Ritz Theatre
633 W. Hunting Park Avenue,
Philadelphia,
PA
19140
633 W. Hunting Park Avenue,
Philadelphia,
PA
19140
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Previous Names: Eureka Theatre
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The Eureka Theatre at the corner of W. Hunting Park Avenue and N. Marshall Street (close to 6th Street) opened in September 1917. In September 1922 it was renamed Ritz Theatre. It was equipped with a Moeller organ. There was no stage. It showed single features and in the 1940’s it had changed to double feature programs. The Ritz Theatre was closed on August 9, 1951.
It was converted into a catering hall, named Ritz Hall. Thanks for the late Irvin R. Glazer for the historic information.
In December 2019, the Facebook page of the Ritz Hall announced that it had closed.
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Howard B. Haas
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The Eureka Theatre opened as a 500-seat theater in September of 1917. It became the Ritz Theatre in September of 1922. In 1930, it ran a Quizzo promotion which was challenged in court as being akin to a lottery or illegal game of chance. The Ritz lost the case ending its Quizzo promotion. It made the transition to sound to remain viable. It ceased operations on August 9, 1951 after a two-hour comedy festival of shorts and cartoons. It became Ritz Hall under new operators in 1953.