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Theater Location Seats Lifespan Status Architect Use
1812 Theater 1812 Chestnut St. 494 seats [1967-?] Closed [M]
24th St. 24th & Brown Sts. 494 seats [1928-1931] Demolished, was the Washington Palace [M]
29th Street Palace Theater 2351 N 29th St. 494 seats [1910-1925] Demolished a/k/a:North Penn, North [M]
333 Theater a/k/a:Market Street 333 Market St. 956 seats [1912-1953] Closed (Wm.H. Hoffman, Wm. Steel, builder) [M]
42nd Street Theater 42nd St. [1915-?] Closed [S]
48th Street Theater 48th St. [1921-?] Closed [M]
56th Street Theater 56th & Delancey Sts. 983 seats [1916-1964] Closed Van Artsdalen [M]
58th Street Theater 58th St. and Woodland Av. 480 seats [?] [M]
60th Street Theater 456 N 60th St. 475 seats [1912-1957] Demolished (opened as Haverford) H Housekeeper [M]
61st Street Drive-in 3201 S. 61st St.   [1963-1985] Drive-In [D]
941 Theater 941 N. Front St. 150 seats [1963-1985] Demolished [L]
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Aarde Cinema see Roxy Theater (2023 Sansom St.) [2008-present] open [A]
Abbe Art Cinema see Cedar (60th & Cedar)
ABC Theater 3321 Chestnut St. 300 seats [1914-1919] Closed, nickelodeon J. Anderson [N]
Academy of Music Broad & Locust Sts. 2,938 seats [1857-present] open LaBrun & Runge [C]
Ace (see Holiday Art) 4204 Kensington Av. 920 seats [1922-?] closed Wm. H. Lee, 1940 [M]
Adelphi 1453 N. 52nd St. 483 seats [1922-1965] Closed a/k/a:Adelphia [M]
Adelphia Broad & Cherry Sts. 300 seats [1876-1907] [L]
Adelphi Broad & Cherry Sts. 1,341 seats [1907-1937] twin to the Lyric, demolished James Windrim [L]
Adrienne Theater 2030 Sanson St. [A]
Admiral Theater 2806 N Fifth St. 1,340 seats [1928-1976] Hodgens & Hill [M]
Adonis Cinema 2026 Sansom St. Adult Theater [A]
Adult Art Cinema 1903 Market St. [?] Demolished, Adult Theater Adult Theater [A]
Airport Drive-In Airport Circle & Essington Av. 1,200 spaces [1955-1975] Demolished Outdoor Theater [D]
Airport Theater 7032 Elmwood Av. 565 seats [1922-1962] Closed opened as Elm, later Embassy [M]
Alcazar Theater 58th St & Woodland Av. 480 seats [1922-1925] Closed, Demolished [M]
Alden Theater 3641 Midvale Av. 750 seats [1932-1968] Closed [M]
Aldine Theater 1836 Chestnut (at 19th) St. 1,303 seats [1921-present] William Steele [M]
Had various names including Viking, Cinema 19, Sameric (see Sam's Place 1 & 2)
Alexanders Theater 27th & Cumberland Sts. [1911-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [S]
Alhambra Theater 1628 W Passyunk Av. 1,449 seats [1910-1961] Closed JJ Anderson [M]
Allegheny Theater 25th & Allegheny Av. 850 seats [1914-1960] Closed, demolished General Construction Co [M]
Allegheny Theater 3141 Frankford Av. 2,885 seats [1912-1956] Closed Magaziner & Potter, Hoffman & Henon [S]
Allen Theater (opened as Chelten Auditorium) 1209 E Chelten Av. 400 seats [1924-1964] Closed HC Hodgens [M]
Alma Theater Kensington Av. & Ontario St. 480 seats [1914-?] HK Kline [M]
Amateur Drawing Room 17th & Chestnut Sts. 700 seats [1865-1882] Closed [C]
Ambassador Theater 5542 Baltimore Av. 1,000 seats [1921-?] Closed [M]
American see Astor (722 W. Girard Av.) [1911-1925] [S]
American Museum see Dumont’s
American Opera House see Southwark
AmphiTheater 12th & Market Sts. [1863-1865] Demolished 2003 (Cardner & Hemmings) [C]
Andorra Theaters 9100 Ridge (at Henry) Av. (8-plex) [1963-2003] Closed, demolished, now a gym Supowitz & Demchick [T]
Annenberg Center University of Pennsylvania
Apex see Joy (51st & Haverford) [1811-?] Closed [M]
Apollo Theater, see Capital (1237-1241 N. 52nd St.)
Apollo Apollo & South Sts. [1811-?] Closed [M]
Apollo see Family (1311 Market St.) demolished to build PA Convention Center
Arcade Theater 232 N Eighth St. [1909-1917] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Arcade Theater 5226 Market St. 199 seats [1914-1918] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Arcadia Theater 1529 Chestnut St 630 seats [1915-1978] Closed [L]
Arch Street Opera House 609 Arch St. 1,911 seats [1828-1936] [L]
burned, razed & rebuilt twice, has had various names See the Trocadero [L]
Arch Street Theater see Chestnut Street Theater [1828-?] [L]
Art Holiday 4204 Frankford Av (at Briggs St). 920 seats [1963-2007] Closed [MA]
opened as the Ace in 1922, became the Windsor in 1930 [L]
Art Pantheon 6th & Chestnut St. 600 to 700 seats [?-1799] burned (see Rickett’s AmphiTheater) [L]
Astor Theater 722 W. Girard Av. 1,464 seats [1925-1989] Demolished in 1989 [M]
John Eberson (opened as the American) a/k/a American, Astor, Lyric, German Carl P Berger, Harvey C Hodgens [M]
Auditorium 2618 Germantown Av. [1908-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Auditorium see Crystal Palace (2618 Germantown)
Auditorium Theater 1097 Germantown Av. [1911-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon a/k/a Aurora [N]
Auditorium Theater 1627 Federal St   [1911-1911] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Auditorium Theater 215 N Eighth St. 416 seats [1909-1967] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Aurora Theater 624 Moore St. [1910-1914] Closed [L]
Aurora Theater 1097 Germantown Av. 600 seats [1919-?] Closed opened as the Auditorium [M]
Aurora Theater 2132 Germantown Av. 500 seats [1910-1914] Closed [S]
Avenue Theater 2713 Germantown Av. 500 seats [1911-1984] Demolished 1984 Albert E Westover [M]
a/k/a Amusement Parlor, Temple, Elmer [M]
Avenue Theater 7282 Woodland Av. [1912-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Avoca Theater 20th & McKean Sts. [1913-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Avon Theater 2217 South St. 617 seats [1924-1956] Closed Tunis & Genther [M]
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Baltimore Theater 5026 Baltimore Av. 460 seats [1913-1938] Closed N. Raidman [M]
Bandbox Theater 20-30 E Armat St. 499 seats [1930-1961] Closed Charles S Parker [M]
Bandbox Broad & 71st Sts.
Bartram Theater 1909 S 55th St. 494 seats [1914-1930] Closed, Nickelodeon Leroy B Rothschild [S]
Becker Theater 20th & Mifflin Sts. 250 seats [1904-1906] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Becker Theater 21st & Dickinson Sts. 300 seats [1907-1916] Demolished, Nickelodeon [N]
Becker Theater 628 Moore St. 300 seats [1905-1927] Closed, Nickelodeon Louis Fein [S]
Becker 1729 Snyder (at Bouvier). 499 seats [1912-1930] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Belgrade Theater 2848 Belgrade St. 500 seats [1913-1966] Closed David Supowitz [M]
Bell Theater (a/k/a:Star) 1310 S 31st St. 499 seats [1919-1953] Demolished [M]
Bell Theater 2907 N Fifth St. 400 seats [1914-1929] Closed, Nickelodeon Fred Greisler [N]
Bellevue Theater 61st & Vine Sts. [1915-1916] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Bellevue Theater 2212 N Front St. 830 seats [1915-1932] Closed [M]
Belmont Theater 25 N 52nd St. 1,000 seats [1914-1970] Demolished J Bright [M]
Belvedere Theater (see Hill) 8320 Germantown Av. 550 seats [1914-1961] Closed Wm. H. Lee [M]
Benn Theater 6316 Woodland Av. 1,345 seats [1923-1975] Closed Philip Haibach Co. [M]
Benner Theater 6054-56 Castor Av. 600 seats [1942-1985] Closed David Supowitz [M]
Benson Theater 6338 Woodland Av. 499 seats [1914-1968] Closed JJ Anderson [M]
Berks Theater 22nd St & Berks St. [1910-1922] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Bijou Dream Theater 1205 Market St. [1908-1914] Closed [S]
Bijou Dream Theater 8th St & Market Sts. [1908-1910] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Bijou Dream Theater 1311 Market St. [1907-1908] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Bijou Dream Theater 901 Market St. [1908-1910] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Bijou Dream Theater 1233 Market St. [1908-1909] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Bijou Theater 49th St & Woodland Av. [1917-1920] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Bijou Theater 31st St & Wilt Sts. [1915-1919] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Bijou Theater 1931 S Third St. [1909-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Bijou 253 N. 8th (at Race) St. 1200 seats [1877] Closed [E]
became Forepaugh’s in 1884, demolished 1960 first of 10 theaters to be named the Bijou [L]
Bijou 8th & Race Sts. 1,200 seats [1889-1967] Closed J. McElfatrick [E]
Bluebird Theater 2209 N Broad St. 499 seats [1914-1957] Closed M Dickinson [M]
Booker Theater 1026-30 Fairmount Av. 500 seats [1921-1937] Demolished [M]
Booker 1026 Fairmount Av. 426 seats [1945-1955] Closed [M]
Boro Theater 6184 Ridge Av. 480 seats [1940-1950] Closed [M]
Boyd Theater (Art Deco) 1908 Chestnut St. 2,350 seats [1928-2002] Closed, a/k/a:Sam Eric, Cinerama Hoffman & Henon [M]
Breeze Theater 1638 Point Breeze Av. 1,200 seats [1911-1953] Demolished Charles F Schaef [S]
Bridesburg 2747 Bridge St. 498 seats [1913-1933] Closed was the Elm from 1929 to 1932 [M]
Bridge U Penn/Rave Motion Pictures 6 230 S 40th St. [2002-present] a/k/a:Bridge Cinema De Lux SPG3 Architects [M]
  see Rave University City 6 Theater (230 S. 40th St.)
