The Broadway in Everett was profiled in the Nov. 11, 1911 issue of Moving Picture World trade magazine. The article says that the stage was 15 feet deep, and that the projector throw to the screen was 82 feet. The image on the screen was 12 feet X 15 feet. Shows consisted of 3 vaudeville acts and 4 one-reeler films.
Matinees at 3PM and Evening shows at 8PM. The basic admission was only 10 cents, but one could buy reserved seat tickets for slightly more.
There is a facade photo showing the entrance about 2 stories high with an extension above with the theater name on it. There was a centered box office with a double door on each side and the almost obligatory half arch above. The doors and box office were one step up from the sidewalk.
The Valentine is listed under Toledo in the 1897-98 edition of the Julius Cahn Official Theatrical Guide. It was run by the Valentine Company, Lee Boda, Mgr. Its seating capacity is listed as 1,904. It had electric illumination and was on the ground floor. The proscenium arch was 39 feet high and 37 feet wide, and the stage was 62 feet deep. There were 10 members of the house orchestra. There was also a People’s Theatre, with 2,080 seats, listed for Toledo. The 1897 population of Toledo was 125,000.
And the “Classical Cartoon Festival” will be back again on Sat. Oct. 29, 10AM – 4PM, featuring Warner Bros. cartoons on the “giant screen”, plus live performers.
OK, now my memory is a little hazy- maybe you could see the screen while driving Away from downtown; I do recall that you could clearly see the movie on the screen.
Yes, you could see the screen easily while driving toward downtown Boston on the Southeast Expressway. I don’t recall if the “Neponset” name was on the back of the screen, but it’s likely that it was.
The Bristol Theater in Bristol NH is listed under Interstate Theatre Corp, 260 Tremont St., Boston in the 1942-43 Motion Picture Almanac. That circuit ran theaters in CT, MA, NH and VT in 1942, and is not to be confused with Interstate Circuit Inc. of Dallas TX, or Interstate theatres of Thomasville GA.
The Rivoli in Chicopee is listed under Western Massachusetts Theatres inc., 101 Bridge St., Springfield (Nathan Goldstein) in the 1942-43 Motion Picture Almanac. It was apparently too new (as the Elms Theatre) to appear in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook, but there was a Playhouse in Chicopee listed there, with 900 seats.
In the Street View photo above, the Weymouth Theatre was located on a vacant lot just around the bend in the street to the left; directly across from the brick school building in the distance.
What a great shot of Hanover St. Yes, everything in the photo is gone today. Despite being a somewhat low-class area, it was a busy place, full of parked cars and pedestrians. I went to shows at the Casino many times.
Thanks to jaboschen and Joe Vogel for the above. I looked at the Bird’s eye view of the Bing view for 6 Prospect St., and it’s definitely the Orange Theatre which appears on the 1941 MGM Theatre Report. The building even has a stage-house in back. So there were indeed 2 seperate cinemas in Orange named “Orange Theatre”.
In the Street View photo above, the Medford Theatre’s marquee and lobby entrance were in the center of the building facade. As of 1941 at least, there apparently also was a verticle sign above the marquee.
I think that the Street View photo above is set incorrectly. From what MarkB says it should be focused on the empty lot down the street to the right, just beyond the Ideal Sub Shop ???
In the “Ledger Archives” column in yesterday’s Quincy Patriot Ledger there is a very small reproduction of an ad for the Abington Drive-in from July 27, 1961. The feature movie was “The Alamo” with John Wayne; also a “Cartoon Carnival”. I think the tiny print says “on Route 58”. There is a phone number, and the ad says that the place opens at 7:30PM; show starts at 845PM (sunset in Boston on July 27 is at 809PM), and the feature starts at 935PM. The ad also states that children under 12 are admitted free.
I compared the 1941 photo of the Empire on the MGM Theatre Report to the old postcard image posted at the heading. Definitely the same building, although the MGM photo was a tighter shot.
