Upcoming Events
Lost Film Found! Silent Film Screening
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October 4, 2025
from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm Augusta Colonial Theater, 139 Water St, Augusta, Maine 04330 $10 tickets (plus online fees) use code NOFEE online to be charged only $10 and not $12.50 Join us as we present the Edgar Jones silent film "In the River" with live music at the venue where it premiered over 100 years ago!
Edgar Jones was a film producer, director, and actor who set up his own film studio in Augusta in 1919. He brought with him a company of actors and film technicians and they all lived together at 129 Sewall Street. Jones made 25 two-reel “north woods” films between 1919 and 1921 before he was forced out of his own company. The company then went bust within six months. There were other silent film companies in New England, but the Jones company was the only studio with its own company of actors. Belgrade resident and local film restoration expert, Ed Lorusso, recently uncovered a lost copy of the 1920 Edgar Jones film, "In the River." It had been "lost" to the years, miscataloged by the Library of Congress with the wrong title. This harrowing tale of a "mail order bride" who travels to Maine to meet her prospective husband stars Evelyn Brent and Carlton Brickert. It originally premiered at the Colonial Theater in Augusta as part of a series of films made in Maine by Edgar Jones Productions. Ed will be re-premiering this "lost" film in its original venue, the Augusta Colonial Theater, as it was originally intended, with musical accompaniment, on Saturday, October 4, 2025, from 2:00 - 4:00 pm. The film itself is only 20 minutes long, so Ed will also be showing two additional Edgar Jones films, "Cupid, Registered Guide," and "Caught in the Rapids." For only $10 you will get to experience this lost piece of art with live music in the venue where it originally premiered! |
Self-Guided Tours
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EVERY Tuesday and Thursday, June 17 - September 11, 2025 AND the following Saturdays:
June 21, July 12, August 2, August 23, and September 13, 2025 from 10:00 am -3:00 pm Augusta Colonial Theater, 139 Water St, Augusta, Maine 04330 FREE - donations appreciated Stop by to explore the theater and learn about its past, present and future plans. Relax and enjoy the 25-minute slideshow/movie detailing past achievements and plans for the future, view the gallery of posters in the lobby to gain insight into restoration efforts and future plans, and wander around retracing memories of the past or just enjoying the beauty and potential of this invaluable piece of Augusta's history.
If you aren't available during the posted times above, feel free to contact us to arrange a mutually agreeable alternate day and time. |
