Century Theater
West Erie Avenue,
Philadelphia,
PA
19140
West Erie Avenue,
Philadelphia,
PA
19140
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The Century Theater was located on Erie Avenue. I remember as a child seeeing the sign “Healthfully Air Conditioned”. It was like a freezer in there!
I remember seeing “The Music Man” there as a child. The building is still standing. The marquee is still there. It is now a drug store.
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Opened in 1914 and closed 1983.
Film Daily Year Books give no specific building number on Erie Avenue, but say that the theatre was at the intersection with Marshall Street.
The 1981 motion picture almanac lists the Hirsh Amusement Co. as operators of the Century, Spruce and Art theaters in Philadelphia. Hirsh’s main office was in the Century Theater building, 6th & Erie, Philadelphia.
A Moller theater organ opus 5150 size 3/10 was installed in the Century Theater in 1928.
1983 photo of the Century Theatre.
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Here is a 1968 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ydkjom6
If the theater is at Erie & Marshall it would be in the 600 block of E. Erie. The map view looks right at that address:
http://tinyurl.com/yfmygb7
The Erie Laundromat is in the former Century Theatre Building. It is at the corner of W. Erie & N. Marshall. The address given for the laundromat is 617 W. Erie Ave.
So it should be laundromat instead of drug store.
When i was yong after the show was over we would clean the theater and the manager would give us a free pass for next week and they sold fresh soft pretzels