Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Esquire Theatres of America

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Posted by Mark Lensenmayer (Member # 134) on 03-10-2010, 06:37 AM:

Does anyone from the New England area remember "Esquire Theatres of America"? I know for sure there were some locations in Maine during the 1960's.

If you remember this chain, do you recall if they used the blue-lit shadowbox screen that General Cinema used?

Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 03-10-2010, 08:24 AM:

Esquire Theatres of America, based in Boston, have these theaters listed in the 1966 (and 1973) IMPA. They were still around in the mid-1980s.

Brunswick ME: (Cinema I & II)
Portland ME: Cinema I & II (& III), (Paris Cinema)

Boston MA: Kenmore Square, Park Square, (Park, Paris)
Cambridge MA: Esquire
Clinton MA: Clinton Drive-In
Chelmsford MA: Cinema I & II
Lowell MA: Lowell Drive-In, Strand, (Cinema 1-2-3-4, Wamest Drive-In)
Medford MA: Twin Drive-In (Medford Irwin Drive-In)
Middleton MA: Route 114 Drive-In
Springfield MA: (Parkway Drive-In)
Teuksbury MA: Wamesit Drive-In
Worchester MA: Oxford Twin Drive-In, (Paris Cinema I & II)

Concord NH: (Cinema 93)
Keene NH: (Plaza Cinema I & II)
Plarstow NH: Plarstow Drive-In

Little Falls NY: (Valley Drive-In)
Utica NY: (258 Cinema 1-2-3, Paris Cinema)

Narrangasett RI: (Pier)
Newport RI: Newport Drive-In
Providence RI: (Four Seasons 1-2-3-4)
Smithfield RI: Route 44 Drive-In
Wakefield RI: (Campus)
Woonsocket RI: Rustic 146 Drive-In

Posted by Mark Lensenmayer (Member # 134) on 03-10-2010, 04:06 PM:

Thanks, Adam, that's very helpful.

I'm wondering if this chain had anything to do with General Cinema. I've seen reports of a theatre owned by Esquire that had the Shadowbox screen and GCC distinctive 1960's logo.