Cinema 733
733 Boylston Street,
Boston,
MA
02116
733 Boylston Street,
Boston,
MA
02116
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We do have small theatres like this. They are called Multi union Cinemas in every Mall across the country but they don’t book like the Orson Welles. The Brattle., The Janus or the Cinema 733 did.
Oh Wow! I remember this and the Orson Wells in cambridge. I wish we had small theatres like these again.I remember seeing Marx Brothers triple features there and in cambridge.
I worked at the Cinema 733 in the summer of 1975. (Common phoned-in question: What time is the midnight show?) One of the best summers of my life. Randy wanted to teach me how to be a projectionist—or so he said! Double features for 99 cents: Bergman, Fellini, Bertolucci, etc. I got such an education there! (and not just in the booth)
My best friend and I would sip on a couple of scorpion bowls at Tiki Ports(?) and run across Boylston St. to view Jaggar in “Performance.” Performed this ritual many, many times. Stayed late one night and caught “Clockwork Orange” – sure opened up our innocent minds…. Then we’d go over to NE Music City and buy an album for $5.00. Memories…..
I always thought that the downfall of 733 was the fact that you could buy refreshments at the drugstore next door and bring them into the theater without paying the theater prices.
Part of a Pizzeria Uno location currently occupies the former Cinema 733 space.
The Brattle Theatre surely predates it, but that’s across the river in Cambridge. The other Boston revival houses I remember from the 1970s were the Park Square and Kenmore Square, both owned by Justin Freed. I don’t know which of these three theaters came first.
The 733’s programming was considerably more mainstream than the other revival theaters.
Was this the first revival house in Boston?