The 25 cent admission lasted well into the 60’s. You got to see two movies for a quarter as the main movie was always followed by an older film !! I also remember the turkey in the lobby as well as give-away rabbits and chicks during Easter.
My grandfather, Frank Boschetti, owned the Star theatre in Lawrence, Mass. He along with his business partner, Siskind, owned several movie theatres and apartment buidlings. He opened the Star as a vaudeville house in the early 1900’s , then ran silent films, then talkies. The Star was run by my grandfather and his son, Nick (my father). My father took over ownership of the Star in 1954 upon his father’s death. He ran the theatre until around 1968, 1969 and sold it to the shoe store next door. The new owner demolished it shortly thereafter and made the lot into a parking lot. I remember it well, along with the Palace and the Broadway as I spent many Saturday mornings there watching movies. Please let me know if I can be of further help.
No the Star was much further north on Broadway, not so much in the downtown area. It was across the street from Malden mills, near the Spickett Rver.
The 25 cent admission lasted well into the 60’s. You got to see two movies for a quarter as the main movie was always followed by an older film !! I also remember the turkey in the lobby as well as give-away rabbits and chicks during Easter.
My grandfather, Frank Boschetti, owned the Star theatre in Lawrence, Mass. He along with his business partner, Siskind, owned several movie theatres and apartment buidlings. He opened the Star as a vaudeville house in the early 1900’s , then ran silent films, then talkies. The Star was run by my grandfather and his son, Nick (my father). My father took over ownership of the Star in 1954 upon his father’s death. He ran the theatre until around 1968, 1969 and sold it to the shoe store next door. The new owner demolished it shortly thereafter and made the lot into a parking lot. I remember it well, along with the Palace and the Broadway as I spent many Saturday mornings there watching movies. Please let me know if I can be of further help.