69th Street Theater
West Chester Pike,
Upper Darby,
PA
19082
West Chester Pike,
Upper Darby,
PA
19082
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The 69th Street Theater was opened in the summer of 1921. It is listed in 1943 as being operated by Warner Bros. Circuit Management. Closed as a movie theatre in 1965, the last film being Tony Curtis in “The Great Race”. It was then occasionally used for boxing matches, then briefly reopened in 1981.
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George Quirk
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Looks like balcony is intact but not used and lower auditorium was completely gutted, old seats removed and only 300 new seats placed in front of a stage. There are pictures and grainy video on their facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/innercitymovement/timeline
From what I can tell it looks like it could be the original stage.The screen was on a stage. Do they still have the side boxes in the orchestra?
I couldn’t tell if they had them from the pictures I saw for sure, but I think they might be gone. I wonder since they have their main office in the building if they would allow someone to go in and take pictures to post on Cinema Treasures.
That would be great. I would be curious George to know if the origianl cutains and screen still exist.
i have a movie program from the 69th st theatre circa 1922. and the theatre was built in 1921
mike, your right last movie at 69th st theatre was great race in 1965 thats when it closed!
Bobc316 did you know it reopened briefly in 1981?
not sure mike, i wasnt too familiar with 69th st i heard it was used for boxing so on
It was Bobbc316 in the late 60’s early 70’s they did have boxing.
Please update status to open live theater.