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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Pennsylvania » Philadelphia » Ambassador Theatre

Ambassador Theatre

Philadelphia, PA
5542 Baltimore Avenue
, Philadelphia, PA 19143 United States
(map)
Status: Closed
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Seats: 1000
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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The Ambassador Theatre opened in 1921 with a seating capacity of 1,000. It was considered one of the elite West Philadelphia neighborhood theatres. It featured a ten-foot high building width electric sign above the theatre mounted to the roof that was removed in 1956. The Ambassador Theatre closed in early-1958.
Contributed by Chuck

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Does anyone have any further information regarding this theatre?
posted by JamesW on Jan 6, 2006 at 5:26pm
A Kimball theater organ was installed in the Ambassador Theater in 1921.

posted by Lost Memory on Sep 17, 2007 at 4:17am
I remember as a child living in West Philadelphia, going to the Ambassador theatre at 57th and Baltimore. If you ride the trolly out of the 60th and Baltimore loop, as you ride toward center city, you can still see the facade of the theatre. Look upward at the front corners and you can see the letters "AMBASSADOR" still etched in the deco window panes. Further up at about 55th and Baltimore stood the Sherwood Theatre on an island in the street. The Sherwood was demolished. Sweet memories.
posted by Mira626 on Feb 22, 2008 at 9:19pm
I remember for a brief period mid to late 70's it was a dance club.
posted by Phillyguy1 on Jun 2, 2008 at 11:03pm
Small photos can be seen here.

posted by Lost Memory on Jun 3, 2008 at 6:17am
The building still stands, but the marquee is gone altogether.
posted by ntrmission on Jul 16, 2008 at 5:09pm
This is a larger view of one of the Irvin Glazer photos posted on June 3, 2008:
http://tinyurl.com/nrw2wp
posted by ken mc on Aug 6, 2009 at 10:46pm
Isn't that copyrighted?

posted by Lost Memory on Aug 7, 2009 at 5:06am
3 Feb 1958 Box Office (available online) reported that the Ambassador closed
posted by HowardBHaas on Feb 10, 2010 at 10:40am
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