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1917 BowdoinSqTheatre BostonDailyGlobe Feb21
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Charles F Atkinson theatre Boston USA
Portrait of manager Charles F. Atkinson
1896 BowdoinSqTheatre Boston USA
Bowdoin Sq. Theatre, ca.1896

The Bowdoin Square Theatre (est.1892) in Boston, Massachusetts, was a playhouse and cinema. It was located on Bowdoin Square in the West End, in a building designed by architect C.H. Blackall. Personnel included Charles F. Atkinson and William Harris. Audience members included future magician Julius Linsky and future actor Joseph Sicari

Performances/Screenings

1890s

  • The Dazzler
  • A Parlor Match (Evans and Hoey)
  • The Idea, with Hallen and Hart
  • Sutton Vane's The Span of Life
  • Hands Across the Sea
  • The Cotton King
  • John P. Smith's Uncle Tom's Cabin, with Jenny Kay
  • Daniel A. Kelly's Outcasts of a Great City

1900s

  • The Victorian Cross
  • In Sight of St. Pauls, with Zeffie Tilbury
  • Utah, with Zeffie Tilbury
  • A Break for Liberty
  • Two Orphans
  • The Cattle King
  • Wicked London
  • Escaped from Sing Sing

1910s

  • War's Women ("moving picture"), with Frank Keenan
  • Ting Shan Wang Troupe
  • Patria (film), with Mrs. Vernon Castle

1920s

  • Camille (film), with Nazimova
  • From the Ground Up (film), with Tom Moore
  • Burn 'em up Barnes, with Johnny Hines
  • Gleam o' Dawn (film), with John Gilbert
  • "Drake and Walker's Big Colored Musical Revue"

1930s-1950s

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