St. James Theatre (Boston)
The St. James Theatre (1912–1929) of
Horticultural Hall.[1] For some years Loew's theatre chain oversaw the St. James.[2] In 1929 the theatre "became part of the Publix (Paramount) chain, and was renamed the Uptown."[3]
Images
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Interior, 1912 -
Interior, 1912 -
Advertisement for "vaudeville and super photo-plays," 1920, including Charlie Chaplin's A Day's Pleasure -
St. James Theatre (center), next to Horticultural Hall (at left), 1920 -
Advertisement for Boston Stock Company production of Charles H. Hoyt's A Temperance Town, 1922
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References
Further reading
- "The St. James Theater and its Founder." New England Magazine, v.48, no.2, Oct. 1912
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to St. James Theatre, Boston (1912).
- Library of Congress. Keith-Albee St. James Theatre, (Boston Player Stock Company), Huntington Ave. near Massachusetts Ave., Boston, Massachusetts. Drawing of theater facade, 1928.
- Boston Public Library.Postcard of St. James Theatre, Boston, Mass., published by Mason Bros. & Co., ca. 1915-1930
- Bostonian Society. Photograph of Uptown Theater, 239 Huntington Street, ca. 1962-1963. "Demolition (replaced by Christian Science Center). Originally the Chickering Hall (built 1900-1901), later Saint James Theater."
- CinemaTreasures.org. Uptown Theatre, 239 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 (successor to the St. James)
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