Chelten Theatre

1159 E. Chelten Avenue,
Philadelphia, PA 19138

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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on November 28, 2009 at 3:10 pm

Here is the theater as it appeared a few years ago:
http://tinyurl.com/yhumxpt

DennisMcG
DennisMcG on September 2, 2006 at 2:26 pm

I was born and raised in Germantown. This theatre closed before my time (showed Christian films during my growing-up years). Curious about it though. Anybody remember what it looked like inside? Email me at or post what you remember here. Thanks.

DennisMcG
DennisMcG on June 1, 2006 at 7:21 am

The Chelten Theatre, located at 1159 E. Chelten Avenue (Chelten & Anderson Street), was an 800 seat theatre that opened in 1935. Never inside the theatre myself, the exterior is a modern, contemporary style that one site refers to as “art moderne”. As a movie theatre that showed current films, this theatre actually had a short run. The theatre started showing Christian films around 1953 or 1954. That is how I remember this theatre, as a Christian film cinema. It continued to show Christian films until 1973, when it was converted into a church. Today, it is still a church and still very resembles the theatre that opened in 1935, but the marquee is now gone.