You are thinking of the RKO Grand, which in its later years was called the Grand Cinerama. It closed in 1969 and was demolished the following year. See the Grand’s page for links to photos, including one of the Grand and Ohio side-by-side.
I lose respect for anyone who threatens to file a libel suit, let alone actually does so. The cure for bad speech is good speech. Put out your own story, don’t worry about what anyone else says about you.
I walked into Loews Boston Common this afternoon, hoping to find a program booklet, a brochure, or at the very least a displayed advertising poster for the Boston Film Festival, which starts in five days.
The first few employees I talked to knew nothing about any upcoming festival. After about 10 minutes, I found a manager, who said they had received no printed material. He did offer to print out a schedule for me, however. The four-page printout lists the names and showtimes of films, but contains no descriptions. It does not match the schedule on the web site, so I have no idea which one is correct.
The web site still says “Coming Soon” where the list of film descriptions should be. Also “Coming Soon” are the list of special appearances, and the current press releases (2006 News).
The site’s front page starts with “In the tradition of benchmark film festivals like Sundance, Venice, and Telluride.” I don’t think so! If this festival can’t get its act together very soon, it’s going to go away entirely.
The new Archstone Boston Common apartment building now stands on the former site of the Pilgrim Theatre. The apartment building is already being occupied, though construction is not quite finished. The building was originally to be called Liberty Place, then Park Essex, but now it’s Archstone Boston Common — even though it’s a block away from the Common.
Unfortunately, the doors to this theatre on Essex Street have now been painted or papered over, so you can no longer look into the theatre from the street. I hope this doesn’t mean that the building owners are about to damage or destroy the theatre.
It looks like the search function has been turned off entirely. I don’t know why. I just searched by name for several well-known theatres and couldn’t find any of them. I also get no results when I search by city for places like Boston and Chicago.
A Boston Globe article published on December 28, 1982, lists the National as one of several cinemas showing Chinese-language movies in the 1960s.
[quote][brookline dentist Robert] Guen’s Chinatown moviegoing dates back to the Sixties, when sword flicks were the rage. “That’s where Chinese kids got their heroes,” he says.
In those days, Guen and his friends took their Chinese movies where they found them – at the Stuart, at the State Theatre on Friday nights, where they put one on after the skin flicks.
“Or at the National Theater,” says Guen. “That was the place to get together on Friday nights. Chinese parents were pretty strict about letting their daughters out. Parties had a bad connotation to them. So the girls would say they were going to the National Theater for the movies.”[/quote]
So, did it happen?
but in the Globe, it’s the “Regal Fenway 13”. The Globe ad still includes the website www.moviewatcher.com which is obviously wrong.
When I try to phone the theatre, it just rings, no answer.
Let’s wait another day or two before renaming it here at CinemaTreasures.
Films at the Gate is an outdoor festival of such films, currently being shown in Boston’s Chinatown, every night through this Sunday.
Some other non-‘arty’, action-oriented festivals that might be fun:
James Bond
Bruce Lee
Hmm, maybe try a Schwarzenegger festival next? I think he has more name recognition these days than Norris, but I could be wrong.
Back in the Garen Daly days, Terminator was always a big draw at the Somerville.
Let’s hope your experience is better than this guy in Seattle.
Are these on the Big Screen?
(Yeah, I know I could just walk over and ask…)
The antitrust agreement requires AMC to sell this theatre, not close it.
Today’s Boston Globe ad for AMC Fenway just says:
CLOSED TODAY!
OPENS TOMORROW AS REGAL CINEMAS!
Also, yesterday’s ad had no showtimes after 7:50 pm.
It’s been open a little over six years, and it’s already on its third owner.
I stopped by the theatre today and talked to some employees. They said it would close early tomorrow evening so that they could change the signage.
Today’s Boston Globe reports that Regal is buying the Fenway 13, effective this Friday.
You are thinking of the RKO Grand, which in its later years was called the Grand Cinerama. It closed in 1969 and was demolished the following year. See the Grand’s page for links to photos, including one of the Grand and Ohio side-by-side.
The marquee says Department Store, the vertical says Swap Meet. Which is it?
Which strip mall is Crossroads? Is it the one with the Roche Bros. supermarket and Panera Bread?
I recall that this theatre’s official name was “Monica Twin” before it was further multiplexed.
Patrick, are you there? Time to lock up this thread.
I lose respect for anyone who threatens to file a libel suit, let alone actually does so. The cure for bad speech is good speech. Put out your own story, don’t worry about what anyone else says about you.
When I lived in LA (1979-84) I’m pretty sure this was not called the Festival. What name did it have back then?
Here is a page from MIT’s student newspaper The Tech, from October 22, 1971. At the bottom left corner is an ad for the China Cinema.
I walked into Loews Boston Common this afternoon, hoping to find a program booklet, a brochure, or at the very least a displayed advertising poster for the Boston Film Festival, which starts in five days.
The first few employees I talked to knew nothing about any upcoming festival. After about 10 minutes, I found a manager, who said they had received no printed material. He did offer to print out a schedule for me, however. The four-page printout lists the names and showtimes of films, but contains no descriptions. It does not match the schedule on the web site, so I have no idea which one is correct.
The web site still says “Coming Soon” where the list of film descriptions should be. Also “Coming Soon” are the list of special appearances, and the current press releases (2006 News).
The site’s front page starts with “In the tradition of benchmark film festivals like Sundance, Venice, and Telluride.” I don’t think so! If this festival can’t get its act together very soon, it’s going to go away entirely.
The new Archstone Boston Common apartment building now stands on the former site of the Pilgrim Theatre. The apartment building is already being occupied, though construction is not quite finished. The building was originally to be called Liberty Place, then Park Essex, but now it’s Archstone Boston Common — even though it’s a block away from the Common.
Unfortunately, the doors to this theatre on Essex Street have now been painted or papered over, so you can no longer look into the theatre from the street. I hope this doesn’t mean that the building owners are about to damage or destroy the theatre.
It looks like the search function has been turned off entirely. I don’t know why. I just searched by name for several well-known theatres and couldn’t find any of them. I also get no results when I search by city for places like Boston and Chicago.
A Boston Globe article published on December 28, 1982, lists the National as one of several cinemas showing Chinese-language movies in the 1960s.
[quote][brookline dentist Robert] Guen’s Chinatown moviegoing dates back to the Sixties, when sword flicks were the rage. “That’s where Chinese kids got their heroes,” he says.
In those days, Guen and his friends took their Chinese movies where they found them – at the Stuart, at the State Theatre on Friday nights, where they put one on after the skin flicks.
“Or at the National Theater,” says Guen. “That was the place to get together on Friday nights. Chinese parents were pretty strict about letting their daughters out. Parties had a bad connotation to them. So the girls would say they were going to the National Theater for the movies.”[/quote]
A Boston Globe article published on December 28, 1982, lists the Stuart as one of several cinemas showing Chinese-language movies in the 1960s.