Beacon Theatre (Boston)
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The Beacon Theatre was a cinema on Tremont Street in Boston, Massachusetts built in 1910 and closed in 1948.Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918 Jacob Lourie established it. Architect Clarence Blackall designed the building, with its 500-seat auditorium which a contemporary critic described as "showy."{{Citation |publisher = Ginn and Company |location = Boston |title = Boston: a guide book to the city and vicinity |author = Edwin M. Bacon, rev. by Le Roy Phillips |date = 1922 |oclc = 1191992 |ol = 7231564M }} It had a staff of 26 in 1910.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) In 1948 the "refurbished" building became the Beacon Hill Theater.{{Citation |publisher = McFarland & Co. |isbn = 0786419105 |ol = 3392044M |location = Jefferson, N.C |title = The Theatres of Boston: a Stage and Screen History |author = Donald C. King |date = 2005 |id = 0786419105 }}CinemaTreasures.org. [http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/6416 Beacon Hill Theatre], 1 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108. Retrieved 2012-03-10 The building existed until 1970.
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Image:1921 Modern Beacon theatre BostonGlobe 31March.png and Beacon Theatre, 1921; both run by Jacob Lourie]]
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- Bostonian Society. Photos:
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170108093624/http://rfi.bostonhistory.org/boston/full/003372.jpg Tremont Street, c. 1936], with view of Beacon Theatre
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060303193138/http://rfi.bostonhistory.org/boston/full/003393.jpg 47-53 Tremont Street, c. 1945], with view of Beacon Theatre
- [https://archive.today/20130414123948/http://rfi.bostonhistory.org/boston/full/003375.jpg 19-53 Tremont Street, 1947], with view of Beacon Theatre
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202411/http://rfi.bostonhistory.org/boston/full/003373.jpg Tremont Street, c. 1953], with view of Beacon Hill Theatre
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060303193110/http://rfi.bostonhistory.org/boston/full/003377.jpg 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:
- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/5693003441 Front view]
- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/5693003279 Close-up of architectural design -- third floor balcony]
- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/5693003385 Close-up of three floors]
- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/5693573130 Close-up of architectural design -- fourth floor balcony]
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Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Boston
Category:1910 establishments in Massachusetts
Category:Cultural history of Boston
Category:Former cinemas and movie theaters in Boston