Revere Theatre
244 Broadway,
Revere,
MA
02151
244 Broadway,
Revere,
MA
02151
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Previously operated by: Interstate Theatres Corporation, Universal Chain Theatrical Enterprises Inc.
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The Revere Theatre was located on Broadway in Revere, a suburb to the northeast of Boston. It was opened by Universal Chain Theatrical Enterprises Inc. in summer of 1927. It was later operated by Interstate Theatres. It was renovated in 1949 and was still open in 1963.
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Ron Salters
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I remember the manager, Joe Bean, in the fifties when operated by Interstate theaters.
I fondly remember Mr Bean, I believe I personally attributed to his dimise!..He would throw me and my friends out of the theater every Saturday and Sunday at least 20 times a day!..I lived directly behind the theater, Off of my back yard was a doorway that led to behind the screen. There were so many exits that we knew of he could not keep up with us. We knew every hiding place in that building I could get around that place in the dark!! Even when the theater was closed we would go in and hang around. Those were innocent times Mid 60’s loved that place!
An item on the renovation of the Revere Theatre in 1949 can be read on this page of Boxoffice magazine, July 16, 1949:
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The theaters were “close” in that they were in the same city and actually may have been off the same trolley line(the Bathhouse Station via Beach Street line) but they were a mile and a half away from each other catering separate clientele.
The Revere catered to the locals, while the Boulevard catered to the vacationers/day trippers
A painting of the theatre in the 1930s or 1940s era… View link
Norman Gautreau’s paintings are beautiful. The one of the Revere Th. shows it with a newer marquee than what it had in May 1941 when the MGM Report photo was taken. Also, the top painting shows a little of the Boulevard Theater and ballroom on the left edge of the painting.
I worked at the theater in 1965 as an usher for $1.00 an hour. Joe Bean was still the manager,Bob wolfson was assistant manager,Mary Lewis was the lady behind the candy counter. The man who took your tickets was a retired Revere policeman (Joe, can’t recall his last name) who had been there forever as had Ms. Lewis.Walking around backstage was like a trip thru time.
My Grandparents lived on Prospect Ave way up the hill. This theatre was at the foot of Prospect Ave. I saw Son of Flubber here as a child. I believe it was 1963.
The 1941 MGM Theatre report cited earlier by Ron Salters said that the Revere was then over fifteen years old, but I wonder if it could have been this project noted in the January 1, 1927 issue of Moving Picture World: “REVERE, MASS.—Capabianco Construction Company, 46 Cornhill street, Boston, has contract for one-story theatre to be erected on Broadway for J. A. Di Pesa, 20 Pembertno square, Boston. Estimated cost $155,522.”
And it appears my suspicion was correct. Moving Picture World of June 18, 1927 had this item: “‘U’ Names Two Managers Dan Michalove, general manager of Universal Chain Theatrical Enterprises, Inc., has appointed Montague Salmon manager of the new ‘U’ theatre, the Revere, nearing completion at Revere, Mass. Salmon also will supervise the Capitol, Somerville, Mass. Mark Hanna has been appointed manager of the Capitol.”