Bristol Palace Theater 4221 Germantown Av. [1910-1920] Closed []
Broad Street Palace Theater 525 S Broad St. [1910-1922] Closed [L]
Broad Street Theater 3625 N Broad St 904 seats [1911-1921] Closed [M]
Broad Theater 4813 N Broad St. 499 seats [1915-1971] Closed Anderson & Haupt, David Supowitz [M]
Broad Broad & Cherry Sts. 677 seats [1876-1886] Closed [L]
Broad Street (see Kiralfy's) Broad & Locust Sts. 1,406 seats [1876-1937] Closed F. Loenholdt [L]
Broadway Theater 2506 Kensington Av. [1909-1914] Closed , Nickelodeon [L]
Broadway Theater 121 W York St. 1,000 [1914-?] Demolished (a/k/a:New Broadway, Ruby) [S]
Broadway Front/Hope & York Sts. 765-1,000 seats [1914-1955] Closed [M]
Broadway York & Broad (2400 N. Broad).   [1914-1955] Closed [M]
Broadway Theater Broad & Race Sts. [1913-1914] Closed [M]
Broadway Theater 2014-42 S Broad St. 2,183 seats [1913-1971] Demolished Albert E Westover [M]
Broadway Theater 716 S Broad St. [1907-1911] Closed, Nickelodeon (a/k/a Idle Hour?) [S]
Bromley Theater 5810 Old York Rd. 952 seats [1935-1958] Closed Thalheimer & Weitz [M]
Bronson see Byrd
Brunswick see Rio Theater
Budco Regency Twin see Regency I & II atmospheric style closed & demolished
Bushfire Theater 224 S 52nd St. 428 seats [1914-present] Closed (see Locust Theater) Stuckert & Sloan [L]
Byrd Theater (a/k/a Bronson) 4716 Baltimore (at 47th) Av. 1,800 seats [1928-1970] I. Levin [M]
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Cadet Theater 3401 N Second St. 679 seats [1914-1948] Closed S Morrison [M]
Cambria Theater 2468 W Cambria St. (at 25th St). 850 seats [1914-1968] Closed [M]
Cameo Theater 2940-46 Frankford Av. 500 seats [1909-1955] Closed David Supowitz [M]
Capital Theater (later the Apollo) 1237 N 52nd St. 1,185 seats [1913-1993] Closed Thalheimer & Weitz [M]
Capitol Theater 722-724 Market St. 562 seats [1919-1954] Closed Paul Henon [M]
Cariola Hall 7th & Christian 750 seats [1920-1929] Closed [M]
Carman Germantown & Allegheny Av. 2,200 seats [1928-1978] Closed W.E. Groben [S]
8 years later the 2,200-seat theater opened across the street the first operated as Galard Theater
Casino Theater 926 Market St. [1910-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon opened as Lubin’s Cineograph [N]
Casino Theater 1209 N 13th St. [1910-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Casino Theater 2603 Germantown Av. [1910-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Casino Theater 4236 Main St. [1910-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Casino Theater 4435 Frankford Av. [1910-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Casino Theater 3013 Frankford Av. [1910-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Casino Theater 3951 Haverford Av. 419 seats [1925-1955] Closed [M]
Castel Theater 2211 W Toronto St. [1910-1915] Closed [M]
Castle see Segal's Castle
Castor Theater 6631 Castor Av. 446 seats [1936-1989] Closed [M]
Cayuga Theater 4731 Germantown Av. 460 seats [1911-1955] Closed [M]
Cedar Theater 60th St & Cedar Av. 868 seats [1913-1965] Closed a/k/a:Abbe Art Cinema [M]
Center Theater 1638 Market St. 439 seats [1936-1985] Closed [M]
Central Theater 412 Market St. 500 seats [1914-1918] Closed, Nickelodeon, burlesque [M]
Century Erie & Marshall (at 6th St.). 980 seats [1914-1983] Closed FC Koenig [M]
Chapman Theater 3943 Kensington Av. [1913-1920] Closed [M]
Chelten Theater 1159 E Chelten Av. 800 seats [1935-1973] Closed Thalheimer & Weitz [M]
Chelten 1209 Chelten Av. [1920-1964] Closed Now storage facility for Chestnut Church [ ]
Cheltenham Theater Atmospheric style closed & demolished
Cheltenham Square (8 plex) 2385 Cheltenham Av (at Washington Lane). [1989-2008] demolished, now a Target store [M]
Chestnut Hill Twin (Eric I & II) 7700 Crittenden (Market Square of Chestnut Hill) [?] Closed [M]
Chestnut Street Keith’s – see Keith ’s or Randolph
Chestnut Street Opera House 1021 Chestnut St. 1,656 seats [1870-1940] demolished Bissell & Sinkler [L]
Chestnut Street Theater (1st) 6th & Chestnut Sts. 2000 seats [1793-1820] burned [L]
Chestnut Street Theater (2nd) 6th & Chestnut Sts. 1,100 seats [1822-1855] Closed, demolished Wm. Strickland [L]
burned in 1856 rebuilt in 1863, demolished 1917;
Chestnut Street Theater (3rd) 1211 Chestnut St. 1,189 seats [1863-1917] John Crump [L]
Chinese Museum 1211-15 Chestnut (between 12th & 13th). 8,000 seats [1838-1854] Closed [L]
had 3,000 seats on lower floor and 5,000 on the upper floor
Cinema 19 see Aldine or Sam's Place 1 & 2 Closed
Cinema Arts 6th & Poplar Sts. 700 seats [1950-?] (f/k/a Poplar?) [M]
Cinema I & II see Northeast (a/k/a GCC Northeast 4)
Cinema South see Stadium
Cinemagic 3 at Penn 3925 Walnut St. [1999-2005] Closed a/k/a:Walnut Mall I, II & III [T]
Circle Theater 4650-52 Frankford Av. 2,991 seats [1929-1950] Closed Hoffman & Henon [T]
City Line Center Theater 7600 City Av. 1,530 seats [1949-1991] Closed (twinned in 1974) Wm. H Lee [T]
Clear Picture Parlor 3614 Longshore Av. [1913-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
City Museum 415 Callowhill St. [1854-1890] Closed [L]
Clearfield Theater 2512 E Clearfield St. 735 seats [1920-1968] Closed [M]
Cohooksink 2119 Germantown Ave. 927 seats [1920-1970] Closed became the Diamond [M]
Coliseum Theater 5915 Market St. 1,000 seats [1914-1964] Closed Hoffman & Henon [M]
became the Mayfair in 1937 and later became the New Mayfair in 1950
Colney Theater 5621 N 5th St. 1,985 seats [1925-1958] Closed Hodgens & Hill [M]
Colonial Theater (2nd) 5526 Germantown Av. 2,552 seats [1913-1963] Thomas Lamb [S]
Colonial Theater 4124 Aspen St (at Lancaster). 496 seats [1912-1943] Closed Hodgens & Hill [M]
Colonial Theater 1025 W. Moyamensing Av. 954 seats [1910-1989] Closed a/k/a:New Colonial [L]
Colonial Theater 15th & Chestnut Sts. 600 seats [1907-1914] Closed [S]
Colosseum Cyclorama Broad & Locust Sts. [1876-?] Closed [N]
Colossal Theater 410 W Girard Av. [1910-1913] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Columbia 520 N 3rd St. [1857-1912] Closed [N]
Columbia Theater 1328 Columbia Av. [1907-1910] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Columbia Theater 2709 Columbia Av. 884 seats [1911-1954] Closed [M]
Comique Theater 2408 S Broad St. [1913-1920] Closed, Nickelodeon HD Prettyman [N]
Commodore Theater 4228 Walnut St. 1,105 seats [1928-2955] Closed Ballinger Company [M]
Concert Hall 1217 Chestnut St. [1853-1894] Closed [N]
Coulter Theater 312 W Coulter St. 500 seats [1925-1934] Closed [M]
Crescent Theater 84th & Eastwick Av. 800 seats [1921-1950] Closed [M]
Crescent Theater 5107 Butler St. [1915-1916] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Crest Theater 5800 Rising Sun Av. 900 seats [1937-1986] Closed, demolished David Supowitz [M]
(a 7-11 is there now across from the school)
Crosskeys Theater 5931 Market St. 1,995 seats [1914-1957] Closed Hoffman & Henon [S]
on the former site of the tavern & hotel of the same name
Crown Theater 2726 Penn St. [1914-1916] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Crystal Palace Theater 2336 N Front St. [1909-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Crystal Palace Theater 2618 Germantown Av. [1909-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Crystal Palace Theater 2916 N Fifth St. [1909-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Crystal Palace Theater Seventh & Morris Sts. [1909-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Crystal Palace Theater Fifth St & Olney Av. [1909-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon (near Starlight) [N]
Crystal Palace see Theater of the Living Arts (334 South St.)
