Globe Theatre, Boston (1903)

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

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The Globe Theatre building, Boston, in 2010

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; 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."

Performances/Screenings

1900s

• Weber and Fields' "An English Daisy"
• "In Dahomey," with Williams & Walker
• "Pals," with James J. Corbett
• "Under Southern Skies"
• "1492"

1910s

• D.W. Griffith's Intolerance

1920s

• Monroe Salisbury and Shirley Mason in "new photoplays"
• Smilin' Through (1922 film)

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

• 1903 Globe theatre BostonEveningTranscript December31.png

  Advertisement for Weber & Fields, 1903

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  Seating chart of orchestra level, 1904

• 1911 Globe Thetare map Boston byMiller BPL 12556.png

  Detail of 1911 map of Boston, showing Globe Theatre at corner of Beach St. and Washington St.

• 2008 EmpireGarden 690 WashingtonSt Boston USA 2785125421.jpg

  Interior of the building in 2008, now a restaurant