Columbia Theatre (Boston)

The Columbia Theatre (1891 – c. 1957) or Loew's New Columbia Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, was a playhouse and cinema located in the South End at No. 978 Washington Street.^[1]^[2] Charles Frohman, Isaac Baker Rich and William Harris ("Rich & Harris and Charles Frohman") oversaw the theatre until 1895.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] Owners included J.J. Grace of New York and Loews.^[7] Staff included Harry Farren,^[8] Saul Hamilburg and Philip Shea.^[9] The Columbia existed until its demolition in 1957.^[10]^[11]

Performances

1492 Up to Date, with Rice's "Surprise Party"^[12]
Nat C. Goodwin, comedian^[13]
Herbert Graham's "His Wedding Day"^[14]
Brandon Thomas' Charley's Aunt^[15]
Hagenbeck's trained animals^[16]
Sydney Grundy's "Sowing the Wind"^[17]
"The Belle of New York"^[18]

Notable people

Evelyn Campbell

Images

Advertisement for "His Wedding Day," 1893
Interior, 1896
Detail of 1896 map of Boston, showing location of Columbia Theatre
Advertisement for Evans & Hopper, 1903
Seating plan, 1904

References

^ Boston Almanac, 1893–1894. "Loew's New Columbia Theatre," Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918
^ Appleton's general guide to the United States and Canada, New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1893, OCLC 11144549, OL 24928392M
^ Boston Globe, February 6, 1893
^ Isaac Baker Rich (b. 1827). Men of progress: one thousand biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston: New England Magazine, 1896, OL 7183032M
^ Marcosson, Isaac Frederick; Frohman, Daniel (1916), Charles Frohman: Manager and Man, New York: Harper & Brothers, OCLC 1548290, OL 23285781M
^ "On July 1 it will pass from the hands of Rich & Harris into the hands of R.M. Gulick & Co. and Davis & Keogh." ("Boston's Columbia Theatre: Rich and Harris and Charles Frohman finally dispose of the lease." New York Times, May 24, 1895)
^ New York Times, May 24, 1895
^ The Billboard, December 7, 1907
^ "Columbia Theatre in new hands." Boston Evening Transcript – December 30, 1899
^ Cinematreasures.org. Columbia Theatre, 978-986 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02445
^ Boston Athenaeum. "Theater History". Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
^ Boston Globe, February 6, 1893
^ Boston Globe, February 26, 1893
^ Boston Globe, March 5, 1893
^ Boston Daily Globe, January 3, 1894
^ Boston Daily Globe, April 22, 1894
^ Boston Evening Transcript, October 22, 1894
^ Boston Evening Transcript – May 24, 1900

External links

Library of Congress. Columbia Theatre, Washington and Castle Streets, Boston, Massachusetts, illus. by Dumas

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[1] Boston Almanac, 1893–1894. "Loew's New Columbia Theatre," Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918

[2] Appleton's general guide to the United States and Canada, New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1893, OCLC 11144549, OL 24928392M

[3] Boston Globe, February 6, 1893

[4] Isaac Baker Rich (b. 1827). Men of progress: one thousand biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston: New England Magazine, 1896, OL 7183032M

[5] Marcosson, Isaac Frederick; Frohman, Daniel (1916), Charles Frohman: Manager and Man, New York: Harper & Brothers, OCLC 1548290, OL 23285781M

[6] "On July 1 it will pass from the hands of Rich & Harris into the hands of R.M. Gulick & Co. and Davis & Keogh." ("Boston's Columbia Theatre: Rich and Harris and Charles Frohman finally dispose of the lease." New York Times, May 24, 1895)

[7] New York Times, May 24, 1895

[8] The Billboard, December 7, 1907

[9] "Columbia Theatre in new hands." Boston Evening Transcript – December 30, 1899

[10] Cinematreasures.org. Columbia Theatre, 978-986 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02445

[11] Boston Athenaeum. "Theater History". Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2012.

[12] Boston Globe, February 6, 1893

[13] Boston Globe, February 26, 1893

[14] Boston Globe, March 5, 1893

[15] Boston Daily Globe, January 3, 1894

[16] Boston Daily Globe, April 22, 1894

[17] Boston Evening Transcript, October 22, 1894

[18] Boston Evening Transcript – May 24, 1900

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