Broadway Theater
2042 South Broad Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
19145
2042 South Broad Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
19145
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This movie theater was opened in 1913, and was closed sometime around the early 70s, and was finally demolished in 1971.
The site was formerly a fast food restaurant, but now houses a Walgreens.
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Philadelphia also had two other theatres that went by the name of Broadway Theatre: Broadway Theatre (1907-1911) 716 S. Broad St. which was a Nickelodeon, and also the Broadway Theatre at Broad and Race (1913-1914}.
Here is a link to a thumbnail of the Broadway Theatre.
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Large photo of the Broadway Theatre.
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An Austin organ Opus 795 Size 3/16 was installed in the Broadway Theater in 1918 at a cost of $8,500.
And yet a another Philadelphia theater called the Broadway: one located in the 100 block of West York Street. Built around 1914; operating as the New Broadway with an adults-only policy in 1963, gone from the newspaper listings by the end of the ‘60s, briefly reopened with mainstream films as the Ruby in the '80s.
In the small world department, I was the manager of the McDonalds at this location in 1981. Here are two photos of the theater in 1949:
http://tinyurl.com/f3th7
http://tinyurl.com/efxbv
Here is a November 1956 item from Boxoffice magazine:
PHILADELPHIA-Stanley Warner’s Broadway Theater in South Philadelphia threw a big Halloween party Saturday October 27. Gift certificates were awarded winners of several age groups for best costume. Free masks were given to every child attending the special matinee. The promotion was arranged by manager Dominic Lucente, “the mayor of South Philadelphia”.
Here is a July 1971 photo from Temple U:
http://tinyurl.com/yzcfr62
I remember going to a Halloween party at the Broadway:)
hey maybe somebody could help me out!! My grandmother use to do dance numbers between movies at some theatres in South Philadelphia when she was 15yrs old (late 30s). Do u know if this was common practice at the broadway theatre?? or any other south philly theatres? I’m really hoping to locate which theatres she was talking about in her old stories. (unfortunately she passed away this last month).