Crystal Tea Room in Wanamakers 100 Penn Square East 9th Floor Wanamaker Building
Curtis Hall 1726 Locust St. [1924-present] [L]
Curtis Institute 1726 Locust St. [1924-present] [L]
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Dante Theater 1212 S Broad (at Federal) St. 500 seats [1937-1962] Closed Armand Carrol, Art Deco [M]
Dazzleland 2950 Frankford Av. 500 seats [1925-1930] Closed [S]
Dell 4024 Girard Av. 900 seats [1922-1955] Closed, had opened as the Grant Hoffman & Henon [M]
Desmond see Kent or People’s Theater 1,932 seats [1928-1989] Closed, demolished Hoffman & Henon [LSM]
Devon Theater 6333 Frankford Av. 787 seats [1946-2011] Closed Thalheimer & Weitz [L]
was a movie theater from 1946 to 2000 a peforming arts center from 2009 to Jan. 2011
Dewey Theater 10th St. & Snyder Av. 950 seats [1920-1939] Closed [M]
Diamond Theater 2119-23 Germantown Av. 927 seats [1923-1970] Closed [M]
opened in 1920 as Cohooksink, renamed Diamond in 1923, renamed Puerto Rico in 1950s
Diamond Theater 2442 Frankford Av. [1912-1912] Closed, Nickelodeon [S]
Dixie Rose Theater 151 Levering St. 950 seats [1915-1935] Closed [S]
Dixie Theater 6131 Ridge Av. [1914-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Dixie Theater 1224 Point Breeze Av. 450 seats [1912-1953] Closed [M]
Doak’s Hall 1216 Moore Av.   [1880-1914] Closed [M]
Doris Theater 49th St & Woodland Av. 775 seats [1911-1955] Closed [M]
Douglas Theater 4410 Fairmount Av. 490 seats [1915-1945] Closed [M]
Dreamland Theater 835 Market St.   [1908-1930] Closed, Nickelodeon [M]
Dreamland Theater 1217 Market St.   [1908-1911] Closed, Nickelodeon [M]
Drumpy Theater Broad St & Montgomery Av.   [1914-1914] Closed (see Grand Opera House/Nixon's Grand) [M]
Drury Theater 3440 N 13th St. 800 seats [1910-1934] Closed [M]
Duchess Theater 1605 Chestnut St 460 seats [1969-1987] Closed Thalheimer & Weitz [M]
Duke Theater 1605 Chestnut Theater 460 seats [1969-1987] Closed Thalheimer & Weitz [M]
Dumont's 9th & Arch Sts. 900 seats [1870-1929] burned down in 1929 [M]
originally called American Museum Menagerie and Theater.
Dunbar Theater Broad & Lombard Sts. (NEC). 1400 seats [1919-1950s] demolished in 1950s [M]
Dunlap Theater 1032 N Fourth St. 465 seats [1920-1927] Closed LM Shestack [M]
Duse Art Theater Ranstead St.   [1930] R. Sabatini [L]
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Eagle Theater 2420 Kensington Av. 450 seats [1915-1935] Closed [M]
Earl Theater 1343 S 28th St. 1,014 seats [1923-1962] Closed Burton Simon [M]
Earle Theater 1046 Market St. 2,768 seats [1924-1953] Demolished 1953 Hoffman & Henon. Opened as Elrae [M]
Eastwick Theater 84th St & Eastwick Av. 350 seats [1919-1928] Closed [M]
Edgemont Theater 4411-13 Edgemont St. 400 seats [1919-1957] Closed [M]
Edisonia Theater 210 N Eighth St. [1906-1910] Closed, Nickelodeon [M]
Egyptian
Eighteen-Twelve (see 1812) 1812 Chestnut St. 400-494 seats [1967-1992] Closed (later was AMC Palace) [M]
Electric Theater 2709 Kensington Av. [1907-1909] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Electric Theater 2835 Germantown Av.   [1907-1909] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Electric Theater (a/k/a Italia) 8th St & Washington Av.   [1911-1912] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Electric Theater N Sixth St & Germantown Av.   [1907-1909] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Electric Theater 10th & South Sts.   [1907-1909] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Electric Theater 1038 S Eighth St.   [1909-1924] Closed [N]
Eleventh Street Opera 11th & Ranstead 850 seats [1854/1895-1911] Closed [N]
Home of Dumont’s Minstrels demolished in 1911
Elite Theater 5917 Torresdale Av. 247 seats [1912-1924] Closed   [MS]
Elite Theater 1630 W Susquehanna Av.   [1909-1924] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Elite Theater 2716 W Girard Av. 611 seats [1920-1945] Closed Leroy Rothschild [M]
Elk Theater 2501 Ridge Av. 500 seats [1919-1930] Closed [M]
Ellis 5231 Frankford Av. 1,729 seats [1928-1980] Demolished (was the Forum then the Xtasy) [SA]
Elm Theater 2949 Kensington Ave [1908-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Elm see Airport (7032 Elmwood Av)
Elm see Bridesburg (2747 Bridge St.)
Elrae see Ritz (2235 Orthodox)
Elrae see also Earle
Embassy see Airport (7032 Elmwood Av)
Empire Palace Theater 2846 Frankford Av. [1910-1914] Closed [S]
Empire Theater 1111 Market St. [1909-1913] Closed, Nickelodeon [S]
Empire Broad & Locust St. 1,590 seats [1891-1898] closed Willis Hale [L]
replaced by Walton Hotel 1898
Empire (2nd) 4650 Frankford Av. [1901-1928] Closed Nasehold & Knutzen (1909) [D]
Empress Theater 1811 N 17th St. 490 seats [1905-1950] Closed Hoffman & Henon (1914) [M]
Empress see Riviera (4441 Main st.)
Eric I & II Chestnut Hill
Eric I & II Fern Rock see Fern Rock (6017 N 5th)
Eric I & II Ivy Ridge
Eric I & II Rittenhouse Square see Rittenhouse Square (1907-11 Walnut St)
Eric Mark I see Mark I (18th & Market)
Eric on the Campus I, II & III, University City see The Bridge/Rave University City 6 Theater
Eric Fern Rock I & II see Fern Rock
Eric's Place see Trans-Lux
Erlanger Theater 20th & Market Sts. 1,890 seats [1927-1978] Demolished Hoffman & Henon [L]
Erlen Theater 1814 W Cheltenham Av. 1,700 seats [1930-1985] Closed Wm. H Lee, Armand Carroll [M]
Erien Theater, Atmospheric style closed & demolished
Esquire see Grange
Eureka Theater 40th & Market Sts. 450 seats [1913-1970] Demolished Stearns & Castor [M]
Europa see Regent (1632 Market St)
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F

(north of the mall) now a church
Fairhill Church Theater 6th St & Lehigh Ave. [1914-1917] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Fairmount Theater 2601 Girard Av. 1,243 seats [1913-1959] Closed Smith & Ericsson [S]
Fairyland Theater 12th St & Market St. [1904-1908] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Fairyland Theater 1319 Market St. [1909-1913] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Falls Theater 120 Midvale Av. 480 seats [1919-1929] Closed [M]
Family Theater 9th & Columbia Av. [1910-1916] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Family Theater 1651 N Eighth St. [1909-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Family Theater 1236 Ridge Av. [1909-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Family Theater (had been Bijou Dream, later the Apollo) 1311 Market St. 547 seats [1908-1969] Demolished [S]
Fays Theater 4032 Market St. 1,820 seats [1914-1964] Closed, demolished 1964 [S]
(opened 1914 as Knickerbocker; Fay's 1919-1948; Fans 1948-1963, demolished 1964) [L]
Federal Hall 17th & Federal Sts. [1870-1901] Closed [L]
Felton Theater 4800 Rising Sun Av (at Loudon). 1,362 seats [1919-1964] Closed Magaziner Eberhard & Harris [M]
Fern Rock Theater 6017 N Fifth St. 1,289 seats [1928-1992] Closed Hodgens & Hill [S]
later known as Eric Fern Rock I & II
Fifty-Sixth Street (see 56th Street Theater) 56th & Delancey Sts. 983 seats [1916-1964] Closed Van Artsdalen [M]
Fifty-Eighth Street (58th) 58th St. & Woodland Av. 480 seats [1920-1925] Closed [M]
Filbert Theater 32 N Eighth St. [1905-1919] Closed, Nickelodeon [n]
Florentine Hall 1923 W Susquehanna Av. [1911-1914] Closed [S]
Forepaugh's (f/k/a Bijou) 253 N. 8th St. 1,300 seats [1877-1960] [M]
Forest (first) Broad & Sansom Sts. 1,820 seats [1907-1927] Closed Marshall & Fox [L]
replaced by Fidelity Trust
Forest (2nd) 11th & Walnut Sts. 1,889 seats [1928-present] replaced earlier Forest on Broad St. [L]
Forest Theater 913 Girard Av. 493 seats [1913-1935] Closed [M]
Forty-Second Street [1915-?] [M]
Forty-Eighth Street [1921-?] Closed [M]
Forum Theater 2208 Market St. 250 seats [1975-present?] Closed Adult Theater [M]
Forum Theater 5231 Frankford Ave 1,729 seats [1928-?] Closed, demolished Wm. H Lee [SA]
later became Xtasy(see Ellis, Xtasy)
Fox Theater 16th & Market Sts. 2,423 seats [1923-1980] Demolished 1980, was Live Theater [M]
Fox (2nd Fox) Broad & Locust Sts. [1927-?] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Frankford Hippodrome Theater 3054 Frankford Av. [1910-1916] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Frankford Opera Paul & Unity Sts. [1885-1910] Closed [L]
Frankford Theater 4711 Frankford Av. 1,595 seats [1914-1955] Closed John D Allen [S]
Franklin Mills 14 149 Franklin Mills Cir. 3.636 seats [1997-present] AMC Theaters [M]
(Knights & Woodhaven Rds.)
