Keith-Albee Boston Theatre

The Keith-Albee Boston Theatre (1925-1930s) was a cinema in Boston, Massachusetts, in the Boston Theater District.^[1]^[2] It occupied part of a larger building at no.616 Washington Street, which itself had originally housed the Henry Siegel Co. department store. The theater section was built in 1925, designed by Thomas Lamb."^[3] In the 1930s the Keith-Albee became known as the RKO-Boston, an abbreviation for "Radio-Keith-Orpheum".^[4]

Events

The Plastic Age^[5]
Siberia^[6]
Poker Faces, with Laura LaPlante^[7]
Fig Leaves^[8]
Young April^[9]
Gigolo^[10]

Corporal Kate, with Vera Reynolds ("a story of the World War")^[11]
The Love Thrill^[12]
Getting Gertie's Garter^[13]
Ritzy^[14]
Wedding Bells, with Raymond Griffith^[15]

Beware of Widows^[16]
Ankles Preferred, with Madge Bellamy^[17]
Fast and Furious ("a story of motor racing")^[18]
Tom Mix roping act, in-person on stage^[19]
Good Morning Judge, with Reginald Denny^[20]
Bozo Snyder, in person^[21]

References

^ Elliot Norton (1978), Broadway Down East: an informal account of the plays, players, and playhouses of Boston from Puritan times to the present : lectures delivered for the National Endowment for the Humanities, Boston Public Library Learning Library Program, Boston: Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston, ISBN 0-89073-055-5, OCLC 3843437, 0890730555
^ Donald C. King (2005), The Theatres of Boston: a Stage and Screen History, Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co., ISBN 0-7864-1910-5, 0786419105
^ Anthony J. Yudis. "Lafayette Place inspires revitalization; 5 old buildings in lower Washington Street marked for rehabilitation." Boston Globe, 28 Nov 1982
^ Frank Cullen; Florence Hackman; Donald McNeilly (2004). Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America. Psychology Press. pp. 17–. ISBN 978-0-415-93853-2.
^ Boston Daily Globe - Jan 12, 1926
^ Boston Daily Globe - May 25, 1926
^ Boston Daily Globe - Aug 31, 1926
^ Boston Daily Globe - Sep 14, 1926
^ Boston Daily Globe - Sep 21, 1926
^ Boston Daily Globe - Nov 9, 1926
^ Boston Daily Globe - Mar 1, 1927
^ Boston Daily Globe - Apr 12, 1927
^ Boston Daily Globe - May 3, 1927
^ Boston Daily Globe - May 17, 1927
^ Boston Daily Globe - May 31, 1927
^ Boston Daily Globe - Jun 14, 1927
^ Boston Daily Globe - Jun 21, 1927
^ Boston Daily Globe - Jul 26, 1927
^ Daily Boston Globe - Jun 5, 1928
^ Daily Boston Globe - May 13, 1928
^ "'Bozo' Snyder, Non-Talkie in Person at Keith-Albee." Daily Boston Globe - May 11, 1930

External links

Library of Congress. Drawing of Keith Albee New Bijou Theatre, Washington and Essex Streets, Boston, Massachusetts, 1927.
Wikimedia. Detail of postcard depicting Henry Siegel Co. department store, corner of Washington St. and Essex St., Boston, USA, ca.1910s

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[norton-1] Elliot Norton (1978), Broadway Down East: an informal account of the plays, players, and playhouses of Boston from Puritan times to the present : lectures delivered for the National Endowment for the Humanities, Boston Public Library Learning Library Program, Boston: Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston, ISBN 0-89073-055-5, OCLC 3843437, 0890730555

[king-2] Donald C. King (2005), The Theatres of Boston: a Stage and Screen History, Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co., ISBN 0-7864-1910-5, 0786419105

[yudis-3] Anthony J. Yudis. "Lafayette Place inspires revitalization; 5 old buildings in lower Washington Street marked for rehabilitation." Boston Globe, 28 Nov 1982

[CullenHackman2004-4] Frank Cullen; Florence Hackman; Donald McNeilly (2004). Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America. Psychology Press. pp. 17–. ISBN 978-0-415-93853-2.

[5] Boston Daily Globe - Jan 12, 1926

[6] Boston Daily Globe - May 25, 1926

[7] Boston Daily Globe - Aug 31, 1926

[8] Boston Daily Globe - Sep 14, 1926

[9] Boston Daily Globe - Sep 21, 1926

[10] Boston Daily Globe - Nov 9, 1926

[11] Boston Daily Globe - Mar 1, 1927

[12] Boston Daily Globe - Apr 12, 1927

[13] Boston Daily Globe - May 3, 1927

[14] Boston Daily Globe - May 17, 1927

[15] Boston Daily Globe - May 31, 1927

[16] Boston Daily Globe - Jun 14, 1927

[17] Boston Daily Globe - Jun 21, 1927

[18] Boston Daily Globe - Jul 26, 1927

[19] Daily Boston Globe - Jun 5, 1928

[20] Daily Boston Globe - May 13, 1928

[21] "'Bozo' Snyder, Non-Talkie in Person at Keith-Albee." Daily Boston Globe - May 11, 1930

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