Beacon Theatre, Boston
The Beacon Theatre (1910-1948) of Boston, Massachusetts, was a cinema on Tremont Street in the 20th century.[1] Jacob Lourie established it.[2] Architect Clarence Blackall designed the building, with its 500-seat auditorium[2] which a contemporary critic described as "showy."[3] It had a staff of 26 in 1910.[4] In 1948 the "refurbished" building became the Beacon Hill Theater.[2][5] The building existed until 1970.
Portrait of Jacob Lourie, 1913, manager
Advertisement for Modern Theatre and Beacon Theatre, 1921; both run by Jacob Lourie
Screenings
1910s
- Seventeen, with Jack Pickford[6]
- Heart of a Hero, with Robert Warwick[7]
- Mr. Fix-It[8]
- The Face in the Dark, with Mae Marsh[9]
1920s
- All Souls Eve, with Mary Miles Minter[10]
- The Snob, with Wanda Hawley[11]
- Sawing a Lady in Half[12]
- Rupert Hughes' Come on Over[13]
- Through a Glass Window, with May McAvoy[14]
References
- ↑ Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Donald C. King (2005), The Theatres of Boston: a Stage and Screen History, Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co., ISBN 0786419105, 0786419105
- ↑ Edwin M. Bacon, rev. by Le Roy Phillips (1922), Boston: a guide book to the city and vicinity, Boston: Ginn and Company, OCLC 1191992
- ↑ Moving Picture World, Nov. 26, 1910, cited in: Desirée J. Garcia. "Subversive Sounds: Ethnic Spectatorship and Boston's Nickelodeon Theatres, 1907-1914." Film History, Vol. 19, No. 3, Movie Business (2007)
- ↑ CinemaTreasures.org. Beacon Hill Theatre, 1 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108. Retrieved 2012-03-10
- ↑ Boston Globe, Dec. 2, 1916
- ↑ Boston Globe, Dec. 2, 1916
- ↑ Boston Globe, April 20, 1918
- ↑ Boston Globe, April 20, 1918
- ↑ Boston Globe, Jan. 24, 1921
- ↑ Boston Globe, Jan. 24, 1921
- ↑ Boston Globe, May 11, 1922
- ↑ Boston Globe, May 11, 1922
- ↑ Boston Globe, May 11, 1922
External links
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- Bostonian Society. Photos:
- Tremont Street, ca. 1936, with view of Beacon Theatre
- 47-53 Tremont Street, ca. 1945, with view of Beacon Theatre
- 19-53 Tremont Street, 1947, with view of Beacon Theatre
- Tremont Street, ca. 1953, with view of Beacon Hill Theatre
- 53 Tremont Street, ca. 1958, with view of Beacon Hill Theatre
- Boston Public Library. Photos of Beacon Hill Theatre, Tremont Street, 1970, before demolition; by Boston Redevelopment Authority:
Coordinates: 42°21′28.88″N 71°3′37.62″W / 42.3580222°N 71.0604500°W