The Beacon Theatre was a cinema on Tremont Street in Boston, Massachusetts built in 1910 and closed in 1948.[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
References
- ↑ Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918
- 1 2 3 Donald C. King (2005), The Theatres of Boston: a Stage and Screen History, Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co., ISBN 0786419105, OL 3392044M, 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, OL 7231564M
- ↑ 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
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beacon Theatre, Boston.
- Bostonian Society. Photos:
- Tremont Street, c. 1936, with view of Beacon Theatre
- 47-53 Tremont Street, c. 1945, with view of Beacon Theatre
- 19-53 Tremont Street, 1947, with view of Beacon Theatre
- Tremont Street, c. 1953, with view of Beacon Hill Theatre
- 53 Tremont Street, c. 1958, with view of Beacon Hill Theatre
- Boston Public Library. Photos of Beacon Hill Theatre, Tremont Street, 1970, before demolition; by Boston Redevelopment Authority:
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