Liberty Theatre

6812 Torresdale Avenue,
Philadelphia, PA 19135

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Dominic1st
Dominic1st on September 6, 2008 at 12:26 pm

Also, I wantd to mention, on one Halloween (late 1950’s) they had a live horror show in the theater. It was packed!

Dominic1st
Dominic1st on September 6, 2008 at 12:22 pm

I practically lived in this theater from when I was 6 to 11 years of age. That’s about 1955 to 1960. Admission was 25 cents. My mom would give me 25c and a bag of snacks. The matinee started around 1:00pm, first there were a few cartoons and then 2 movies. If you wanted, you could stay and watch both movies again. They also had some old News films and sometimes films of bike races, and every ticket had a bike number stamped on it, and if you bike won you received something free? Looking back, I would see some of my cousins and their friends, or kids from the neighborhood, or kids from my school, Disston School. I seen movies like, Old Yeller, The Brave One, Run Silent Run Deep, and many other hollywood movies from the 1950’s. Great memories! It was a huge place with 3 sections and one Screen.

lostmemory
lostmemory on December 29, 2007 at 12:09 pm

Both photos bear a striking resemblance to the two photos on this website. One gives a date of circa 1945.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on December 29, 2007 at 12:02 pm

Here are some photos:
http://tinyurl.com/yoqf6l
http://tinyurl.com/2ht75y

lostmemory
lostmemory on September 17, 2007 at 6:55 am

A Kimball theater organ size 2/8 was installed in the Liberty Theater in 1921.