Cape Cinema

Cape Cinema

The Cape Cinema, Dennis MA
General information
Architectural style Art Deco, Colonial Revival
Location Dennis, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°44′25″N 70°11′24″W / 41.740354°N 70.189912°W / 41.740354; -70.189912
Opened 1930
Owner Raymond Moore Foundation
Design and construction
Architect Alfred Easton Poor

The Cape Cinema is a movie theatre located in Dennis, Massachusetts, United States on Cape Cod specializing in independent American and international film, simulcasts of the Metropolitan Opera and National Theatre, and live music performances.

The Cape Cinema was founded in 1930 by Edna B. Tweedy and Raymond Moore, three years after Moore founded the Cape Playhouse.[1] The building's exterior was designed by Alfred Easton Poor and modelled after the South Congregational Church in Centerville, Massachusetts.[2] Moore and Tweedy commissioned American painter and illustrator Rockwell Kent to design a 6,400 square foot mural for the auditorium's ceiling, featuring a representation of the heavens and constellations, and it was installed by set designer Jo Mielziner.[3][4]

Since 1986, the Cape Cinema has operated as an independent art house, and in 2008 it launched a live music series which has spotlighted artists such as Bon Iver, Dirty Projectors, Glen Hansard, Saint Vincent, The Paper Kites, Tift Merritt, and Martha Wainwright.[5]

In 1939, the Cape Cinema was one of three cinemas to preview the Wizard of Oz before its Hollywood premier.[6][7] The Cape Cinema is maintained by the Raymond Moore Foundation, and is part of the Cape Cod Center for the Arts that includes the Cape Playhouse and the Cape Cod Museum of Art.

References

  1. ↑ http://capeplayhouse.com/about-us/
  2. ↑ http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/5129.html
  3. ↑ http://berkshirereview.net/rockwell-kent-cape-cinema-mural/
  4. ↑ https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/travel/2015/03/21/stage-and-screen-cape-makes-its-mark/Px9F2pCrVehbaMASdltwPP/story.html
  5. ↑ http://www.capecinema.com/music.html
  6. ↑ http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-schaller-0805-20150804-column.html
  7. ↑ Scott I. Walker; Robin E. Walker (2007). Dennis. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 18–. ISBN 978-0-7385-4989-7.

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