Glendale Theatre
1661 Avenue Road,
Toronto,
ON
M5M 3Y4
1661 Avenue Road,
Toronto,
ON
M5M 3Y4
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The Glendale Theatre was opened in 1948.
It was demolished in 1975.
Contributed by
Doug Gordon
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According to my 1969 Telephone book the actual address of the “Glendale” was 1661 Avenue Road.
My apologizes if this has been stated before but I don’t beleive it has.
Newspaper ads produced by 20th Century Theatre’s art department for Cinerama presentations at the Glendale can be found on Roland Lataille’s informative website:
http://cinerama.topcities.com/glendale.htm
This house was mentioned in passing in an item datelined Toronto in Boxoffice of January 3, 1948, which referred to the “…newly-opened Glendale Theatre here….”
The Glendale was actually demolished in 1975, not 1973. The last film I saw there was “The Godfather Part 2” which was a Christmas release in 1974 and stayed at the Glendale until spring 1975.
The former location at 1661 Avenue Road is now a car dealership.
Avenue Nissan to be exact.
The first dealership on that site after demolishing that lovely theatre was called Glendale Ford. As far as I know, the Glendale still did good business back then so why Famous Players wanted to sell to a car dearler is beyond me. The nearby Odeon Fairlawn lasted to 1985 so I’m sure the Glendale could have lasted at least until the end of the 70s if not longer.
PLEASE ADD TO ADDRESS:
1661 AVENUE ROAD
Does anyone remember how long the movie Grand Prix. played at the Glendale. As a teenager I must have seen that movie 5 times. It’s still one my favorites.
40 weeks.