Ogontz Theatre

6033 Ogontz Avenue,
Philadelphia, PA

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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 9, 2009 at 3:11 pm

Here are some photos from phillyhistory.org taken in June 1985:
http://tinyurl.com/o32a6j
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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on February 3, 2008 at 10:29 am

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:
http://tinyurl.com/23fowv
http://tinyurl.com/ynsvvp

lostmemory
lostmemory on September 17, 2007 at 6:56 am

A Kimball theater organ KPO 6906 size 3/15 was installed in the Ogontz Theater in 1926.

teecee
teecee on March 7, 2005 at 6:59 am

Thumbnails at this link, don’t try to expand without a paid subscription:
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raymondgordonsears
raymondgordonsears on November 12, 2004 at 1:40 pm

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