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The '''Beacon Theatre''' was a cinema on [[Tremont Street]] in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]] built in 1910 and closed in 1948.<ref>Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918</ref> Jacob Lourie established it.<ref name="king" /> Architect [[Clarence Blackall]] designed the building, with its 500-seat auditorium<ref name="king" /> which a contemporary critic described as "showy."<ref>{{Citation |publisher = Ginn and Company |location = Boston |title = Boston: a guide book to the city and vicinity |author = Edwin M. Bacon, rev. by Le Roy Phillips |date = 1922 |oclc = 1191992 |ol = 7231564M }}</ref> It had a staff of 26 in 1910.<ref>Moving Picture World, Nov. 26, 1910, cited in: Desirée J. Garcia. "Subversive Sounds: Ethnic Spectatorship and Boston's Nickelodeon Theatres, 1907-1914." Film History, Vol. 19, No. 3, Movie Business (2007)</ref> In 1948 the "refurbished" building became the '''Beacon Hill Theater'''.<ref name="king">{{Citation |publisher = McFarland & Co. |isbn = 0786419105 |ol = 3392044M |location = Jefferson, N.C |title = The Theatres of Boston: a Stage and Screen History |author = Donald C. King |date = 2005 |id = 0786419105 }}</ref><ref>CinemaTreasures.org. [http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/6416 Beacon Hill Theatre], 1 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108. Retrieved 2012-03-10</ref> The building existed until 1970.
[[Image:1913 Jacob Lourie USA.png|thumb|right|100px|Portrait of Jacob Lourie, 1913, manager]]
[[Image:1921 Modern Beacon theatre BostonGlobe 31March.png|thumb|right|Advertisement for [[Modern Theatre (Boston)|Modern Theatre]] and Beacon Theatre, 1921; both run by Jacob Lourie]]
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* Bostonian Society. Photos:
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20170108093624/http://rfi.bostonhistory.org/boston/full/003372.jpg Tremont Street, c. 1936], with view of Beacon Theatre
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20060303193138/http://rfi.bostonhistory.org/boston/full/003393.jpg 47-53 Tremont Street, c. 1945], with view of Beacon Theatre
** [https://archive.today/20130414123948/http://rfi.bostonhistory.org/boston/full/003375.jpg 19-53 Tremont Street, 1947], with view of Beacon Theatre
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202411/http://rfi.bostonhistory.org/boston/full/003373.jpg Tremont Street, c. 1953], with view of Beacon Hill Theatre
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20060303193110/http://rfi.bostonhistory.org/boston/full/003377.jpg 53 Tremont Street, c. 1958], with view of Beacon Hill Theatre
* Boston Public Library. Photos of Beacon Hill Theatre, Tremont Street, 1970, before demolition; by Boston Redevelopment Authority:
** [https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/5693003441 Front view]
** [https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/5693003279 Close-up of architectural design -- third floor balcony]
** [https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/5693003385 Close-up of three floors]
** [https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/5693573130 Close-up of architectural design -- fourth floor balcony]
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