In the early sixties the State played a lot of “nudist camp” movies: pretty girls playing volley ball in the “all together”. Someone had the job of drawing bikinis on the girls in the 8"x10" glossies that were posted outside.
I did get a chance to sneak inside once (underage) to see Bridget Bardot in And God Created Woman.
I saw Eric Burdon and the Animals here on September 25, 1964. Just after they released House Of The Rising Sun. My parents would have killed me if they knew I was in town at a rock concert that night.
In the mid sixties the Center played a lot of American International pictures. I remember seeing Wild In The Streets and Roger Corman’s The Wild Angels here.
My friends and I also saw The T.A.M.I. Show here. For us the most remarkable thing about it was going to a racially mixed event.
The last time I was inside the downstairs floor still had a slope that I attributed to the old movie theater.
More information about the owner of the Broadway Theater can be found at this Boston Herald article: http://tinyurl.com/9wxr3 Here is a recent picture of the front of the building: http://tinyurl.com/86r7n The red placard with the white X tells the fire department not to enter the building unless there are people know to be inside. This photo: http://tinyurl.com/7q4t5 shows the footprint of the building.
In the fifties the front doors were set back about twenty feet from the street. There were two sets of double doors. Before them there was a ticket vendors booth on the right hand side. Both the right and left front of the building had display cases for movie posters. The left hand side of the entry way had at three or four additional display cases for up coming films. Once you entered through the right hand doors there was a concession stand on the left. After that there was another set of doors that led to the theater. If you look at the footprint picture, the screen was on the right hand side of the building (lower right or south east side).
At some point in the early seventies the main theater was split for two screens.
On Saturday afternoons in the fifties the usual fare was five cartoons, two or three Three Stooges shorts and full length film. All for twenty-five cents. During the rest of the week it showed regular Hollywood films on their second run.
Sometime before 1960 I remember a big hubbub about some “dirty” movie that was going to shown at the Broadway. It may have been one of Kroger Babb’s exploitation films.
The City of Boston assessment data lists On Broadway Corporation as the owner. On Broadway’s principal address is 314 West Second St., South Boston, MA 02127. More info at: http://tinyurl.com/c25kw
The last movies I saw there were “Animal House” and “Looking for Mr. Goodbar”. I don’t remember it being open after 1980.
In the early sixties the State played a lot of “nudist camp” movies: pretty girls playing volley ball in the “all together”. Someone had the job of drawing bikinis on the girls in the 8"x10" glossies that were posted outside.
I did get a chance to sneak inside once (underage) to see Bridget Bardot in And God Created Woman.
I saw Ed Sanders, Tuli Kupferberg and Ken Weaver in the The Fugs in 1966.
I saw Eric Burdon and the Animals here on September 25, 1964. Just after they released House Of The Rising Sun. My parents would have killed me if they knew I was in town at a rock concert that night.
In the mid sixties the Center played a lot of American International pictures. I remember seeing Wild In The Streets and Roger Corman’s The Wild Angels here.
My friends and I also saw The T.A.M.I. Show here. For us the most remarkable thing about it was going to a racially mixed event.
The last time I was inside the downstairs floor still had a slope that I attributed to the old movie theater.
More information about the owner of the Broadway Theater can be found at this Boston Herald article: http://tinyurl.com/9wxr3 Here is a recent picture of the front of the building: http://tinyurl.com/86r7n The red placard with the white X tells the fire department not to enter the building unless there are people know to be inside. This photo: http://tinyurl.com/7q4t5 shows the footprint of the building.
In the fifties the front doors were set back about twenty feet from the street. There were two sets of double doors. Before them there was a ticket vendors booth on the right hand side. Both the right and left front of the building had display cases for movie posters. The left hand side of the entry way had at three or four additional display cases for up coming films. Once you entered through the right hand doors there was a concession stand on the left. After that there was another set of doors that led to the theater. If you look at the footprint picture, the screen was on the right hand side of the building (lower right or south east side).
At some point in the early seventies the main theater was split for two screens.
On Saturday afternoons in the fifties the usual fare was five cartoons, two or three Three Stooges shorts and full length film. All for twenty-five cents. During the rest of the week it showed regular Hollywood films on their second run.
Sometime before 1960 I remember a big hubbub about some “dirty” movie that was going to shown at the Broadway. It may have been one of Kroger Babb’s exploitation films.
The City of Boston assessment data lists On Broadway Corporation as the owner. On Broadway’s principal address is 314 West Second St., South Boston, MA 02127. More info at: http://tinyurl.com/c25kw
The last movies I saw there were “Animal House” and “Looking for Mr. Goodbar”. I don’t remember it being open after 1980.