The Beacon Theatre was a cinema on
Tremont Street in
Boston,
Massachusetts built in 1910 and closed in 1948.[1] Jacob Lourie established it.[2] Architect
Clarence Blackall designed the building, with its 500-seat auditorium[2] which a contemporary critic described as "showy."[3] It had a staff of 26 in 1910.[4] In 1948 the "refurbished" building became the Beacon Hill Theater.[2][5] The building existed until 1970.
^
abcDonald C. King (2005), The Theatres of Boston: a Stage and Screen History, Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co.,
ISBN0786419105,
OL3392044M, 0786419105
^Edwin M. Bacon, rev. by Le Roy Phillips (1922), Boston: a guide book to the city and vicinity, Boston: Ginn and Company,
OCLC1191992,
OL7231564M
^Moving Picture World, Nov. 26, 1910, cited in: Desirée J. Garcia. "Subversive Sounds: Ethnic Spectatorship and Boston's Nickelodeon Theatres, 1907-1914." Film History, Vol. 19, No. 3, Movie Business (2007)
^CinemaTreasures.org.
Beacon Hill Theatre, 1 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108. Retrieved 2012-03-10
The Beacon Theatre was a cinema on
Tremont Street in
Boston,
Massachusetts built in 1910 and closed in 1948.[1] Jacob Lourie established it.[2] Architect
Clarence Blackall designed the building, with its 500-seat auditorium[2] which a contemporary critic described as "showy."[3] It had a staff of 26 in 1910.[4] In 1948 the "refurbished" building became the Beacon Hill Theater.[2][5] The building existed until 1970.
^
abcDonald C. King (2005), The Theatres of Boston: a Stage and Screen History, Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co.,
ISBN0786419105,
OL3392044M, 0786419105
^Edwin M. Bacon, rev. by Le Roy Phillips (1922), Boston: a guide book to the city and vicinity, Boston: Ginn and Company,
OCLC1191992,
OL7231564M
^Moving Picture World, Nov. 26, 1910, cited in: Desirée J. Garcia. "Subversive Sounds: Ethnic Spectatorship and Boston's Nickelodeon Theatres, 1907-1914." Film History, Vol. 19, No. 3, Movie Business (2007)
^CinemaTreasures.org.
Beacon Hill Theatre, 1 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108. Retrieved 2012-03-10