In a 1918 Boston street directory, this theater, as the Everett Square Theatre, is listed at 17 Fairmont Avenue in Hyde Park. The location of French’s Opera House (now Riverside Theatre Works) at 45 Fairmont is listed as the “Masonic Block”.
In a 1918 Boston street directory, the Eagle Theatre is listed at 2227 Washington St., west side, between Ruggles St and Vernon St. The Eagle bowling alleys were at 2239 Washington.
In a 1918 Boston street directory, the Tremont Theatre was listed at 176 Tremont St., where the lobby entrance was located, and also at 26 Avery Street. Perhaps the latter was the office address. Also at 176 Tremont were 6 businesses.
In the street directory section of the 1918 Boston Register and Business Directory, Keith’s Theatre is listed at 547 Washington Street. It’s also listed at 163 Tremont Street, east side. Just north of its entrance, at 162 Tremont (all numbers were only on the east side of this section of Tremont St. because the Boston Common was on the west side) was the entrance to the “Bijou Arcade Building”. It had 3 businesses on the ground floor, and 4 upstairs including the Boston branch of the United Booking Office, the big vaudeville talent exchange. Why did they call it the “Bijou Arcade” when it really was “Keith Arcade”?? Perhaps the Keith management did not want its name on it. I know it was possible to access the Bijou Theatre from this entrance once one got across Mason St. and into the north side of Keith’s Theatre. (both theaters were under Keith management).
In the street directory section of the 1918 Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, the Dudley Th. was listed at 2202 Washington Street, on the east side, with the Orienta Theatre at 2154 Wash. and the Roxbury Th. at 2174 Wash.
In the street directory section of the 1918 Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, the Roxbury Theatre was the second of 3 theaters in its block, on the east side of Washington Street, with Eustis St and Nawn St. to the north, and Palmer St. to the south. The 3 theaters, from north to south, were the Orienta Theatre at 2154 Washington, the Roxbury Th. at 2174, and the Dudley Th. at 2202 Washington. I have never heard of the Orienta Th. before.
The George Mann 1929 photo is definitely the Palace in Worcester. The facade matches that in the Loew’s Poli Palace photo taken in 1941 for the MGM Theatre reports.
I know that the lobby entrance was on Causeway St. as of the 1941 MGM Report, so it probably was always there. There were side exits on Lancaster St., and maybe the office entrance was located there. During the 1963 renovations, the facade was removed and a new one constructed with lots of glass. But it was in the same location as the old facade.
In the street directory of the 1918 Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, this theater, as the “Scenic Temple”, was listed at 512 River St. It was on the south side of River St., just east of Mattapan Square, and was the last business on that side of the street before crossing Blue Hill Avenue.
The Howard Anthenaeum is listed at 34 Howard St. in the 1918 Boston Register and Business Directory. On the ground floor at the time was a restaurant run by Andrew MacArthur. I believe that when the theater first opened there was a brewery located in the ground floor space.
In the street directory section of the 1918 Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, this theater, as the Lancaster, was listed at 31 Lancaster Street, rather than on Causeway Street where the lobby entrance was located.
There is a “New Burns Theatre” listed under Newport VT as part of Graphic Theatres Circuit of Boston in the 1942-43 Motion Picture Almanac. RE: the “baby giveaway” at the Burns, mentioned above. Yes, times were different in those days. Things were done that seem shocking today. Now, of course, the State would get involved in a situation like that.
The Strand is listed as the “Huntington Avenue Theatre” at 175 Huntington Avenue in the street directory of the 1918 edition of the Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83. Mechanics Hall was just to the east at # 111. It was a major convention center in Boston right into the 1950s.
There is a “New Opera House” listed for McPherson in the 1897-98 edition of the Julius Cahn Official Theatrical Guide. There are no street addresses in this Guide. The Mgr was C. H. Hubbell; the seating capacity is not given. Tickets are 25 cents to 75 cents. The theater had electric illumination and a stage 28 feet deep. Hotels for show folk were the Union and the Keene; Newspapers were the daily Republican, and the weeklies Democrat and Opinion. Railroads were the UP, Rock Island, and Santa Fe. The 1897 population of McPherson was 4,000.
