Admiral Theatre

2806 N. 5th Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19133

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dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on February 13, 2022 at 3:49 pm

The Admiral Theatre closed permanently on February 21, 1962 with Paul Newman in “The Hustler” and Jerry Lewis in “The Errand Boy.”

howiehangg
howiehangg on December 17, 2020 at 7:45 am

On Saturday afternoons in the early 60s the Admiral charged us kids a quarter admission and ran two feature films and cartoons. WOW…a quarter! There was a nickel ice cream machine in the lobby that required spinning a large metal disk, that sat on top of the machine, a complete 360 degrees to release your ice cream bar. I believe that the Admiral was one of 2 theaters in Philadelphia that ran 70mm films. Anyone remember DeeDee’s pizza on Lehigh Avenue and Fairhill Street? I lived at 6th and Huntingdon Streets.

bill_o_irish
bill_o_irish on February 8, 2018 at 10:07 am

Growing up near N.3rd & Ontario in the mid-1950s the Admiral was one of our “go to” theaters on Saturdays. The other two being the Wishart (Front & Allegheny) and the Century (6th & Erie). Back at the time a bunch of 10 year kids could go anywhere in that area with not much to worry about.

rivest266
rivest266 on October 6, 2016 at 3:11 pm

September 3rd, 1928 grand opening ad in photo section.

TheALAN
TheALAN on June 2, 2014 at 9:16 am

In what style was this theater and who was the operator? Was this also a vaudeville theater?

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on March 31, 2008 at 8:54 pm

Here is a photo from the PAB site, Irvin Glazer collection. No date is given. The poor resolution is from the original source:
http://tinyurl.com/2h7wy4

Coasterbear
Coasterbear on May 1, 2007 at 5:39 pm

I completely forgot about this theater. Yes I did attend it as a child and remembered seeing “Babes In Toyland” there!