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, was a cinema and concert hall in the

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, located at no.136 Massachusetts Avenue at Boylston Street. Architect Thomas W. Lamb designed the building; its interior was "marble and velvet." The auditorium sat 1,600. In the early 1970s

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used the theatre for rehearsals. In 1972 the

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bought the property; the remodeled Berklee Performance Center opened in 1976 and continues today.

Images

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Events/Screenings

1910s

* The Misleading Lady, with

Edna Mayo Edna Mayo (born Edna Lane; March 23, 1895 – May 5, 1970) was an American film actress of the silent film era. Biography Mayo was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and spent time as a stage actress before moving to Hollywood in 1914 to pursu ...

and Henry B. Walthall * Behind the Screen, with Charlie ChaplinBoston Daily Globe, December 02, 1916 * Unprotected, with

Blanche Sweet Sarah Blanche Sweet (June 18, 1896 – September 6, 1986) was an American silent film actress who began her career in the earliest days of the Hollywood motion picture film industry. Early life Born Sarah Blanche Sweet (though her first nam ...

* At the Edge of the Aqueduct, with Doris Gray * Man of Mystery, with

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Boston Daily Globe, Feb. 9, 1917 * The Great Secret, with Francis X. Bushman * Fenway Symphony Orchestra concert

1920s

* Water Water Everywhere, with

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Boston Globe, April 16, 1920 * April Folly, with Marion Davies * Ghost in the Garret, with

Dorothy Gish Dorothy Elizabeth Gish (March 11, 1898June 4, 1968) was an American actress of the screen and stage, as well as a director and writer. Dorothy and her older sister Lillian Gish were major movie stars of the silent era. Dorothy also had great s ...

Boston Globe, March 12, 1921 * The Inner Voice, with

Agnes Ayres Agnes Ayres (born Agnes Henkel; April 4, 1896 – December 25, 1940) was an American actress who rose to fame during the silent film era. She was known for her role as Lady Diana Mayo in '' The Sheik'' opposite Rudolph Valentino. Career Ayres b ...

* A Question of Honor, with

Anita Stewart Anita Stewart (born Anna Marie Stewart; February 7, 1895 – May 4, 1961) was an American actress and film producer of the early silent film era. Early years Anita Stewart was born in Brooklyn, New York as Anna Marie Stewart on February 7, 18 ...

Boston Globe, May 11, 1922 * The Ruling Passion, with

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* Come on Over, with

Colleen Moore Colleen Moore (born Kathleen Morrison; August 19, 1899 – January 25, 1988) was an American film actress who began her career during the silent film era. Moore became one of the most fashionable (and highly-paid) stars of the era and helped po ...

Boston Globe, May 22, 1922 * Josephine Elbery ("the Back Bay nightingale") * Yellow Men and Gold, with

Helene Chadwick Helene Chadwick (November 25, 1897 – September 4, 1940) was an American actress in silent and in early sound films. Early life and career Chadwick was born in the small town of Chadwicks, New York, which was named for her great-grandfather ...

The Yankee Consul ''The Yankee Consul'' is a 1924 American black-and-white silent comedy film directed by James W. Horne and written by Raymond Cannon. With a screen adaptation by Lewis Milestone and Raymond Griffith, the film is based upon the 1904 Broadway ...

* Lilac Time

1930s-1950s

1960s-1970s

* Question 7 *

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in concert *

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in concert * utterfield Blues Band Reunion December 10-11 or 21-22 1971

References

External links

* Library of Congress
Drawing of Fenway Theatre
Massachusetts Ave. and Boylston St., Boston, Massachusetts, 1926. * Flickr
Question 7 at the Fenway Theater
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