Colonial Theater
1025 W. Moyamensing Avenue,
Philadelphia,
PA
19148
1025 W. Moyamensing Avenue,
Philadelphia,
PA
19148
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The Colonial opened in 1910 and was remodeled in 1927 by John Eberson. This is the neighborhood theater I attended as a child growing up in the 1960s and 1970s. Among other movies, I saw “Bonnie and Clyde” here in 1968.
The theater was closed in 1989 and has since been torn down.
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It was the last South Philadelphia movie theater. It closed in 1989 and is now replaced with townhouses. It is just a distant memory to us who remember it. It is featured in the movie clean and sober with Michael Keaton.
The seating capacity was 1,100 on one floor. The Colonial was a dollar theater toward the last. It is featured in the motion picture CLEAN AND SOBER (Michael Keaton).
The ornate poster encasements from the lobby were rescued and are in storage in Hopewell, NJ,
View link here is a link that includes picture of theater
The address for the Colonial Theatre was 1025 W. Moyamensing Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 19148. This was one of 4 Colonial Theatres that existed in Philly at one time. Seating for the Colonial was 954.
Need to update the address for this theatre.
I saw Snow White there in 1983 before I moved to Florida.
This theater is listed as being built in 1910 and closing in 1989. Alterations were done in 1927 and the architect listed for those alterations was John Eberson.
What a great theater in the late 60’s early 70’s I would go the colonial theater every saturday afternoon to watch double feature horror movies like tales from the crypt,vault of horror,all the christopher lee dracula movies and all the hammer movies.only 75cents
to get in.later it bacame a dollor movie theater shawing second run movies.Does anybody have photos of this great theater?
I.m a big movie collector.
A Kimball theater organ was installed in the Colonial Theater in 1914.
A Page theater organ replaced the Kimball theater organ in 1927.