Glad to hear this. If the new theater will be only 1/3 the size of the original, how will the other 2/3 of the building be used? My impression is that the new dormitory use will be in the Bijou and the new back building, not in the Paramount itself.
From the Dedham News-Transcript: Reel change – about the closing of Showcase Cinemas Dedham On with the Show – about the groundbreaking for Legacy Place and the new Cinema de Luxe
From the Boston Globe (South suburban edition): The curtain drops: Generations of memories play on, but tonight will be Dedham cinema’s final act History of Dedham Showcase Cinemas (and Dedham Drive-In next door, open from 1948 to 1982)
Has any old movie palace been successfully restored as a cinema? Seems like every one I’ve heard of has become a live stage if it’s brought back at all.
Justin, I’d love to see some of those old schedules. We used to put them up on the wall every month at the MIT coop house I lived in (at 111 Bay State Road, a block from this theatre)
The folks at the King Arts Complex can probably help. The Pythian Theater, now part of that complex, should probably be added to CinemaTreasures as well.
There were many other commetns for this theatre, about such things as the chains it formerly belonged to, the previous theatre at this location, and so on. Please put them back.
Millennium Partners restored the facade years ago as part of an agreement with the City of Boston so they could build their towers next door. The building then sat empty for years more until Emerson College bought it and began to redevelop it.
The 12-screen Assembly Square Cinemas in my city closed more than a year ago, and still sit empty today.
So what? You can link to anything.
but the third one, according to that page, closed three years ago and has nothing to do with AMC.
Glad to hear this. If the new theater will be only 1/3 the size of the original, how will the other 2/3 of the building be used? My impression is that the new dormitory use will be in the Bijou and the new back building, not in the Paramount itself.
From the Dedham News-Transcript:
Reel change – about the closing of Showcase Cinemas Dedham
On with the Show – about the groundbreaking for Legacy Place and the new Cinema de Luxe
From the Boston Globe (South suburban edition):
The curtain drops: Generations of memories play on, but tonight will be Dedham cinema’s final act
History of Dedham Showcase Cinemas (and Dedham Drive-In next door, open from 1948 to 1982)
This is a block from an L station. Why do you need any parking at all?
In last week’s Somerville News, Jimmy Del Ponte recounts his memories of going to the Medford Twin and Meadow Glen drive-ins.
In last week’s Somerville News, Jimmy Del Ponte recounts his memories of going to the Medford Twin and Meadow Glen drive-ins.
Has any old movie palace been successfully restored as a cinema? Seems like every one I’ve heard of has become a live stage if it’s brought back at all.
Can’t the city force the two parties into a 50-50 partnership?
Justin, I’d love to see some of those old schedules. We used to put them up on the wall every month at the MIT coop house I lived in (at 111 Bay State Road, a block from this theatre)
Specifically, the building on the left is the Suffolk Law School.
How does one hold a church service in a drive-in?
Ah, OK. I thought you were referring to the former lobby, part of which was converted to a restaurant.
To my knowledge, CVS has always been next door to the theater, not in the same building.
The folks at the King Arts Complex can probably help. The Pythian Theater, now part of that complex, should probably be added to CinemaTreasures as well.
OK, who tricked both the Seattle Times and CinemaTreasures into this April Fool’s joke?
If you look here you’ll some previous comments about this theatre. I do not understand why CinemaTreasures deleted them.
There were many other commetns for this theatre, about such things as the chains it formerly belonged to, the previous theatre at this location, and so on. Please put them back.
According to previous comments here, the theatre closed around 1976.
Yep – I’m going to ask CinemaTreasures to change the status of this to “Closed/Demolished”.
That facade is a local landmark and was very much worth restoring, even if the interior is not. When lit at night, it is spectacular.
My impression is that the interior had been hopelessly ruined by decades of neglect and an earlier botched attempt at asbestos removal.
Was there really a organ grille? This theatre was built for talkies and had no stage.
And yes, I’ve occasionally seen it fully lit up at night. Not that often, since that’s wicked expensive to do.
Millennium Partners restored the facade years ago as part of an agreement with the City of Boston so they could build their towers next door. The building then sat empty for years more until Emerson College bought it and began to redevelop it.