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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Pennsylvania » Philadelphia » Bushfire Theatre
Also known as Locust Theatre

Bushfire Theatre

Philadelphia, PA
224 S. 52nd Street
, Philadelphia, PA 19139 United States
(map)
Status: Open
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Beaux-Arts
Function: Performing Arts
Seats: 428
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Hoffman - Henon Co.
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Opened in 1914 as the Locust Theatre with a seating capacity of 1,400. It was a vaudeville and motion picture house in West Philadelphia. By the 1930's The Locust Theatre was showing movies only.

In 1977, the Bushfire Performing Arts Group acquired the Locust Theatre, and renamed it the Bushfire Theatre.

Related Websites

Bushfire Theatre Of Performing Arts (Official)
Contributed by Michael R. Rambo Jr.

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As the Locust, it was operated by Henry Sley, a parking lot magnate who had also acquired the downtown Aldine and renamed it the Viking. In 1961 the Locust got embroiled in an interesting legal tangle with United Artists. This was back when double-features were still around, and Mr. Sley managed to book, you won't believe this, both "Gone With The Wind" and "By Love Possessed" (115 minutes) on the same bill. United Artists balked. Can you blame them? One could have spent an entire afternoon there!
posted by veyoung on Jan 21, 2005 at 9:01pm
A Kimball theater organ was installed in the Locust Theater in 1914. Note: Located on 52nd Street.

posted by Lost Memory on Jan 13, 2008 at 9:46am
Here is a photo of the Bushfire Theater.

posted by Lost Memory on Jun 24, 2008 at 11:14am
Here is a contemporary view:
http://tinyurl.com/qlakqp
posted by ken mc on May 9, 2009 at 11:15am
Could you please stop posting the Google map links? I already posted a photo of the building.

posted by Lost Memory on May 9, 2009 at 11:29am
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