Ogontz Theatre
6033 Ogontz Avenue,
Philadelphia,
PA
6033 Ogontz Avenue,
Philadelphia,
PA
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The Ogontz was built in 1926-27, designed by the firm of Hoffman & Henon in association with the firm of Magaziner, Eberhard & Harris. The 1777 seat theater closed in 1988 and has since been torn down.
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This theatre after it stopped showing films sat empty but then became a stage theatre. They tried to bring in plays/musicals and rock n rolls shows (like the Uptown) It didn’t last long because of the area. At one point I tried to lease the theatre for movies but when StanleyWarner closed a theatre they just tour everything out so it could not be used as a movie house. rg
Thumbnails at this link, don’t try to expand without a paid subscription:
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A Kimball theater organ KPO 6906 size 3/15 was installed in the Ogontz Theater in 1926.
Here are two expanded views of the PAB thumbnails posted on 3/7/05. The photos are from the Irvin Glazer collection. The marquee in the first photo says “City of David”, but I’m not sure if that was a film:
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Here are some photos from phillyhistory.org taken in June 1985:
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