Franklin Mills Mall 10 903 Franklin Mills Cir. (Knights & Mechanicsville Rds. [1991-1997] Closed [M]
Franklin Theater 753 S Third St. 684 seats [1912-1931] Closed, Nickelodeon [M]
Franklin Theater 1205 N 52nd St. [1911-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Franklin Theater 3551 N Fifth St. [1909-1916] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Franklin Theater, Franklin Institute 222 N 20th St. 350 seats [?] open a/k/a Stearns or Tuttleman [I]
Frolic Theater 52nd & Wyalusing Av. 560 seats [1914-1956] Closed [M]
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Galard Theater (see Carman) 3226 Germantown Av. 600 seats [1920-1929] Closed [M]
Garbo Darby St. [?-1935] Closed [?]
Garden Theater 4th & Spring Garden Sts. 1,000 seats [1923-1938] Closed [S]
Garden Theater 5300 Lansdowne Av. 500 seats [1914-1916] [M]
Garrick 1330 Chestnut St. 1,561 seats [1901-1936] (lobbies: W. Hale; auditorium: J.McElfatrick) [L]
Gayety 237 N. 8th St. 1,425 seats [1892-1953] demolished 1953 Geo. Plowman [E]
GCC Northeast 4 (see Northeast) Closed, burned
Gem Theater 1632 Germantown Av. 411 seats [1914-1954] Closed [M]
Gem Theater 1709 N. Croskey 400 seats [1910-1931] Closed, Nickelodeon Hodgens & Hill [S]
Gem Theater 1532 W. Passyunk Av. [1909-1912] Closed, Nickelodeon Carl Berger [D]
Gem 1619 South St. [1910-1913] (later named Olympia) Carl Berger [D]
German Marshall & Girard Av. 1,000 seats [1906-?] Demolished Carl Berger [D]
Germantown Theater 5508 Germantown Av. 1,168 seats [1910-1953] Closed a/k/a:Vernon Druckenmiller & Stackhouse [M]
Germantown Opera House 4900 Germantown Av. [1883-?] Closed [L]
Gilmore’s Auditorium 809 Walnut St. 2,346 seats [1893-1935] Closed, Nickelodeon (J.D. Allen, A. Sauer, 1905) – [L]
Girard Amusements 2525 Girard Av. [1912-1914] Closed
Girard Avenue Theater (a/k/a:Girard) 621-25 W. Girard Av. 900 seats [1891-1964] Closed J McElfatrick [M]
Gladstone Annin & 17th Sts. 480 seats [1925-1955] Closed [M]
Glen Theater 463 W Glenwood Av. [1909-1915] Closed [?]
Globe Annin & 17th Sts. 480 seats [1925-1955] Closed (had opened as Gladstone) [M]
Globe Theater Juniper St & Market St. 1,710 seats [1914-1929] Closed Hoffman Co. [S]
Globe Theater 5910 Market St. 720 seats [1910-1935] Closed Hoffman & Henon (1919) [M]
Globe Theater 1136 S 17th St. 455 seats [1914-1929] Closed Leroy B Rothschild [M]
Goldman Theater 15th & Chestnut Sts. 1,300 [1946-1984] Closed Supowitz & Lee [M]
Grand Opera House Broad & Montgomery Av. 3,085 seats [1888-1940] Closed, demolished [CS]
(a/k/a Nixon’s Grand) (renovations: Geo. Plowman & Thomas Lamb, 1913, Hoffman & Henon, 1923) [L]
Grand Show 3178 Richmond St. [1909-1918] Closed, Nickelodeon [S]
Grand Theater 5206 Market St. 471 seats [1914-1921] Closed [S]
Grand Theater 2026 S. 7th (at Snyder Av.).. 950 seats [1912-1962] Closed [M]
Grange Theater (later the Esquire) 5717 N Broad St. 1,000 seats [1934-1970] Closed Leroy Rothschild [M]
Grant Plaza (UA Grant Plaza 9) 1619 Grant Av. [1994-present] open United Artists [T]
Grant Theater (a/k/a the Dell) 4024 W. Girard Av. 900 seats [1922-1955] Closed Hoffman & Henon [M]
Great Northern Theater 3639 N Broad St. 1,058 seats [1913-1953] Closed [M]
Green Hill Theater 6217 Lancaster Av (at 63rd St). 500 seats [1947-1958] Closed [M]
Greenway Theater 5130 Greenway Av. 690 seats [1914-1964] Closed [M]
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Hamilton 5928 Lansdowne Av. 900 seats [1913-1967] (J.J. Anderson) [M]
Hammerstein’s Metropolitan Opera House see Metropolitan Opera House
Happy Hour Theater 2918 Wharton St. [1910-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Harold Prince (Zellerbach Center) 37th & Walnut 165 seats [1971-present] Vincent Kling [L]
Harrowgate Theater 3421 Kensington Av.- 1,013 seats [1923-1954] Closed now skating rink? [M]
Haverford Theater 456 N 60th St. 630 seats [1912-1957] Closed became 60th St Theater [M]
Hill Theater 8320 Germantown Av. 497 seats [1914-1969] Closed had opened as Belvedere in 1914 [M]
Hippo Theater Lehigh Av. & Salmon St. 1,000 seats [1914-1918] Closed [M]
Hippodrome Theater 610 South St. 505 seats [1909-1930] Closed [M]
opened as Ripley Music Hall in 1909 renamed Hippodrome Palace, then Hippodrome
Holiday Art Theater 4204 Kensington Av. 920 seats [1922-2007] Closed William H Lee [A]
(see Art Holiday or Ace) a/k/a:Windsor, Ace, Holiday, Art Holiday
Hollywood Theater 2848 N 22nd St. 499 seats [1912-1960] Closed Magaziner, Eberhard & Harris [M]
Holme Theater 7935 (or 8049) Frankford Av. 400 (old)/1,364 (new) seats [1919-1929] Closed [S]
Holme 8049 Frankford Av. 400 seats [1919-1929] Closed Wm. H. Lee [S]
Holme 8049 Frankford Av. 1,364 seats [1929-1951] Closed later the Pennypack [M]
Horticultural Hall 250 S. Broad St. 1,050 seats [1867-1917] [C]
destroyed by fire in 1881 then rebuilt, burned again 1893. Replaced by the Sam S. Shubert Memorial Theater in 1918
Howard Theater 2614 N Front St. 900 seats [1925-1953] Closed [M]
Howard Theater 3405 N Front St. [1912-1913] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Howard 2416 N. Front St. 900 seats [1925-1963] Closed [M]
Howards 3405 N. Front St. [1912-1913] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
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Ideal Theater 2203-07 S Sixth St. 725 seats [1914-1958] Closed [M]
Ideal Theater 1829 S 20th St. [1908-1915] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Ideal Theater 2840 Germantown Av. [1908-1913] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Idle Hour Theater Broad & Bainbridge Sts. [1918-1921] Closed [M]
Ideal 1905 Columbia Av. 500 seats [?-1940] Closed [M]
Imperial Theater 219 S 60th St. 1,474 seats [1914-1954] Closed [M]
Imperial Theater 921 N Second St. 800 to 1,040 seats [1923-1954] Closed [M]
Iris Theater 3142-46 Kensington Av. 1,405 seats [1910-1968] Closed MJ Walsh [M]
Irvine Auditorium 34th & Spruce St. 2,127 seats [1927-present] Closed Horace Trumbauer [C]
Italia Theater 729-33 Christian St 680 seats [1914-1966] Closed, Live Theater A. Winters [C]
Italia Theater (f/k/a Electric) 8th St. & Washington Av. [1914-1917] [S]
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Jackson Theater 513-527 Jackson St. 1,083 seats [1919-1963] Closed Neubauer & Supowitz [M]
Jefferson Theater 2217 N 29th St. 1,000 seats [1913-1930] Closed J Allen [S]
Jeffries Photo Theater 5032 Ridge Av. [1914-1915] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Jeffries Theater 346 Connaroe St. 500 seats [1928-1953] Closed a/k/a:Jeffries Roxborough [M]
Jerry Theater 2029 S Third St. 268 seats [1913-1967] Closed [M]
Jewell 51st St & Haverford Av. 499 seats [1913-1952] Closed see New Jewell Joy Theater [M]
Jumbo Theater Front St & Girard Av. 1,300 seats [1912-1964] Closed Carl Berger [M]
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Karlton Theater 1412 Chestnut St. 1,060 seats [1921-1954] Closed Hoffman & Henon [M/L]
became the Midtown and later the Prince Music Theater (see Midtown)
Keiths Theater 1116 Chestnut St. 2,273 seats [1902-1971] Closed Albert E Westover [M/L]
Keith’s 1116 Chestnut St. 2,273 seats [1902-1971] Closed, demolished Albert Westover [V/M]
a/k/a Chestnut Street Keith’s, and Grand Entrance Hall and the Randolph Theater
Keith’s Bijou 8th & Race Sts. 1200 seats [1889-?] went from vaudeville to burlesque [V,L]
Kent Theater 2449 Kensington Av. 1,932 seats [1928-1989] Closed, demolished Hoffman & Henon [LSM]
Began as the People's Theater (2,250 seats) became Desmond, then became Kent see People’s Theater [MSL]
Keystone Market Theater 1203 N Third St. [1909-1912] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Keystone Picture Theater 2545 E. Dauphin St. [1912-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Keystone Theater 1024-30 W Lehigh Av. 1,884 seats [1911-1959] Closed Albert E Westover [S]
Keystone Theater 937 South St. 400 seats [1919-1947] Closed Joseph Levin [M]
Keystone Theater 4813 Woodland Av. [1908-1910] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Kimmel Center Broad & Spruce Sts. 3,150 seats [2001-present] open [C]
includes 2,500 seat Verizon Hall and 650 seat Perelman Theater
Kiralfy’s Alhambra Palace Broad & Locust Sts. 1,406 seats [1876-1937] Closed, demolished1937 later became Broad St Theater [L]
Knickerbocker see Fays
Kopia Theater 4905 Parkside Av.
