Aldine Theatre
3310 Baltimore St.,
Baltimore,
MD
21224
3310 Baltimore St.,
Baltimore,
MD
21224
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Opened as the Pictorical Theatre in 1930 seating 285. It was later remodeled and named the Aldine Theatre seating 364. The Aldine Theatre has been closed as a movie theatre for more than 50 years and was occupied by a church until the turn of the century, when it became the home for the Baltimore Science Fiction Society.
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The 3310 E Baltimore Street former Aldine Theater is now owned by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society and is used for meetings and a free lending library. Movies are occasionally shown on BSFS’s 12x12ft screen and video projector. All theater seats have been removed, however, the sloped floor, candy counter and some decorative elements remain. www.bsfs.org
Here are some photos:
http://www.kilduffs.com/APA.html
The Aldine was your typical Neighborhood Theater. It is in what was then the ethnic area of East Baltimore. It featured a Saturday Kids Matinée for 12 cents. I remember one Saturday they showed a Hoppalong Cassidy film. On Sunday the same film was on TV, cut back to fit in an hour with Commercials. This was the beginning of the end. It closed in 1952.
Here is the BSFS website, along with a picture of the building. Not a church anymore, unless you think sci-fi is a religion:
http://www.bsfs.org/bsfsdrct.htm