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.............................................................................................![]() (AKA : Dorset Theatre ) 104 Race Street - also listed as 102 to 106 Race Street Cambridge, Maryland ( Dorchester County ) . ![]() ......
![]() The current use of
the old Arcade theater in
Cambridge Maryland. The
second photo showing the back which
has been converted into apartments.
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Cambridge had several
movie theatres listed over the years, including the
Arcade Theatre. The Arcade operated for years, and was
listed from at least the 1920's and into the 1950's.
The capacity of the building in the 1920's and 1930's
was listed at about 900. In the 1960's, the theatre
was renamed the Dorset Theatre, until it finally
closed sometime in the late 1960's or early 1970's.
The building , also known as the Arcade Building, also
housed Burch Paint and Glass, Dorset Laundry and
Apartments while the movie house was gutted, with a
drug store and apartments currently occupying the
building. References - Film Daily Yearbook - 1931 ( seated 900) Only Yesterday/Son of A Sailor Ads 1933 British Agent Ad 1933 Film Daily Yearbook - 1934 ( seated 900) Star Packer Ad 1934 Film Daily Yearbook - 1936 ( seated 900 ) Seventeen Ad 1940 Film Daily Yearbook - 1941 ( seated 900) Film Daily Yearbook - 1943 ( seated 900 ) Film Daily Yearbook - 1950 ( seated 933 ) Film Daily Yearbook - 1953 ( seated 933) ............................................................. Other theatres in Cambridge were the Grand Opera House above at 9 Race Road ( listed from 1931 to 1938 , seating 600 and being converted into stores ) , and the State, ( listed in 1938 thru 1952 seating 600 .) There was also a Lincoln Theatre listed in 1931, also seating 600, likely one of the above theatres operating under another name. |
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