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Lafayette Theater 2914 Kensington Av. 1,364 seats [1913-1939] Closed [M]
Lailson’s AmphiTheater 5th & Locust Sts. [1797-?] Closed [M]
Lancaster Theater 4545 Lancaster Av. [1913-1928] Closed JE Jackson [M]
Lane Theater 67th Av. & Broad St. 697 seats [1938-1975] David Supowitz [M]
Lawndale Theater Rising Sun Av & Fanshawe St. 1,217 seats [1922-1964] Closed Ballinger Co. [M]
Leader Theater 4102 Lancaster Av. 988 seats [1912-1968] Closed John D Allen [S]
Legion Theater 1616 Orthodox St. 1,000 seats [1919-1930] Closed [M]
Lehigh Theater 927 W Lehigh Av. 499 seats [1908-1929] Closed [M]
Lehigh Theater 2516 W Lehigh Av. 490 seats [1912-1955] Closed GJ Reich [M]
Lemions Parlor 1517 Moyamensing Av.   [1914-1918] Closed [M]
Lenox Theater 5410 Chester Ave. 984 seats [1927-1962] Closed David Supowitz [M]
Leo Theater 18th St & Ridge Ave. 250 seats [1908-1927] Closed [S]
Leo Mall Twin 11725 Bustleton Ave. [1980-1990] Closed, Demolished [T]
a/k/a Leo I & II between Bustleton Ave & Byberry Rd. near Hendrix St. [T]
Leonhardt Theater 2905 N Front St. [1908-1911] Closed, Nickelodeon [S]
Levis see Princess (508 South St.)
Liberty Theater 3526 Longshore Av. [1912-1922] Closed [M]
Liberty Theater 6812-18 Torresdale Av. 1,484 seats [1921-1960] Closed (NEC Torresdale & Knorr) [S]
Liberty Theater 1425 Columbia Av. 1,731 seats [1910-1974] Closed, demolished Albert E Westover [S]
Lincoln Theater (see Dunbar) Broad & Lombard Sts. 1,400 seats [1919-1955] Closed [S]
Lincoln Drive-in 2707 Roosevelt Blvd. 1,000 cars [1948-1980] Closed, demolished Trevose, PA [D]
Lincoln Theater 5th & Christian Sts. 500 seats [1914-1919] Closed Fred Greisler [S]
Lindley Theater 4902 N Fifth St. 1,151 seats [1921-1958] Closed [M]
Lindy Theater 6902 Elmwood Av. 1,430 seats [1925-1955] Closed William H Lee [M]
Little Grand Theater 1719 N Broad St. [1910-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [A]
Little Theater 2222 Market St. 219 seats [1925-1934] Closed [A]
Locust Theater 224 S. 52nd (at Locust) St. 1,400 seats [1914-?] Closed Stuckert & Sloan [VML]
52nd St & Locust Sts acquired by Bushfire Performing Arts Group in 1977, renamed Bushfire Theater, 428 seats
Locust Street 1411 Locust (at Broad) St. 1,580 seats [1927-1982] open   [L]
Logan Theater 4732 N Broad St. 1,894 seats [1924-1964] Closed Hoffman & Henon [S]
Lorraine Theater 1028 Fairmount Av. 500 seats [1927-1935] Closed EB Medoff [M]
Lubins Theater 926 Market St.   [1898 or 1907-1910] Closed, Nickelodeon (a/k/a Lubin’s Cineograph)   [ ]
Luzerne Theater Old York Rd. [1913-1914] Closed   [ ]
Lyceum Theater 6053 Ridge Av (at Lyceum) [1912-1913] or [1854-1918] Closed [S]
Lyric Amusement 1740 N Croskey St. [1911-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon   [N]
Lyric Theater 816 S Tenth St. [1910-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon   [N]
Lyric Theater 2200 N Broad St [1909-1910] Closed, Nickelodeon   [N]
Lyric Theater 1231 E Columbia Av. [1914-1918] Closed   [S]
Lyric Theater 37 E Main St. [1911-1936] Closed   [S]
Lyric Theater (a/k/a:New Lyric) 5123 Germantown Av. 1,000 seats [1914-1971] Closed John Allen [M]
originally named the Manheim later the New Lyric Theater
Lyric Theater 201 Morris St. 475 seats [1914-1957] Closed RP Brodley [M]
Lyric Broad & Cherry Sts. 1,629 seats [1905-1937] demolished James Windrim [L]
was demolished in 1937 and was the twin of Adelphi
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Magnet Theater 2616 W. Girard 245 seats [1910-1915] Closed (opened 1910 as Casino Theater) [S]
Main Street 6 (UA) 3720 Main St. 1,300 seats (6 plex) [1997-present] open Bart Blatstein, United Artists [M]
Majestic Amusement 265 N Eighth St.   [1909-1915] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Majestic Theater 5940 Haverford Av. [1909-1910] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Mammoth Theater 2500 A St. [1910-1913] Closed [M]
Mammoth Theater 527 W Girard Av. 700 seats [1909-1937] Closed [M]
Marconi Theater 1218 S Eighth St. [1914-1916] Closed, Nickelodeon [n]
Manayunk see UA Main St 6 Manayunk open [T]
Mann Music Centre 52nd & Parkside 3,934 seats [1976- present] open [C]
Mannheimsee Lyric
Mark I Theater (Eric Mark I) 18th St & Market St. 611 seats [1970-1989] Closed [M]
Market see 333 Theater (333 Market St.)
Mask and Wig 310 S Quince St.   [1894-?] Closed now a banquet hall [L]
Mastbaum Theater 20th & Market Sts. 4,746 seats [1929-1958] Closed, demolished Hoffman & Henon [M]
originally to be called the Jules, closed in 1958 and demolished the same year
Mayfair Theater 7300 Frankford Av (at Cottman Av) 1,509 seats [1936-1985] Closed David Supowitz [M]
Mayfair Theater (a/k/a:New Mayfair) 5915-19 Market St. 1,100 seats [1937-1985] Closed [M]
Melodeon 6th & Chestnut Sts.   [1854-1861] Closed [L]
Merben Theater 7145 Frankford Av. 2,100 seats [1950-1977] Demolished Shapiro & AD Magaziner [M]
Merriam Theater see Sam S. Shubert
Messina Theater 705 Christian St. 248 seats [1910-1922] Closed [S]
Metropolitan Theater 2042 N Front St. 3,482 seats [1908-1915] Closed Wm. McElfatrick [S]
Metropolitan Opera House Broad & Poplar 3,482 seats [1908-?] Closed Wm. McElfatrick [C]
– originally called the Philadelphia Opera House Theater remains unused
Midget Bijou Theater 41 S 52nd St.   [1910-1915] Closed [S]
Midway 1819-23 E. Allegheny Av. 2,724 seats [1932-1979] closed 1977, demolished 1979 [SM]
Magaziner, Eberhard & Harris; NEC Kensington & Allegheny Aves. now a fast food place
Midtown Theater   1,500 seats [?] Closed [M]
Midtown 1412 Chestnut St. 596 seats [1954-1999] Closed [M]
(had opened at the Karlton location in 1954; became the Midtown and was twinned, closed and later became Prince Music Theater)
Milgram Theater see Stanton (1620 Market)
Milgram
Mirror Theater Fifth & Reed Sts. [1912-1913] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Model Theater 425 South St. 778 seats [1911-1958] Closed Wm. H. Lee (1930s) [S]
Montgomery Theater 523 E Girard Av. 650 seats [1912-1936] Closed [M]
Moore Theater 415 Moore St.   [1914-1915] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Morris Theater 835 Morris St. [1913-1928] Closed [M]
Morris 2029 E. 3rd St. [1920-1935] Closed [M]
Mummers Museum 1000 S. 2nd St. [1976- present] open [L]
Municipal Auditorium 3400 Civic Centre Blvd. 13,500 seats [1931-1996] Closed, demolished 2005 Philip Johnson [W]
Musee Theater 127 N Eighth St. [1904-1907] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Musee Theater Parlor 3064 Richmond Av. [1909-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Musical Fund Hall 806 Locust 800 seats [1824-1979] Closed Wm. Strickland [C]
Mystic Maze Theater 2242 Ridge Av. [1909-1915] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Mystic Maze Theater 2112 N Front St. [1908-1910] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
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National Palace Theater 1332 S Fifth St. [1912-1915] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
National (2nd National) 9th & Chestnut Sts. [1874-1916] Closed [L]
National (1st National) 10th & Callowhill Sts. 2,415 seats [1874-1916] Closed [EL]
Nelson Theater 10th St & Ritner Sts. 380 seats [1926-1932] Closed JC Manz [M]
New see Chestnut St
New Alden see Alden (3641 Midvale)
New Broadway Theater see Broadway (Hope/Front & York Sts.) 1,000 seats [1914-1955] Closed [M]
New Circus 825 Walnut St. In 1809 renamed Olympic, in 1820 became the Walnut St. Theater in 1822 became Olympic again and in 1827 became Philadelphia Theater
New Dixie see Dixie (1224 Point Breeze Av.)
