Admiral Theatre
2806 N. 5th Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
19133
2806 N. 5th Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
19133
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The Admiral Theatre closed permanently on February 21, 1962 with Paul Newman in “The Hustler” and Jerry Lewis in “The Errand Boy.”
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.
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.
September 3rd, 1928 grand opening ad in photo section.
In what style was this theater and who was the operator? Was this also a vaudeville theater?
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
I completely forgot about this theater. Yes I did attend it as a child and remembered seeing “Babes In Toyland” there!