The Columbia Theatre (1891 –
c. 1957) or Loew's New Columbia Theatre in
Boston,
Massachusetts, was a
playhouse and cinema located in the
South End at No. 978
Washington Street.[1][2]Charles Frohman, Isaac Baker Rich and
William Harris ("Rich & Harris and Charles Frohman") oversaw the theatre until 1895.[3][4][5][6] Owners included J.J. Grace of New York and
Loews.[7] Staff included Harry Farren,[8] Saul Hamilburg and Philip Shea.[9] The Columbia existed until its demolition in 1957.[10][11]
^Isaac Baker Rich (b. 1827). Men of progress: one thousand biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston: New England Magazine, 1896,
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^Marcosson, Isaac Frederick; Frohman, Daniel (1916), Charles Frohman: Manager and Man, New York: Harper & Brothers,
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^"On July 1 it will pass from the hands of Rich & Harris into the hands of R.M. Gulick & Co. and Davis & Keogh." ("Boston's Columbia Theatre: Rich and Harris and Charles Frohman finally dispose of the lease." New York Times, May 24, 1895)