New Doris see Doris (49th & Woodland)
New Drop Theater 1034 E Columbia Av. [1914-1916] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
New Empress see Empress (1811 S. 17th St.)
New Forest see Forest (913 Girard Av.)
New Forrest Walnut St [1927]
New Garden Theater Eighth St & Race St. 700 seats [?-1955] Closed [M]
New Jewell 1828 W. Norris St. 440 seats [?-1950] Closed [M]
New Jumbo see Jumbo
New Locust see Locust
New Lyric see Lyric (5123 Germantown Av.)
New Mayfair see the Coliseum
New Palace see Theater of the Living Arts
New Penn see Penn [L]
New Theater a/k/a:Keith's New Closed [L]
New World Films 311 N 16th St.   [1932] Closed [M]
News Theater 1230 Market St. 400 seats [1937-1971] Closed William H Lee [M]
Nicetown Amusement Theater 4301 N Eighth St.   [1908-1911] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
941 Theater 941 N. Front St. 150 seats [1963-1985] Closed [M]
Nixon Theater 28 S 52nd St. 1,870 seats [1910-1984] Closed, demolished 1984 JD Allen [M]
Nixon Grandsee Grand Opera House
Non Pariel Theater 3361 Kensington Av. [1910-1915] Closed [S]
Norris Theater 1826 W Norris St. 465 seats [1912-1947] Closed [M]
North Theater Auditorium 2805 W Dauphin St. [1912-1915] Closed [S]
Northeast Cinema Roosevelt Blvd & Welsh Rd. 2,000 seats (4) [1955-2000] “demolished” 2004 [T]
Northeast (GCC Northeast 4) Welsh Rd & Roosevelt Blvd. 2,000 seats (4) [1955-2000] “demolished” 2004 General Cinema [T]
Northeastern Theater 6031 Torresdale Av. 850 seats [1919-1958] Closed [M]
Northern Liberties Front & Noble Sts. [1790-1791] Closed [L]
North Pole (see Penn) 1426 South St. [1909-1914] Closed [L]
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Ogontz Theater 6033-37 Ogontz Av. 1,777 seats [1927-1988] Closed Magaziner, Eberhard & Harris [S]
Old Academy Playhouse 3544 Indian Queen 125 seats [1932-present] open [D]
Old Drury Theater see Chestnut Street Theater 125 seats [?-1820] burned down in 1820 [L]
Olde City Cinemas 127 Sansom St. 800 seats [1981-present] Closed see Ritz East [T]
opened in 1981 as Budco Old City Twin closed, reopend May 21, 1999 as Ritz East
Olney Theater 5613 N Fifth St. 499 seats [1919-1925] Closed [M]
built in shell of 1856 National Hall (destroyed by fire 1874)
Olympia Theater 711 S Broad St. 500 seats [1912-1929] Closed [M]
Olympia Theater (a/k/a Gem or Olympic) 1619 South St. [1911-1914] Closed [M]
Olympic Theater see Walnut Street Theater, New Circus
Olympic (2nd) 1224 Market St. 2,100 seats [1873-1874] Closed [L]
Olympic (3rd) early 1900s; theater used for burlesque
Ontario [1920-1925] Closed [S]
Opera House, see Southwark Theater
Orient Theater 6149 Woodland Av. 628 seats [1915-1954] Closed CE Futcher [M]
Oriental Vaudeville Theater 7045 Woodland Av. [1910-1915] Closed, Demolished 2007 [V]
Orleans 1-4 Theaters 2247 Bleigh Av. 900 seats [1963-2007] Demolished 2007 [T]
Orleans 5-8 Theaters 2247 Bleigh Av. 2,875 seats [1984-2007] Demolished 2007 [T]
Orleans 8 at Bleigh & Bustleton had a total of 3,775 seats in 2007
Orpheum Theater 42 W. Chelten Av. 1,706 seats [1912-1967] Closed, Nickelodeon John D Allen, Sauer & Hahn [S]
Orpheus Theater 5159 Haverford Av. [1909-1910] Closed [L]
Overbrook Theater 6242 Haverford Av. 1,000 seats [1914-1957] [M] [M]
Owl Theater 2300 Grays Ferry Av. 499 seats [1913-1928] Closed, Dickinson II [M]
Oxford Theater 7209 Rising Sun Av. 1,964 seats [1928-1975] Closed Ellis Groben [S]
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Palace of Amusement 1019 Market St. [1906-1908] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Palace Theater 1214 Market St. 1,106 seats [1908-1971] Closed [S]
renovated by P. Henon, 1911 & then Wm. H. Lee, 1945)
Palace Theater 222 E Girard Av.   [1909-1921] Closed [S]
Palace Theater 2926 Richmond St. [1910-1919] Closed [S]
Palace Theater 4140 Aspen St. [1912-1921] Closed [S]
Palace Theater Kensington Ave & G St. [1909-1911] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Palace Theater 4254 Main St. [1911-1915] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Palace Theater 2809 N Fifth St [1910-1915] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Palace see Theater of the Living Arts/TLA
Palace (AMC Palace) 1812 Chestnut (see Eighteen-Twelve)
Palm Frankford & Norris St. 852 to 1,902 seats 1887 or 1912-1970 Closed [E]
became a furniture store in 1954 and was demolished in 1970
Parisian Varieties 11th & Wood Sts. [1876-?] Closed [L]
Park see Arch Street Opera House and Trocadero
Park Theater Broad & Fairmount Av. 1,694 seats [1869-1968] demolished J. Elfatrick [E]
(became a burlesque house in 1911, was demolished in 1968; the 2nd Park theater was built in 1876 at 17th & Ridge)
Park Theater 17th & Ridge Av. [1876-?] [L]
Park Theater 3235 Ridge Av. 1,000 seats [1913-1927] Closed [M]
Park Theater 3102 W Diamond St. 500 or 1,654 seats [1927-1971] Closed William H Lee [M]
Parkwood Theater Academy & Byberry Rds. 1,000 (twin) [1962-1985] Closed Parkwood Shopping Center [M]
Paschall Theater 7103 Woodland Av. 499 seats [1919-1928] Closed [M]
Pastime Theater 1420 Point Breeze Av. 600-800 seats [1911-1953] Closed E. Wilson(1923) [M]
Pearl Theater 2047-59 Ridge Av. 1,400 seats [1927-1963] Closed JK Long [S]
Pearl Theater at Avenue North 1600 N. Broad St1,488 seats (7 screens) [2006-present] open since Dec. 5, 2006 on Temple U. main campus [T]
Pekin Theater 2104 South St. [1908-1915] Closed [S]
Pelham 1426 S. 6th St 465 seats [?-1930] Closed [S]
Penn Art Theater 2335 Ridge Av. [1908-1913] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Penn Theater 1426 S Sixth St. 1,657 seats [1920-1951] Closed [M]
Penn Theater 24th & Brown Sts. 468 seats [1913-1956] Closed later called New Penn [M]
was Washington 1913-1920, Washington Palace 1920-1928, 24th St. Theater 1928-1931, Penn Theater in 1931 and finally the New Penn Theater from 1931 to 1936
Pennsylvania 2nd & Coates [1836-1849] Closed [L]
Pennsylvania Museum 8th & Market Sts. [1826-?] Closed [L]
Pennypack Theater 8049 Frankford Av. 750 seats [1929-1951] Closed William H Lee [M]
a/k/a:Holme, Penypak (see Holme)
People’s Theater 2449 Kensington Av. 2,250 seats [1890-1967] demolished Geo. Plowman [E]
renamed Desmond in 1924, gutted in 1928 and turned into Kent Theater
Percivals Theater 50 N Eighth St. [1906-1910] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Perelman Theater see Kimmel Center
Philadelphia Cabaret Theater 507 South 8th Street 99 seats [?] Closed [L]
Philadelphia Playhouse Broad & Wood Sts 300 seats [1965-1991] Closed [L]
Philadelphia Projecting Theater 44 N Ninth St. [1913-1915] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Philadelphia Theater see New Circus
Philmont Cinema 11024 Rennard St. 350 seats [?-1986] Closed [M]
Photoplay Theater 1918 N Front St. [1913-1916] Closed, Nickelodeon [S]
Photoplay Theater 52nd St & Market St. [1914-1915] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Picture Theater 17th St & McKean St. [1914-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Pike Theater 6th & Pike Sts. (551 Pike St). 496 seats [1913-1960] Closed [M]
Pix ? ? [?-1955] Closed [?]
