Globe Theatre (Boston, 1903)

Not to be confused with Globe Theatre, Boston (1871).

The Globe Theatre (est. 1903) was a playhouse and cinema in Boston, Massachusetts, located on Washington Street in Chinatown. Architect Arthur H. Vinal designed the building in 1903;^[1] it stands today at no.692 Washington St. opposite LaGrange Street, near the corner of Beach Street. In the 1910s it was also known as "Loew's Globe Theatre."^[2]

The Globe Theatre building, Boston, in 2010

Performances/Screenings

1900s Weber and Fields' "An English Daisy"[3] "In Dahomey," with Williams & Walker[4] "Pals," with James J. Corbett[5] "Under Southern Skies"[6] "1492"[7]

1910s D.W. Griffith's Intolerance[8] 1920s Monroe Salisbury and Shirley Mason in "new photoplays"[9] Smilin' Through[10]

References

1. "New Globe Theatre, Boston, Mass. Arthur H. Vinal, Architect". The Brickbuilder. XII (9). September 1903.
2. "Loew's Globe Theatre." Boston register and business directory. 1918
3. Boston Evening Transcript, Dec. 31, 1903
4. Boston Globe, March 28, 1905
5. Boston Globe, March 28, 1905
6. Boston Evening Transcript, April 17, 1908
7. Boston Evening Transcript, April 17, 1908
8. Boston Globe, Feb. 2, 1918
9. Boston Globe, Feb. 10, 1920
10. Boston Globe, Dec. 12, 1922

External links

• Library of Congress. Globe Theatre (Globe Grand Opera), Washington St. near La Grange St., Boston, Massachusetts. Illustration by Anthony F. Dumas, 1931.
• Flickr.
  • Photo of Empire Garden interior, 2010; building formerly housed the Globe theatre
  • Photo of Empire Garden ceiling, 2010
  • Photo of Empire Garden exterior, 2008

Images

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  Advertisement for Weber & Fields, 1903
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  Seating chart of orchestra level, 1904
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  Detail of 1911 map of Boston, showing Globe Theatre at corner of Beach St. and Washington St.
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  Interior of the building in 2008, now a restaurant

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