The street directory section of the 1918 edition of the Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, says: “Hamilton Theatre, 256 Bowdoin Street (Dorchester)”, between Hamilton Street and Mt. Ida Terrace.
The name of the hotel which was located between the Olympic Theatre and the Bowdoin Square Theatre was “Hotel Coolidge” in 1918, according to the 1918 business directory. The hotel was to the right of the Olympic, and to the left of the Bowdoin Sq. Th.
The street directory section of the 1918 edition of the Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, says: “Allston Theatre, 130 Brighton Avenue” (near Harvard Avenue).
The street directory section of the 1918 edition of the Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, says: “Imperial Theatre, 619 East Broadway, (South Boston)”. The Imperial was on the right side of Broadway as one headed east toward the harbor. It was east of I Street, and near Emerson St.
The street directory section of the 1918 edition of the Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, says: “Plymouth Theatre, 125 Eliot Street”. That section of Stuart St. was known as Eliot Street in those days. Jake Wirth’s restaurant, very much in business in 1918, was also on Eliot St.
The street directory section of the 1918 Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, says: “Supreme Theatre moving pictures, 292 Centre St” JP (near Chestnut Ave).
The street directory section of the 1918 edition of the Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, says: “Strand Theatre moving pictures, Emmet Block, 658 Centre St, JP” (near Green Street).
This theater was listed as “Scenic Temple” in the Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, 1918. There were a number of movie theaters with that name at the time.
There is an Olympia Theatre listed under “Theatres” in the Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, 1918; and in the same directory, Issue 85, 1921. The address is 429 West Broadway. That would put it across the street from the Broadway Theatre. I don’t know anything about the Olympia.
In a 1918 Boston street directory, this theater, as the Everett Square Theatre, is listed at 17 Fairmont Avenue in Hyde Park. The location of French’s Opera House (now Riverside Theatre Works) at 45 Fairmont is listed as the “Masonic Block”.
In a 1918 Boston street directory, the Niagara Temple is listed at 320 Blue Hill Avenue, east side, at or near Lawrence Avenue.
In a 1918 Boston street directory, the Eagle Theatre is listed at 2227 Washington St., west side, between Ruggles St and Vernon St. The Eagle bowling alleys were at 2239 Washington.
In a 1918 Boston street directory, the Tremont Theatre was listed at 176 Tremont St., where the lobby entrance was located, and also at 26 Avery Street. Perhaps the latter was the office address. Also at 176 Tremont were 6 businesses.
In the street directory section of the 1918 Boston Register and Business Directory, Keith’s Theatre is listed at 547 Washington Street. It’s also listed at 163 Tremont Street, east side. Just north of its entrance, at 162 Tremont (all numbers were only on the east side of this section of Tremont St. because the Boston Common was on the west side) was the entrance to the “Bijou Arcade Building”. It had 3 businesses on the ground floor, and 4 upstairs including the Boston branch of the United Booking Office, the big vaudeville talent exchange. Why did they call it the “Bijou Arcade” when it really was “Keith Arcade”?? Perhaps the Keith management did not want its name on it. I know it was possible to access the Bijou Theatre from this entrance once one got across Mason St. and into the north side of Keith’s Theatre. (both theaters were under Keith management).
In the street directory section of the 1918 Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, the Dudley Th. was listed at 2202 Washington Street, on the east side, with the Orienta Theatre at 2154 Wash. and the Roxbury Th. at 2174 Wash.
In the street directory section of the 1918 Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, the Roxbury Theatre was the second of 3 theaters in its block, on the east side of Washington Street, with Eustis St and Nawn St. to the north, and Palmer St. to the south. The 3 theaters, from north to south, were the Orienta Theatre at 2154 Washington, the Roxbury Th. at 2174, and the Dudley Th. at 2202 Washington. I have never heard of the Orienta Th. before.