Playhouse in the Park Belmont & Chamounix (Fairmount Park) 1,437 seats [1952-present] Closed [L]
Plaza Theater 2437 S Broad St. 1,472 seats [1907-1955] Closed C Oelschlager [S]
Plaza Porter St. [?-1945] Closed [L]
Plumsted’s Playhouse [1749-1849] demolished mid-19th century [L]
Poplar Theater 902 N Sixth St. 858 seats [1916-1950] Closed Carl Berger [M]
Point Breeze 1638 Point Breeze 1,200 seats [1911-1953] Closed (see Breeze) [M]
Pork ? ? [?-1925] Closed [?]
Port of History Museum Concert Hall Delaware & Walnut St. 500 seats [1982-present] open Penn's Landing [C]
Posel [?-1925] (see also Leo Mall Twin) [?]
Premier Theater 6011 Market St. [1909-1913] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Premier Theater 1320 Point Breeze Av. 460 seats [1912-1931] Closed C. Oelschlager [M]
President Theater 2308 Snyder Av (at 23rd). 1,000 seats [1936-1975] Closed, Live Theater [L]
Prince Music Theater 1412 Chestnut St. 596 seats [1921-present] open Hoffman-Henon [L]
see Midtown or Karlton (1412 Chestnut Street) a/k/a Prince Theater
Princess Theater 1018 Market St. 446 seats [1911-1954] Closed Hoffman & Henon(1919) [M]
Princess Theater 508 South St. [1910-1917] Closed [S]
Prune Street 518 Locust St. [1820-1830] Closed [L]
Public Ledger Concert 6th & Chestnut Sts. 400 seats [1927-1930] Closed [C]
Puerto Rico see Diamond [M]
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Queen Theater 873 N Ninth St. [1925-1930] Closed J. Fieldstein [C]
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Randolph 1116 Chestnut St. 2,273 seats [1901-1971] Closed (opened as Chestnut St. Keith's) [VM]
Rave University City 6 Theater 230 S. 40th St. [2002-present] (originally called The Bridge) [M]
Regal Theater 5413 Oxford Av. 700 seats [1935-1968] Closed C Dingleman [M]
Regency I & II 1625 Chestnut St. 1,200 seats [1966-1987] Closed, demolished Thalheimer & Waltz [T]
(NWC 16th & Chestnut)
Regent Theater 1632 Market St. 416 seats [1913-1980] Closed, demolished W Burney [M]
had 5 name changes; demolished in 1980 at one time the area housed the Center, Studio, Milgram, Fox, Stage Door, Regency, Duke and Duchess Theaters
Regis Theater 1526 W Cumberland St. 500 seats [1915-1953] Closed Henon & Boyle [M]
Renel Theater 7238 Ogontz Av. 870 seats [1937-1967] Closed JA Nolan [M]
Rex Theater Ridge Av. & Oxford St. 475 seats [1924-1957] Closed Arnold H Mueller [M]
Rexy Theater 517 South St. (or 8th & South?) 1,800-2,063 seats [1927-1975] Closed Ballinger Company [S]
Rialto Theater 6153 Germantown Av. 834 seats [1914-1957] Closed Wm. H. Lee [M]
Rio 2011 Frankford Ave. 500 seats [1935-1948] Closed opened as the Brunswick Theater [M]
Richmond Theater 3137 Richmond St. 1,026 or 3,137 seats [1913-1952] Closed Allen Wilson [M]
Rickett’s Amphitheater 6th & Chestnut Sts [1795-1799] Closed a/k/a Art Pantheon [L]
Ridge Avenue Theater 1734 Ridge Av. 930 seats [1919-1952] Closed [M]
Rising Sun Amusement 3417 Germantown Av. [1909-1910] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Rittenhouse Square Theater 1907-11 Walnut St. 1,000 seats [1968-1994] Burned in 1994 orig. 750 seats, then twinned [T]
a/k/a Eric Rittenhouse Square Theaters twinned, with 500 seats each
Rittenhouse Theater 5232 Haverford Av. 460 seats [1921-1928] Closed [S]
Ritz at the Bourse 400 Ranstead St. 1,000 seats [1990-present] Cope Linder, Landmark Theaters [T]
Ritz East Theater, a/k/a:Olde City Twin 111 Chestnut St. 800 seats [1981-present] open Landmark Theaters [T]
Ritz East (see Olde City Cinemas)
Ritz Five Theater (f/k/a:Ritz Three) 214 Walnut St. (at Dock St.) 1,350 seats [1976-present] open Geddef Associates, Landmark Theaters [T]
Ritz Theater 2235 Orthodox (at Tacony) St. 480 seats [1913-1950] Closed [M]
Ritz Theater 1106 N 40th (at Poplar) St. 499 seats [1914-1952] Closed [M]
Ritz Theater 6th & Hunting Park Av. (at Marshall) 499 seats [1921-1952] Closed [M]
Riverview Plaza Stadium 17 1400 S. Delaware Av (Columbus Blvd). 3,600 seats [1991-present] open JK Roller, Regal [T]
Riviera Theater 4411 Main St. 1,500 seats [1914-1962] Closed [M]
opened as the Empress, became the Riviera in 1932
Rivoli Theater 52nd & Sansom Sts. 875 seats [1909-1970] Closed J Nasehold [M]
Rockland Theater 4910 N Broad St. 670-850 seats [1914-1970] Closed AF Schenck [M]
Roosevelt Theater 4739 Frankford Av. 1,901 seats [1926-1962] Closed Hodgens & Hill [M]
Rose 151 Levering St. 950 seats [?-1930] Closed [S]
Roxy Theater 6189 Ridge Av. 1,200-1,800 seats [1927-1981] Closed Ballinger Co. [M]
on Ridge where post office is now
Roxy Theater 2023 Sansom St. 260 seats [1975-present] open [TA]
a/k/a:Aarde Cinema, Academy Screening Room
Roxy 2 2021 Sansom St. 260 seats [1975-present] open [TA]
Roxy-Mastbaum see Mastbaum
Royal Palace Theater Girard Av & Crease St. [1911-1921] Closed [S]
Royal Photoplay Theater 1346 Ridge Av. [1914-?] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Royal Theater 1524-34 South St. 1,200 seats [1920-1970] Closed Frank E Hahn [M]
now black movie house
Ruby Theater 618 Market St. 360 seats [1914-1927] Closed Hoffman Company [M]
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Sam’s Place 1 & 2 in 1980
St. George’s Hall 1300 Arch St. 542 seats [1891-1902] Closed [L]
Sameric see Boyd
Sam’s Place 1 & 2 (see Aldine) 1836 Chestnut St. 1,297 seats [1921-1994] Closed [T]
opened in 1921 as Aldine, became the Viking in 1957, Cinema 19 in 1967, Cinema 5 in 1975, and closed in 1994 [T]
San Carlos Theater 811 Carpenter St - 1,200 seats [1908-1915] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Sansom Cinema 120 S 13th St. [1977-present] Adult Theater (gay porn) [TA]
Savoia Theater 1705-09 S Broad St. 965 seats [1937-1965] Closed [M]
1709 (1405 or 1600) S. Broad at Morris; next to what was RJ's A Different World
Savoy Theater 1211 Market St. 376 seats [1908-1948] Closed Wm. H. Lee (1937) [M]
Scenic Theater 439 N Second St. [1910-1915] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Sedgwick Theater 7135-37 Germantown Ave. 1,636 seats [1928-1966] Closed William H Lee [M]
now Sedgwick Cultural Center
Segals Castle Theater Frankford Ave & Amber St. 900 seats [1912-1936] Closed Hoffman & Henon [M]
Segals Theater 1323 South St. [1911-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Senate Theater 1710 W Susquehanna Av. 500 seats [1912-1962] Later called the Susquehanna. Closed, [M]
Seventh Street Opera 47 N Seventh St. [1867-1883] Closed [L]
Shubert Theater 250 S Broad St. 1,868 seats [1867-1883] [L]
acquired by Academy of Music in 1972 and refurbished
Shamrock Theater 1200 S 20th St [1908-1913] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Sherwood Theater 54th St & Baltimore Av. 499 seats [1913-1951] Closed [M]
Shubert 250 S. Broad St. 1,868 seats [1918-?] Herbert Krapp [L]
a/k/a Sam S. Shubert Memorial restored circa 1987 in 1991 was renamed the Merriam (see Horticultural Hall)
Shubin Theater 407 Bainbridge St. [?] [L]
Sixtieth Street 456 N. 60th St. 475 seats [1912-1957] Demolished H. Housekeeper. Opened 1912 as the Haverford [M]
61st Street Drive-In 3201 S. 61st St. [1963-1985] Demolished Outdoor Theater [D]
69th Street 69th & Market Sts. 1,700 seats [1925-1945] Closed [M]
Society Hill Playhouse 507 S. 8th St. 242 seats [1958-?] [L]
Society Hill Theater South & Hancock Sts. [1759-?] [L]
Solo Theater Stenton Av & Wister St. [1914-1929] Closed [M]
Somerset Theater 26th & Somerset St. 495 seats [1914-1925] Closed [M]
Somerset Nickelodeon 2775 Kensington Av. [1913-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [M]
South City Drive-in Broad and Wolf Sts. [1955-1975] Closed outdoor [D]
South Street Theatersee Southwark Theater
Southern Theater (or Somerset) 1412 S Broad (at Reed) St. 495 seats [1914-1952] Closed [M]
Southwark Theater South & Apollo Sts. [1766-1912] demolished in 1912 [L]
Spectrum Broad & Pattison Av. 19,000 seats [1967-2011] demolished [W]
Spruce Theater 5949 Spruce St. 485 seats [1913-1965] Closed [M]
Stadium Theater 3300 S Broad St. 750 seats [1967-1983] Closed (across from Spectrum) [M]
Stage Door Theater 16th & Market Sts. 495 seats [1971-1980] Demolished 1980 [M]
Standard Theater 1124-34 South St. 1,500 seats [1889-1935] Closed JJ Hitchler [E/L]
Standard (the 2nd) 4233 Frankford Av. [1893-1918] Closed [L]
Stanley Theater 1902-10 Market St. 2,916 seats [1921-1973] Closed Hoffman & Henon [L]
Stanton Theater 1620 Market St. 1,457 seats [1914-1980] Closed WH Hoffman [M]
opened in 1914 as Stanley Theater renamed the Stanton in 1920 renamed the Milgram in 1968
Star Theater 2023 N 17th St. [1912-1915] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Star Theater 1628 Fountain St. [1912-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Star Theater 2640 Kensington Av. 778 seats [1914-1950] Closed (now a church) Carl Berger [L]
Star Theater 1720 E Passyunk Av. 248 seats [1914-1923] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Starlight Theater 5th St & Olney Ave 400 seats [1909-1922] Closed [S]
State Theater 105-07 S 52nd (at Chestnut) St. 3,170 seats [1929-1967] Closed Ralph Bencker [M]
State Theater 2715 N Fifth St. 450 seats [1908-1929] Closed [M]
Steon Horst [1930-1945] Closed [?]
