Broad Theatre

This poor theatre needs some TLC> Its going down hill FAST> Just check out the front(it says please fix me up). It features first run attractions. Please spend some money on this theatre. rg

Yesterday I drove by this theatre and the marquee is gone. The theatre is still open BUT it looks like some one is putting MONEY into the place. This is a great little theatre and nice to see that it is turning around. If any one knows what is going on or who is running the theatre let us know.. rg

Listed in Film Daily Yearbook's in the 1940's as having a seating capacity of 700 (650 in the 1950 edition).

Theatre is closed. '40s marquee is gone along with all adornment on the front of the place. Some hideous paintmarks are on the side of the place. No idea of what is happening. The place was in a slow and painful decline the past 20 or so years.

The paint marks on the side is where they were testing the different colors. Rumors have it the people the own and run the Grand Theater may have bought it. That would be great but just a rumor. rg

Either the heat is not too good or they don't like putting it on. I thought my family and I were going to have frost bite when we saw the new Pink Panther movie last winter.
As mentioned above, it's a landmark that needs attention - now.
Souderton is a beautiful town.

Does anybody have any information about who owns this theatre and how they can be contacted?

Last I heard the NEW owner is remodeling the entire building and is trying to find someone to operate the theatre. rs

Some additional background. Souderton Historic Locations:

"Broad Theater. 24 West Broad Street. Art Deco architecture. The theater was built by Jacob Gilman and opened on July 21, 1922, with seating for 700. Not only were moving pictures shown here, but vaudeville type acts also entertained the public".

Nice c&p from Souderton-Telford Main Streets. You should really give references/credits to where they are due.

On who owns the theater, it is Suburban Equities II according to www.montcopa.org

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give it some consideration next time.

According to www.montcopa.org:

Suburban Equities II bought this theater and the East Greenville PA from the foreclosing bank in May 2004. They sold the Eastgreenville one to Grand-Valley Holdings in Aug 2004 and that theater is once again open. Maybe the owner of the Grand can tell you how to contact them.

This website has a 1985 photo of the Broad Theater.

The theater is being remolded. Theater has a new marquee and ext. of the building has been repainter with new exit doors. Unknown what's going on inside.

Here is a photo of the Broad Theater before being renovated.

Here is a larger version of the photo posted on 2/2/07:
http://tinyurl.com/njnc6a

Isn't that copyrighted?

Copyright © 2009 by The Athenaeum of Philadelphia.
Data and Images: Copyright © 2009 by various contributing institutions. Used by permission.
All rights reserved.
That's what it says on their home page.

So all the posts with thumbnails should be removed, since none of those images were posted with permission.

Difference, the thumbnails are directed to their site. Not to a personal photobucket.

No difference. Additionally, even if the photos are copyrighted, the fair use doctrine allows their reproduction for non-profit, educational purposes. If you have some case law that overrules this, let me know.

Expecting a clarification from PAB on Monday.

I didn't know they wrote laws now. Are they overturning the fair use doctrine?

I don't mean to be sarcastic, but other people besides you have raised the copyright issue without any clue as to how the law protects limited reproduction, as long as the intent is not to profit off of the likeness. There's a lot of case law on this. Even if the likeness holder were to take some sort of action, like an injunction, they would probably lose as they would not be able to prove damages. So whether the likeness holder agrees or disagrees, legally it doesn't make any difference.It's very unlikely that the holder of the image would take any action unless there was a clearcut attempt to profit from the likeness.

I think contacting PAB is a great idea. If PAB doesn't mind having their photos copied and distributed, that's fine. If they object, they can contact Cinema Treasures and ask for those links to be removed. I don't believe that CT is considered to be an accredited learning institution and I don't think that the photos would be considered as being used for educational purposes.