WGA_WelchTheatre_WesternportMd

In the early 1930's, Westernport, which at the time had a population of 3,440 had a movie theatre known as the Star. The Star reportedly seated about 350. My references from the early 1940's so far show no active theatre ( so far ) , but by1946, the Welsh is listed, with the town's population just a little larger, and the capacity of the theatre down to 300. A recent check by Kilduff's found that the site of the theatre is now a parking lot, as seen on the left side of the photo above, where the van is parked. The theatre entrance was located at 41 Main Street , accross the street from St. James Church. The rear of the theatre backed up to a driveway, which followed along George's Creek. A pool hall was located on the same side of the street, just a few doors down. There might have been a fire in 1947 which damaged or destroyed the building, but we are still looking into that information.