Harlem Theater

11 South Main Street,
East St. Louis, IL 62201

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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on August 29, 2007 at 1:26 pm

In 1963, the Harlem was part of the Goldman-Plikos Circuit. Charles Goldman was president and general manager. Other Goldman theaters were the Criterion, Laclede, Regal and Senate in St. Louis.

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on July 31, 2005 at 1:50 pm

I have references to this being named the Olympia Theatre (could be a typo) operating in Film Daily Yearbook’s 1930-1933 as a Negro theatre with a seating capacity of 500. It’s not listed in copies of F.D.Y. for 1941 or 1943.

The F.D.Y. for 1949-1955 also list it as a Negro theatre same seating capacity but called the Harlem Theatre.