Yes, the trolley route and the Red Line, from Mattapan Square as far as the tunnel portal near Andrew Square, use old New Haven Railroad right-of-way. These lines were part of a huge network of local rail lines and streetcar lines which made visiting neighborhood theaters like the Mattapan Theatre easy.
In the Street View photo above, the Mattapan Theater was located across the street in the center of the photo. The building just on the right, with the over-hanging roof, was the old Mattapan railroad station. It’s the one-story stone building with the big peaked roof. Until the mid-1920s, you could take trains from here to South Station via Ashmont and Fields Corner. Or an alternate route was via Neponset. The latter route went by the future location of the Neponset Drive-In Theatre.
In the Street View photo above, the New Nickelodeon was located, approximately, where the group of trees are growing, in front of the rear low-rise wing of the JFK Federal building.
In the Street View photo above, the Casino was located straight ahead in the distance, about where the group of trees are, by the low-rise rear wing of the JFK Federal building. (approximate location).
In the Street View photo above, the Art’s entrance was located on the street to the left of the old 2-story gray building, and extended down in back to the right side of the office tower.
Joe- the only time your technique worked for me was for the Rialto/Star in downtown Boston when I was easily able to move at least 500-600 feet up the street and around a bend, before pivoting left. All of the other times the View could not be moved far enough.The View goes to a certain point, and no further. Btw, I notice that the Street View above for the Liberty has been “unset” and brought in closer.
At least in this Street View, the Liberty Theatre can be seen. Many of the Street Views are far from their theater. I used Joe Vogel’s technique above to sucessfully move the Street View for one theater at least 500- 600 feet up the street; but it was a dismal failure 7 or 8 other times. It seems to have something to do with the location of a “pivot-point” in the photo.
The Broadway in Everett was profiled in the Nov. 11, 1911 issue of Moving Picture World trade magazine. The article says that the stage was 15 feet deep, and that the projector throw to the screen was 82 feet. The image on the screen was 12 feet X 15 feet. Shows consisted of 3 vaudeville acts and 4 one-reeler films. Matinees at 3PM and Evening shows at 8PM. The basic admission was only 10 cents, but one could buy reserved seat tickets for slightly more.
There is a facade photo showing the entrance about 2 stories high with an extension above with the theater name on it. There was a centered box office with a double door on each side and the almost obligatory half arch above. The doors and box office were one step up from the sidewalk.
The Valentine is listed under Toledo in the 1897-98 edition of the Julius Cahn Official Theatrical Guide. It was run by the Valentine Company, Lee Boda, Mgr. Its seating capacity is listed as 1,904. It had electric illumination and was on the ground floor. The proscenium arch was 39 feet high and 37 feet wide, and the stage was 62 feet deep. There were 10 members of the house orchestra. There was also a People’s Theatre, with 2,080 seats, listed for Toledo. The 1897 population of Toledo was 125,000.
And the “Classical Cartoon Festival” will be back again on Sat. Oct. 29, 10AM – 4PM, featuring Warner Bros. cartoons on the “giant screen”, plus live performers.
Sturbity- Thanks for info; I did not realize it had been around so long, and that it was a former theater (I assume a live theater??)
OK, now my memory is a little hazy- maybe you could see the screen while driving Away from downtown; I do recall that you could clearly see the movie on the screen.
Yes, you could see the screen easily while driving toward downtown Boston on the Southeast Expressway. I don’t recall if the “Neponset” name was on the back of the screen, but it’s likely that it was.
The Bristol Theater in Bristol NH is listed under Interstate Theatre Corp, 260 Tremont St., Boston in the 1942-43 Motion Picture Almanac. That circuit ran theaters in CT, MA, NH and VT in 1942, and is not to be confused with Interstate Circuit Inc. of Dallas TX, or Interstate theatres of Thomasville GA.
