The Bowdoin Square Theatre (est.1892) in
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
,
, was a
playhouse and cinema. It was located on
Bowdoin Square in the
West End, in a building designed by architect
C.H. Blackall. Personnel included Charles F. Atkinson and William Harris. Audience members included future magician Julius Linsky and future actor Joseph Sicari
Performances/Screenings
1890s
* The Dazzler
*
A Parlor Match
''A Parlor Match'' is an American musical play which debuted in 1884 and was one of the biggest hits of its time. It starred Charles E. Evans and William F. Hoey.Morden, Ethan''Ziegfeld: The Man Who Invented Show Business'' p. 32 (2008)
Charles ...
(Evans and Hoey)
*
The Idea, with
Hallen and
Hart
*
Sutton Vane's The Span of Life
* Hands Across the Sea
* The Cotton King
* John P. Smith's Uncle Tom's Cabin, with Jenny Kay
* Daniel A. Kelly's Outcasts of a Great City
1900s
* The Victorian Cross
* In Sight of St. Pauls, with
Zeffie Tilbury
Zeffie Agnes Lydia Tilbury (20 November 1863 – 24 July 1950) was an English-American actress.
profile at Cinemorgue
* Utah, with Zeffie Tilbury
* A Break for Liberty
* Two Orphans
* The Cattle King
* Wicked London
* Escaped from Sing Sing
1910s
* War's Women ("moving picture"), with
Frank Keenan
Frank Keenan (born James Francis Keenan; April 8, 1858 – February 24, 1929) was an American stage and film actor and stage director and manager during the silent-film era. He was among the first stage actors to star in Hollywood, and he pur ...
* Ting Shan Wang Troupe
*
Patria
Patria may refer to:
Entertainment
* Patria (novel), a 2016 novel by Spanish writer Fernando Aramburu
* Patria (TV series), a 2020 limited television series, based on the novel
* ''Patria'' (serial), a 1917 American serial film
Music
* "Pátri ...
(film), with
Mrs. Vernon Castle
1920s
*
Camille (film), with Nazimova
* From the Ground Up (film), with
Tom Moore
* Burn 'em up Barnes, with Johnny Hines
* Gleam o' Dawn (film), with
John Gilbert
* "Drake and Walker's Big Colored Musical Revue"
[Boston Daily Globe, June 09, 1922]
1930s-1950s
References
Further reading
* "
Olga Nethersole
Olga Isabella Nethersole, CBE, RRC (18 January 1866 – 9 January 1951) was an English actress, theatre producer, and wartime nurse and health educator.
Career
Olga Isabella Nethersole was born in London, of Spanish descent on her mother's side ...
Brings Suit; Seeks to Enjoin a Boston Theatre from Presenting "Sapho." New York Times, May 17, 1900,
* "Boston Actress Shot; Unknown Person Wounds Miss Edith Talbot -- Her Engagement Was Announced Last Monday." New York Times, February 16, 1901.
External links
* Boston Public Library
Photo of Bowdoin Sq. ca.1900s? Shows Bowdoin Sq. Theatre and vicinity
* CinemaTreasures.org
Bowdoin Square Theatre Bowdoin Square, Boston, MA
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