Day Street Olympia
50 Day Street,
Somerville,
MA
02144
50 Day Street,
Somerville,
MA
02144
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There is a “Day Square” theater listed under Somerville in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook with 700 seats, open 6 days/week. The seat count is close to that of this theater.
David Guss’s article “Lost Theatres of Somerville”, from the First Quarter 2006 issue of Marquee, the journal of the Theatre Historical Society of America, is now online at View link .
Besides an extensive history, the article also contains many old photos of and advertisements for the various theatres in Somerville.
(This is a 17-page scanned-image PDF, so unfortunately you cannot search or copy the text.)
The photo described above is the first one on this page.
The MGM Theatre Photograph and Report form for E.M. Loew’s Davis Square Theatre in Somerville has a facade photo taken in May 1941.The entrance was on a corner, with a box office in the center. There was a boxy marquee with white letters on a black background. Movies playing are “Kit Carson” and “Moon over Burma”. The Report states that the theatre has been a MGM customer for over 10 years; that it’s over 15 years old; that it’s in Fair condition; and hasd 645 seats, apparently all on one floor.