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Theatre |
Boston Cinerama |
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Cinerama film formats shown |
3-strip and 70mm |
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3-strip dates |
From 12/30/53 to 11/11/63 |
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70mm dates |
From 11/19/63 to 04/20/69 |
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Screen curvature and size |
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Address |
614 Washington Street |
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Comments |
Twinned in 1974. Closed 1986 |
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Current status |
Twinned theatres still standing behind subway entrance - see pictures the bottom of this page |
List of Cinerama films that played at the theatre from Cinema Treasures
THIS IS CINERAMA
Premiere: December 30, 1953
Engagement Duration: 87 weeks
CINERAMA HOLIDAY
Premiere: August 30, 1955
Duration: 52 weeks
SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Premiere: August 27, 1956
Duration: 64 weeks
SEARCH FOR PARADISE
Premiere: November 19, 1957
Duration: 40 weeks
WINDJAMMER
Premiere: August 27, 1958
Duration: 33 weeks
SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE
Premiere: April 15, 1959
Duration: 53 weeks
THIS IS CINERAMA (Return Engagement)
Premiere: April 26, 1960
Duration: 29 weeks
CINERAMA HOLIDAY (Return Engagement)
Premiere: November 15, 1960
Duration: 14 weeks
SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD (Return Engagement)
Premiere: February 22, 1961
Duration: 12 weeks
WINDJAMMER (Return Engagement)
Premiere: May 15, 1961
Duration: 23 weeks
SEARCH FOR PARADISE (Return Engagement)
Premiere: October 23, 1961
Duration: 12 weeks
SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE (Return Engagement)
Premiere: January 17, 1962
Duration: 16 weeks
HOLIDAY IN SPAIN
Premiere: May 7, 1962
Duration: 13 weeks
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Premiere: August 7, 1962
Duration: 26 weeks
THE BEST OF CINERAMA
Premiere: February 6, 1963
Duration: 7 weeks
HOW THE WEST WAS WON
Premiere: March 27, 1963
Duration: 33 weeks
IT’S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD
Premiere: November 19, 1963
Duration: 31 weeks
CIRCUS WORLD
Premiere: June 25, 1964
Duration: 18 weeks
MEDITERRANEAN HOLIDAY
Premiere: October 27, 1964
Duration: 20 weeks
THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD
Premiere: March 1965
Duration: 28 weeks
THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL
Premiere: September 28, 1965
Duration: 13 weeks
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
Premiere: December 1965
Duration: 21 weeks
MEDITERRANEAN HOLIDAY (Return Engagement)
Premiere: May 20, 1966
Duration: 5 weeks
KHARTOUM
Premiere: June 22, 1966
Duration: 14 weeks
RUSSIAN ADVENTURE
Premiere: September 28, 1966
Duration: 7 weeks
GRAND PRIX
Premiere: December 22, 1966
Duration: 36 weeks
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Premiere: April 10, 1968
Duration: 36 weeks
ICE STATION ZEBRA
Premiere: December 18, 1968
Duration: 19 weeks
10/03/25
10/05/25
10/06/25
1928
06/05/29
10/22/29
10/25/29 - RKO added to name of each theatre
06/04/30
11/13/30- Name is RKO Keith-Albee
11/14/30 - Name changed to RKO Keith-Boston
06/01/32
09/01/33
04/24/34
04/25/34 - Name changed to RKO Boston
11/17/53 last showing before conversion to Cinerama
What the theatre looked like before changing to Cinerama
11/04/53
11/19/53
12/13/53
12/20/53
12/27/53
12/30/53
12/31/53
Below matchbook
Ticket order form for premiere of Cinerama Holiday
08/30/55
08/27/56
Movie poster below
11/18/57
11/19/57
Matchbook below
08/26/58
04/16/59
Post card
Ticket envelope
04/26/60
11/14/60
02/20/61
05/15/61
10/23/61
01/14/62
01/15/62
05/06/62
05/07/62
05/08/62
Movie poster
08/07/62
02/06/63
03/27/63
post card
11/11/63
11/19/63
06/25/64
10/27/64
02/07/65
03/11/65
09/28/65
12/22/65
05/18/66
06/22/66
09/28/66
12/22/66
09/06/67
09/07/67
10/25/67
03/17/68
03/17/68
03/18/68
03/24/68
04/10/68
07/07/68
Ticket flyer
12/18/68
04/20/69
12/01/69
November 1970
05/31/74
07/05/74
07/10/74
07/17/74
08/21/74
02/04/75
1975
04/09/76
07/09/76
11/28/82
07/22/84
12/12/84
08/07/88
Pictures taken by Dick Dziadzio in 1997 of the sealed off balcony.
They had twinned downstairs for Chinese and X rated movies.
Pictures below taken in 2020
Below is what the above looked like in the 1920s
Maybe this was the ladies lounge?
