Orient Theatre
6149 Woodland Avenue,
Philadelphia,
PA
19142
6149 Woodland Avenue,
Philadelphia,
PA
19142
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The Orient Theatre originally opened in 1915, designed by architect Charles E. Futcher. In 1919, the firm of Hoffman & Henon was hired to remodel the Orient. The theater could seat over 600 and stood on Woodland Avenue near 61st Street.
Around the 1930’s or 1940’s, the theater received a new Art Moderne facelift, including a new facade, with a triangular marquee, with the name “Orient” above each side. The theater closed in the mid-1950’s.
An electrical supply store is at this address today, but I am unsure whether or not it is housed in the former Orient or it is a new building. Any additional information on this theater would be appreciated.
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The Orient Theatre closed in 1954.
A Kimball organ Size 2/6 was installed in the Orient Theater in 1920.
Here is a 1945 photo from the Philadelphia Architects & Buildings site. The photo is from the Irvin Glazer collection:
http://tinyurl.com/yr5sjr
If one of the titles is Junior Miss with Peggy Ann Garner, that was released in June of 1945.
Junior Miss, plus I Married a Bandleader.
Correction, I Love a Bandleader.
I Love a Bandleader with Phil Harris was released in September of 1945.
25 July 1953 Box Office stated it was to be converted into a farmers market.