Imperial Theatre

921 N. Second Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19123

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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on July 24, 2009 at 5:03 pm

Here is an item in Boxoffice magazine, December 1951:

PHILADELPHIA-Albert J. Grosser, realtor, is negotiating with Warner Brothers for the purchase of five theaters here and the expectation is that the deal will be closed soon. The theaters involved are the Alhambra, Richmond, Uptown, Imperial in North Philadelphia and Imperial in West Philadelphia. Grosser said some of the theaters will be diverted to other uses. The sale would be made under the terms of the consent decree which called for 27 WB houses to be divested by January 4, 1952, another 27 by the same date in 1953 and a third 27 in one to five years from April 4, 1951.

lostmemory
lostmemory on January 21, 2008 at 5:41 pm

The Great John L. with Linda Darnell and Greg McClure was released in May of 1945.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 21, 2008 at 5:35 pm

Here is a 1945 photo from the Philadelphia Architects & Buildings site, specifically from the Irvin Glazer collection:
http://tinyurl.com/2pvnq8

lostmemory
lostmemory on September 17, 2007 at 6:54 am

A Kimball theater organ size 2/9 was installed in the Imperial Theater in 1916. Note: Located at 2nd and Poplar Street.