Commodore Theatre
4228 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
19104
4228 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
19104
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Stanley Warner closed the Commodore Theatre on May 13, 1956 with “Guys and Dolls.” The long-running Commodore and Ogontz were retrofitted as live theaters. The Commodore became the Forty-Third Street Theatre beginning on January 12, 1959 with “The Potting Shed” by Graham Greene. It appears to have folded after just two plays.
September 22nd, 1928 grand opening ad in photo section.
Here is another Temple photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yfr85dc
Here is another 1964 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yfjurao
It looks like the theater was a church in 1964, from this Temple U. photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yhft7ru
Here is a 1952 photo from phillyhistory.org:
http://tinyurl.com/o6flq4
3 June 1950 Box Office stated that Gloria Swanson would be hostess at a “Sunset Boulevard” screening at Commodore Theatre on June 19.
I remember that building very well from my college days. I used to live at 44th and Walnut, so I would walk by that old barn every day. The marquee on the roof was kind of a giveaway. Funny to see pictures of that neighborhood after 25 years.