The Rivoli in Chicopee is listed under Western Massachusetts Theatres inc., 101 Bridge St., Springfield (Nathan Goldstein) in the 1942-43 Motion Picture Almanac. It was apparently too new (as the Elms Theatre) to appear in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook, but there was a Playhouse in Chicopee listed there, with 900 seats.
In the Street View photo above, the Weymouth Theatre was located on a vacant lot just around the bend in the street to the left; directly across from the brick school building in the distance.
What a great shot of Hanover St. Yes, everything in the photo is gone today. Despite being a somewhat low-class area, it was a busy place, full of parked cars and pedestrians. I went to shows at the Casino many times.
Thanks to jaboschen and Joe Vogel for the above. I looked at the Bird’s eye view of the Bing view for 6 Prospect St., and it’s definitely the Orange Theatre which appears on the 1941 MGM Theatre Report. The building even has a stage-house in back. So there were indeed 2 seperate cinemas in Orange named “Orange Theatre”.
In the Street View photo above, the Medford Theatre’s marquee and lobby entrance were in the center of the building facade. As of 1941 at least, there apparently also was a verticle sign above the marquee.
As the Victoria Theater, this theater is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 832 seats, and open 7 days per week.
I think that the Street View photo above is set incorrectly. From what MarkB says it should be focused on the empty lot down the street to the right, just beyond the Ideal Sub Shop ???
In the Street View photo above, if you pan left, you can see the cinema attraction board on the upper wall above and behind the Fedex truck.
In the “Ledger Archives” column in yesterday’s Quincy Patriot Ledger there is a very small reproduction of an ad for the Abington Drive-in from July 27, 1961. The feature movie was “The Alamo” with John Wayne; also a “Cartoon Carnival”. I think the tiny print says “on Route 58”. There is a phone number, and the ad says that the place opens at 7:30PM; show starts at 845PM (sunset in Boston on July 27 is at 809PM), and the feature starts at 935PM. The ad also states that children under 12 are admitted free.
I compared the 1941 photo of the Empire on the MGM Theatre Report to the old postcard image posted at the heading. Definitely the same building, although the MGM photo was a tighter shot.
Yes, the trolley route and the Red Line, from Mattapan Square as far as the tunnel portal near Andrew Square, use old New Haven Railroad right-of-way. These lines were part of a huge network of local rail lines and streetcar lines which made visiting neighborhood theaters like the Mattapan Theatre easy.
In the Street View photo above, the Mattapan Theater was located across the street in the center of the photo. The building just on the right, with the over-hanging roof, was the old Mattapan railroad station. It’s the one-story stone building with the big peaked roof. Until the mid-1920s, you could take trains from here to South Station via Ashmont and Fields Corner. Or an alternate route was via Neponset. The latter route went by the future location of the Neponset Drive-In Theatre.
In the Street View photo above, the New Nickelodeon was located, approximately, where the group of trees are growing, in front of the rear low-rise wing of the JFK Federal building.
In the Street View photo above, the Casino was located straight ahead in the distance, about where the group of trees are, by the low-rise rear wing of the JFK Federal building. (approximate location).
What’s so strange about it? A closed multiplex would seem to be a very good venue for K-9 training.
In the Street View photo above, the Art’s entrance was located on the street to the left of the old 2-story gray building, and extended down in back to the right side of the office tower.
Joe- the only time your technique worked for me was for the Rialto/Star in downtown Boston when I was easily able to move at least 500-600 feet up the street and around a bend, before pivoting left. All of the other times the View could not be moved far enough.The View goes to a certain point, and no further. Btw, I notice that the Street View above for the Liberty has been “unset” and brought in closer.
At least in this Street View, the Liberty Theatre can be seen. Many of the Street Views are far from their theater. I used Joe Vogel’s technique above to sucessfully move the Street View for one theater at least 500- 600 feet up the street; but it was a dismal failure 7 or 8 other times. It seems to have something to do with the location of a “pivot-point” in the photo.