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Holes in the Modern Theatre roof let in the elements, leading to deterioration of the fine detail inside the original building.

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The Modern Theatre has been called the “jewel in the crown” of Boston’s restored Theater District. (unknown, commissioned by Suffolk)

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Professional and Suffolk Theatre Department performances are among the offerings at the new Modern Theatre. Here Professor Wesley Savick directs students in Car Talk: The Musical. The musical comedy, inspired by the National Public Radio show, was…

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Visitors to Boston sent postcards home showing that they had seen the celebrated Washington Street theater and shopping district

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Architect Clarence H. Blackall (1857-1942) was known for his hundreds of theaters, but he also designed one of Boston’s first skyscrapers, the nine-story Carter Winthrop Building at 7 Water St. Blackall also designed 17 theaters in and around Boston.…

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A play written by Harry Hom Dow depicting farcical scenes from the Law Division office at Ellis Island, especially regarding Chinese immigrants seeking admission to the United States.

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Modern Theatre owner Jacob Lourie built a theater empire as owner of New England Theatres Operating Company, or NETOCO, which at its height operated 35 theaters. The company was affiliated with the Paramount studio until antitrust action broke up…

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Marquee advertises a sci-fi film released in 1964 and shot in Dynavision, an early special-effects process

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Pictured are Stephen Fougian, Sydney Attenberg, [Gamer?] Bethel, George Barney, Timothy McInerny, Norman Robinson, Frank Rindone, Alfred [Hinzer], Bill Kelley, and Robert Jameson (transcribed from verso)

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A deteriorated roof and years of neglect left the interior of the Modern Theatre in ruins by the 2000s.

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Hand drawn illustration of a scene from a play written by Harry Hom Dow about the review of a case in the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service in which the applicant, a Chinese man played by Dow, is denied admission to the United…
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