Chelsea Theatre
375 Broadway,
Chelsea,
MA
02150
375 Broadway,
Chelsea,
MA
02150
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Small neighborhood theater within a larger office, retail, and parking garage complex. Originally opened in 1916, the Chelsea Theatre was still operating in 1943. It had gone from listings in 1950.
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Edward Findlay
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“hidden in plain sight” is best I can describe this theatre… no known photos found yet. It’s on the 2nd floor of a mixed use office/retail/residential building on the corner of Fourth Street and Broadway.
A 1953 map showing it’s location: View link
Photo on the cover of the book has it in it on the left, if zoomed in closer you can make it out on the left several building down: View link
Owned by Margret Theater Circuit.
More info and more photos always welcome.
Bob- it’s Marget, at least that’s the way it’s spelled in the 1942-43 Motion Picture Almanac. At that time, the only movie theater in Chelsea which Marget Theatre Circuit controlled was the Strand.
According to the Mass District Police Chief’s annual reports the theater was originally licensed by one Isador Wintman from 1916/17 until at least 1919/20(most current available online edition)…sometime later it must have been bought.
Wintman appears to simply be a banker and real estate owner in Chelsea, Wintman owned the building that the theatre itself occupies.
Philip J. Marget, my grandfather, owned the Strand Theater in the 1920-40’s as I recall.I recall coming to the movie-house on Saturdays, to watch westerns. He lived on a hill in the city, i have forgotten the name, and also owned a block of stores on that same Main Street.He moved out of Chelsea to Brookline in the late 1920’s.
Ah, Broadway was the main street name! And I think he called it “Marget’s Strand.” I know that earlier, before Prohibition, he must have run a tavern also with his name, because I recall as a kid seeing photos of him in front of the swinging doors. howard.