Broadway Theatre
100 Broadway,
Lawrence,
MA
01840
100 Broadway,
Lawrence,
MA
01840
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The Broadway Theatre on Broadway in downtown Lawrence was a medium-size movie theatre which was for a time controlled by Warner Brothers theatre circuit. Further details welcomed.
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Ron Salters
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The MGM Theatre Photograph and Report form for the Broadway has an exterior photo dated May 1941. The theatre had a heavy classical facade with a very fancy rectangular marquee with “Broadway” on the front. There was a large arched window above the marquee. The Report states that the Broadway is on Broadway in Lawrence, that it has been showing MGM product for over 10 years; that it was over 15 years old (in 1941) and in Good condition. It had 685 seats on the main floor and 519 in the balcony, total: 1,204 seats. The Broadway is listed in the 1942-43 Motion Picture Almanac as being controlled by the Warner Brothers theatre circuit, along with the Palace, Modern and Warner theatres in Lawrence.
A Robert-Morton theater organ was installed in the Broadway Theater in 1921.
I’ve assembled and added a few pix of the Broadway to this gallery if you’re interested.
http://www.pbase.com/jroy/broadway
From the 1920s a picture postcard view of Lawrence’s Theater Row and the BroadwayTheatre.
From the 1940s a postcard view of Lawrence’s Theatre Row.
Thanks Don, there’s that and others here
Theater Row
The Broadway is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 1300 seats, open daily.