Beacon Theatre, Boston
The Beacon Theatre was a cinema on Tremont Street in Boston, Massachusetts built in 1910 and closed in 1948. Jacob Lourie established it. Architect Clarence Blackall designed the building, with its 500-seat auditorium which a contemporary critic described as "showy." It had a staff of 26 in 1910. In 1948 the "refurbished" building became the Beacon Hill Theater. The building existed until 1970.
Portrait of Jacob Lourie, 1913, manager 
Advertisement for Modern Theatre and Beacon Theatre, 1921; both run by Jacob Lourie 
References
- ^ Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918
- ^ Donald C. King (2005), The Theatres of Boston: a Stage and Screen History, Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co., ISBN 0786419105, OL 3392044M, 0786419105
- ^ Edwin M. Bacon, rev. by Le Roy Phillips (1922), Boston: a guide book to the city and vicinity, Boston: Ginn and Company, OCLC 1191992, OL 7231564M
- ^ 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
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beacon Theatre, Boston.
- Bostonian Society. Photos:
- Tremont Street, c. 1936, with view of Beacon Theatre
- 47-53 Tremont Street, c. 1945, with view of Beacon Theatre
- 19-53 Tremont Street, 1947, with view of Beacon Theatre
- Tremont Street, c. 1953, with view of Beacon Hill Theatre
- 53 Tremont Street, c. 1958, with view of Beacon Hill Theatre
- Boston Public Library. Photos of Beacon Hill Theatre, Tremont Street, 1970, before demolition; by Boston Redevelopment Authority:
