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

Ogontz Theatre

Philadelphia, PA
6033 Ogontz Avenue
, Philadelphia, PA, United States
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Seats: 1777
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Hoffman - Henon Co., Magaziner, Eberhard, and Harris
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The Ogontz was built in 1926-27, designed by the firm of Hoffman & Henon in association with the firm of Magaziner, Eberhard & Harris. The 1777 seat theater closed in 1988 and has since been torn down.
Contributed by Bryan

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This theatre after it stopped showing films sat empty but then became a stage theatre. They tried to bring in plays/musicals and rock n rolls shows (like the Uptown) It didn't last long because of the area. At one point I tried to lease the theatre for movies but when StanleyWarner closed a theatre they just tour everything out so it could not be used as a movie house. rg
posted by rg on Nov 12, 2004 at 1:40pm
Thumbnails at this link, don't try to expand without a paid subscription:
http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/image_gallery.cfm/16638
posted by TC on Mar 7, 2005 at 6:59am
A Kimball theater organ KPO 6906 size 3/15 was installed in the Ogontz Theater in 1926.

posted by Lost Memory on Sep 17, 2007 at 6:56am
Here are two expanded views of the PAB thumbnails posted on 3/7/05. The photos are from the Irvin Glazer collection. The marquee in the first photo says "City of David", but I'm not sure if that was a film:
http://tinyurl.com/23fowv
http://tinyurl.com/ynsvvp
posted by ken mc on Feb 3, 2008 at 10:29am
Here are some photos from phillyhistory.org taken in June 1985:
http://tinyurl.com/o32a6j
http://tinyurl.com/qlyamg
http://tinyurl.com/qwn3ln
http://tinyurl.com/qyt6q8
http://tinyurl.com/okfhc8
http://tinyurl.com/q943ca
posted by ken mc on May 9, 2009 at 3:11pm
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