Then and Now - Majestic Theatre - Bridgeport, CT

The Loew’s Majestic Theatre opened on November 4, 1922 in Bridgeport, Connecticut as Poli’s Majestic Theatre. It was designed by architect Thomas W. Lamb for theater mogul Sylvester Z. Poli, who also owned the nearby Palace Theatre in Waterbury, Connecticut.

The Majestic was sold to Loew’s Theatres Incorporated in 1934 and was renamed to Loew’s Majestic. Loew’s closed the Majestic in 1967, eventually selling the building in the early 1970s. A plan to restore the Majestic and the Savoy Hotel (which is in the same building) has recently fallen through. The future of the theater is unknown.

The first photograph was taken shortly after the theater switched to Loew’s in 1934, and the second was taken in 2011. The fire curtain has since been removed from the building.