Keith's Theatre (Boston)
Not to be confused with B.F. Keith Memorial Theatre (Boston, Massachusetts).
Keith's Theatre, Tremont Street, Boston, ca.1906 (Library of Congress)
B.F. Keith's Theatre (1894–1928) in Boston, Massachusetts, was a vaudeville playhouse run by B.F. Keith. It sat across from the Boston Common in the city's theatre district, with an entrance on Tremont Street and another on Washington Street.[1] Personnel included Keith, E.F. Albee and H.E. Gustin.[2] Virgilio Tojetti painted some of the interior decorations.[3][4] "In 1939, the theater found a new life as a movie house called the Normandie Theater."[5]
Performances/Screenings
References
- ↑ Keith's Theatre, no.547 Washington and no.163 Tremont. Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918, 1921
- ↑ Cahn-Leighton Official Theatrical Guide. NY. 1913.
- ↑ "Keith's Tremont Street Entrance". The Opera Glass. 4 (10). October 1897.
- ↑ "Virgilio Tojetti (1849-1901)". Public Opinion. 30. April 4, 1901.
- ↑ Boston Athenaeum. "Theater History: Keith's Theatre (1894-1952), 547 Washington Street". Retrieved 2012-02-06.
- 1 2 Deac Rossell (Summer 1995). "A Chronology of Cinema, 1889-1896". Film History. 7.
Further reading
- B.F. Keith's New Theatre., Boston: printed by Geo. H. Walker & Co., 1894
- E.T. Adams. "Artistic Engine-Room Interiors." Engineering Magazine, v.10, no.6, March 1896
- Frank Cullen. Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America. NY: Routledge, 2004
External links
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- CinemaTreasures.org. B. F. Keith's Theatre, 547 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02458
- Library of Congress. Drawing of Shubert Apollo Theatre (formerly B.F. Keith's Theatre), Tremont St. opposite the Common, and B.F. Keith's Vaudeville, Washington St., Boston, Massachusetts, 1931.
Images
Keith's interior, ca.1894
Advertisement, 1897
Night view of Keith's, ca.1900s
Postcard of decorations by Virgilio Tojetti, ca.1900s
Detail of 1911 map of Boston, showing Keith's
Advertisement for Clark & Bergman; Belle Baker; Adelaide & J.J. Hughes, 1917
Coordinates: 42°21′14.55″N 71°3′49.13″W / 42.3540417°N 71.0636472°W
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