In a 1918 Boston street directory, the site of the Wang Th., between the Wilbur Th. and Hollis St., was occupied by the New Richword Hotel.
The George Mann 1929 photo is definitely the Palace in Worcester. The facade matches that in the Loew’s Poli Palace photo taken in 1941 for the MGM Theatre reports.
I know that the lobby entrance was on Causeway St. as of the 1941 MGM Report, so it probably was always there. There were side exits on Lancaster St., and maybe the office entrance was located there. During the 1963 renovations, the facade was removed and a new one constructed with lots of glass. But it was in the same location as the old facade.
In the street directory of the 1918 Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, this theater, as the “Scenic Temple”, was listed at 512 River St. It was on the south side of River St., just east of Mattapan Square, and was the last business on that side of the street before crossing Blue Hill Avenue.
The Howard Anthenaeum is listed at 34 Howard St. in the 1918 Boston Register and Business Directory. On the ground floor at the time was a restaurant run by Andrew MacArthur. I believe that when the theater first opened there was a brewery located in the ground floor space.
In the street directory section of the 1918 Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, this theater, as the Lancaster, was listed at 31 Lancaster Street, rather than on Causeway Street where the lobby entrance was located.
There is a “New Burns Theatre” listed under Newport VT as part of Graphic Theatres Circuit of Boston in the 1942-43 Motion Picture Almanac. RE: the “baby giveaway” at the Burns, mentioned above. Yes, times were different in those days. Things were done that seem shocking today. Now, of course, the State would get involved in a situation like that.
The Strand is listed as the “Huntington Avenue Theatre” at 175 Huntington Avenue in the street directory of the 1918 edition of the Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83. Mechanics Hall was just to the east at # 111. It was a major convention center in Boston right into the 1950s.
There is a “New Opera House” listed for McPherson in the 1897-98 edition of the Julius Cahn Official Theatrical Guide. There are no street addresses in this Guide. The Mgr was C. H. Hubbell; the seating capacity is not given. Tickets are 25 cents to 75 cents. The theater had electric illumination and a stage 28 feet deep. Hotels for show folk were the Union and the Keene; Newspapers were the daily Republican, and the weeklies Democrat and Opinion. Railroads were the UP, Rock Island, and Santa Fe. The 1897 population of McPherson was 4,000.
The street directory section of the 1918 edition of the Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, says: “Hamilton Theatre, 256 Bowdoin Street (Dorchester)”, between Hamilton Street and Mt. Ida Terrace.
The name of the hotel which was located between the Olympic Theatre and the Bowdoin Square Theatre was “Hotel Coolidge” in 1918, according to the 1918 business directory. The hotel was to the right of the Olympic, and to the left of the Bowdoin Sq. Th.
The street directory section of the 1918 edition of the Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, says: “Allston Theatre, 130 Brighton Avenue” (near Harvard Avenue).
The street directory section of the 1918 edition of the Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, says: “Imperial Theatre, 619 East Broadway, (South Boston)”. The Imperial was on the right side of Broadway as one headed east toward the harbor. It was east of I Street, and near Emerson St.
The street directory section of the 1918 edition of the Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, says: “Plymouth Theatre, 125 Eliot Street”. That section of Stuart St. was known as Eliot Street in those days. Jake Wirth’s restaurant, very much in business in 1918, was also on Eliot St.
The street directory section of the 1918 Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, says: “Supreme Theatre moving pictures, 292 Centre St” JP (near Chestnut Ave).
The street directory section of the 1918 edition of the Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, says: “Strand Theatre moving pictures, Emmet Block, 658 Centre St, JP” (near Green Street).
This theater was listed as “Scenic Temple” in the Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, 1918. There were a number of movie theaters with that name at the time.
There is an Olympia Theatre listed under “Theatres” in the Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 83, 1918; and in the same directory, Issue 85, 1921. The address is 429 West Broadway. That would put it across the street from the Broadway Theatre. I don’t know anything about the Olympia.