Revere Theatre

The Revere Theatre was included in the MGM Theatre Photograph and Report project. There is an exterior photo dated May 1941. The theatre had a massive brick facade with stores on the ground level. There was a rectangular marquee with "Revere" in glittering letters on the front. Attractions were "Philadelphia Story" with James Stewart, Cary Grant and Kath. Hepburn, and Peter Lorre in "The Face Behind the Mask". (Note: was "Philadelphia Story" a 1941 movie, or later ???) Above the marquee are 3 large arched windows, and a big verticle blade sign. The Report states that the Revere Th. has been a MGM customer for over 10 years, that it's over 15 years old and in Good condition, and has 1082 orchestra seats and 464 balcony seats, total: 1,546 seats. The 1940 population of Revere was 34,400. The Revere is listed in the 1942-43 Motion Picture Almanac has being operated by the Interstate Theatre Corp.

In the late-1940s, the Revere Theatre shared an ad with the Boulevard Theatre, also in Revere, in the theatre pages of the Boston Globe. The small ad had the 2 theatre names at the top with the same bill listed for both. Since the two theatres were fairly close together in the same city, why did management book the same films into both at the same time ?

Ron,

The only thing I can think of is that back then Revere Beach was such a destination for out-of-towners and folks from other Boston neighborhoods, that the Boulevard could easily draw a completely seperate crowd, the way some mega-resorts have their own multiplex cinemas these days - merely for guests.

I remember the manager, Joe Bean, in the fifties when operated by Interstate theaters.