again in 1946, and was reconstructed as the W.T. Grant Law Offices in 1953."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Bus Service, Presque Isle, 1957

"4-8; v. 6, #1, pp. 4-7. Note the Braden Theater and Al's Food Shop on Main Street in Presque Isle. View additional information about this item on…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… the building was demolished but the memory of the Star Theater lives on through Pearl Wescott's 4-manual organ, which was donated to the Hauck…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… father of Emma Eames, a turn of the century opera star, who sang for European royalty. His son-in-law, Thomas W. Hyde, was the founder of B.I.W."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… available on a regular basis by nationally known stars as well as local professional and amateur organizations."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… international singers, musicians and Broadway stars. Greek Festival, Bar Harbor, 1920Bar Harbor Historical Society To match its impressive…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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