There were three theatres in Jamaica Plain during the first half of the 20th century; the Jamaica, the Madison and the Egleston. For some reason, my parents went to the Egleston, and never mentioned the other two. Both the Egleston and the Jamaica on Centre street near Hyde Park closed in 1961. The Egleston building was torn down in 2003.
It wasn't in Jamaica Plain, but the Morton Theater on Blue Hill Avenue and Morton Street was one of the popular theaters of that era in Dorchester/Mattapan.
ReplyDeleteI went to the Egleston Theater when I was a kid. I saw my first movies there!! I lived on Glade Ave, JP near the zoo.
ReplyDeleteMy mom, who grew up in the Egleston Square area, and whose own mother and sisters frequented the movie house, called it the "Egg Box".
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