You are bidding on two passes to the Avon Cinema in Providence Rhode Island.

The Avon Cinema has long been considered Rhode Island’s premiere art house. Opened in February of 1938, Avon has a long and storied history as the mainstay of European films, particularly those from France and Italy, with a very large number of British dramas and comedies as well. Some “special” American films were also premiered here, such as “Marty,” which had a long and successful run in 1955.

Today, the Avon Cinema has survived as a single-screen cinema in the age of multiplexes because of its specialty programming that attracts a faithful audience, as well as the glorious art deco details that transports the movie-goer to a golden age of cinema.