Please Accept our Cordial Invitation to an Historic Cape Cinema Rockwell Kent Mural Tour & Special Screening of Uncommon Productions' Upcoming Release, What We Find on the Road
directed by Chaysen Beacham
starring Finn Haney
Thursday August 8th
6:30pm Cinema Tour, 7pm Screening, 8:30pm Cast Q&A Followed by a Reception
Cape Cinema, 35 Hope Lane, Dennis, Massachusetts 02638
– note standard cinema ticket fees apply of $7-$11, at entrance or above –
In March 1930, it was announced that Raymond Moore was constructing a 317-seat, single-screen moving picture theater adjacent to the Cape Playhouse in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, at a cost of $75,000. It was designed by architects Alfred Easton Poor and Robert P. Rogers of New York. When the Cape Cinema opened in July 1930, the total cost was closer to $150,000. The new movie theater featured a more than 5,000 square foot stunning hand-painted mural by Rockwell Kent, said to be “the largest single canvas ever commissioned.” The new cinema opened just one day after the Cape Playhouse's fourth season began.
The first film shown was the documentary “With Byrd at the South Pole,” which chronicled Richard Byrd's year-long journey to Antarctica from New York. Most notably, the Cape Cinema was first to premiere the Wizard of Oz on August 11, 1939, one day prior to the film's world premiere. This was made possible by the Wicked Witch of the West herself, Margaret Hamilton, who was performing at the Cape Playhouse that summer and arranged for the Cape Cinema to be one of the test screen locations. The Cape Cinema still plays the Wizard of Oz in 35mm annually to commemorate the anniversary (note: this is coming up, this August 11th, 2024!)
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