Stenton Amusement Theater 2148 Stenton Av. [1908-1911] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Stenton Theater 6069 Stenton Av. 380 seats [1919-1922] Closed [S]
Strand Theater 3601 Germantown Av. 1,679 seats [1914-1971] Closed Carl Berger [S]
Strand Theater 12th St & Girard Av. 471 seats [1913-1958] Closed Stuckert & Sloan [M]
Stratford Theater 1443 S Seventh St. 700 seats [1913-1963] Closed [M]
Studio Theater 1632 Market St. 400 seats [1913-1980] Closed (see Regent) [M]
Sun Theater 2728 Federal St. 450 seats [1908-1925] Closed [M]
Susquehanna 17th & Susquehanna 500 seats [1925-1935] Closed (see Senate) [S]
Suzanne Roberts see Philadelphia Theater Company
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Tacony Hippodrome Theater 3623 Longshore Av. 550 seats [1912-1928] Closed [M]
Tavern on Camac 243 South Camac St. [?] cabaret venue [L]
Teatro delle Varieta 1032 S. 8th. [1901-?] Closed [L]
Teatro Puerto Rico see Cohooksink or Diamond
Temple of Marvel Theater (1) 3827 Fairmount Av. [1907-?] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Temple of Marvel Theater (2) Jefferson St & Ridge Av. [1907-?] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Temple Theater 13th St & Tioga St. 500 seats [1938-1952] Closed [M]
Temple Theater 713 Chestnut 2,200 seats [1885-1886] [L]
Terminal Theater 69 & Market St. 1,000 seats [?-1945] [M]
Theatorium 1506 Point Breeze Av. [1909-1913] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Theater 1812 see Eighteen Twelve] [L]
Theater of the Living Arts (TLA) 334 South St. had 486 seats [1908-present] opened as Crystal Palace [C]
Theater on Society Hill South & Hancock   [1759] Closed lasted only one season [L]
Theater of the Living Arts 334 South St. 486 seats [1908-present] Live Theater [C]
Three on the Campus 40th St & Walnut Sts.   [1975-?] Closed [M]
Tioga Theater 3542 N 17th St. 1,400 seats [1915-?] Closed Sauer & Hahn [S]
Tioga Theater 3524 Germantown Av. 1,400 seats [1909-?] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Tivoli Theater 1121 Fairmount Av. 382 seats [1913-1929] Closed Stuckert & Sloan [M]
Tower Theater 69th & Market Sts. (19 S. 69th). 3,119 seats [1928-present] Live theater [C]
Town Hall 150 N Broad St. 1,972 seats [1927-1983] Closed 1970, demolished 1983 H.W. Castor [C]
Had 700 seat auditorium on 6th floor and 1200 seat ballroom on 7th floor
Towne Theater (Wayne Palace?) 4159 Germantown Av. 500 seats [1913-1952] Closed [C]
Towne Playhouse 4159 Germantown 500 seats [1914-1965] Closed Rudolph & Mellowdew [E]
Trans-Lux Theater 1519 Chestnut St. 493 seats [1934-1993] Closed, Thomas Lamb [M]
renamed Eric's Place in 1970, vacant until 2006 when it reopened as a shoe store]
Trocadero Theater 1003-05 Arch St (at 12th St.). 900 seats [1870-present] open Edwin F Durang [LC]
opened as Arch Street Opera House a/k/a:Arch Street Theater or the Trocadero
Tulpehocken 6153 Germantown Av. [1914-1931] Closed [MS]
Tuttleman IMAX Theater, a/k/a:Tuttleman Omniverse 222 N 20th St. 350 seats [1990-present] open The Franklin Institute [I]
Tuttleman Omniverse Franklin Institute 20th & Benj. Franklin Parkway 350 seats [1990-present] open [I]
Tuxedo Theater 3949 Haverford Av. 500 seats [1908-1952] Closed [M]
Tuxedo 3949 Haverford Av. 499 seats [1908-1952] [M]
Twentieth Century Theater 23rd & Master Sts. [1909-?] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Twentieth Century Theater 4314 Frankford Av. [1909-?] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Twentieth Century Theater 1643 N 27th St. [1914-?] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Twentieth Century Theater 4258 Main St [1909-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Twentyfourth Street 24th & Brown Sts. [1928-1931] was the Washington Palace (see 24th Street) [?]
Twentyninth Street Palace 2351 N. 29th St. [1910-1925] demolished (see 29th Street Palace) [S]
Tyson Theater 7043 Castor Av. 650 seats [1940-1987] Closed David Supowitz [M]
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Unique Theater 36th St & Haverford Ave 630 to 900 seats (?) [1913-1953] Closed [M]
University City 6 see Rave University City 6 Theater
Upsal Theater 6351 Germantown Av. 470 seats [1914-1952] Closed Borzner & Wood [M]
Uptown Theater 2240 N Broad St. 2,146 seats [1929-?] Closed Magaziner Eberhard & Harris [S]
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Venice Theater 1727 Snyder Av. 500 to 700 seats [1919-1952] Closed [M]
Vernon 3500 Germantown Av. 1,010 seats [1940-1950] Closed [M]
Vernon Palace Theater 5704 Germantown Av. [1912-1914] Demolished John D Allen [S]
Veterans Stadium Broad & Pattison Av. 62,000 seats [1971-2004] [L]
opened in April 1971, demolished in March 2004
Victor Theater 3954 N Franklin St. 475 seats [1913-1925] Closed [M]
Victoria Theater (a/k/a:Nicklette) 913 Market St. 987 seats [1909-1949] Demolished in 1950 Stearns & Castor [S]
Victory see Pastime
Viking see Aldine and Sam's Place 1 & 2
Viola Theater 2402 Germantown Av. 500 seats [1910-1947] Demolished [M]
Vogue Theater 1905-09 W Columbia Av. 499 seats [1914-1953] Closed [M]
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Walnut Mall Cinema III 3925 Walnut St. [?] Closed (a/k/a Cinemagic 3 at Penn) [ML]
Walnut Street Theater 825 Walnut St. 1,054 seats [1809-present] open - [L]
a/k/a:Olympic, New Circus (renovations: John Haviland, 1828; Willis Hale, 1903; Wm. H. Lee 1920) [M]
Walton Theater 735 E Chelten Av. 650 seats [1915-1978] Demolished (a/k/a Walton Art Theater) [M]
Warden 1920 Spruce 150 seats [1938-present] Rbt Mills [C]
Washington Hall 3rd & Spruce Sts. 6,000 seats [1816-?] Closed (burned down in 1823 but was restored) [L]
Washington Museum Theater 48 Market St. [1826-1827] Closed [M]
Washington Palace 24th & Brown Sts. [1920-1928] became 24th Street Theater [M]
Wayne Avenue Theater 4910 Wayne Av. 480 seats [1919-1968] Closed [M]
Wayne Palace 4163 Germantown Av. 600 seats [1920-1930] Closed [S]
Webster Theater 722 S 52nd St. [1909-1910] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
West Allegheny Theater 3156 N 25th St. 760 seats [1920-1950] Closed [M]
West Vine Scenario Theater 5532 Vine St. [1914-1915] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Wharton Street Theater 24th St & Wharton Sts. [1910-1919] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
William Penn Theater 4063 Lancaster Av. 3,230 seats [1909-1931] Closed Berger & Schmid [S]
Wilma Theater 2030 Sansom St. [?] [L]
Windsor 4204 Kensington Av. (at Briggs). 920 seats [1930-1935] (see Holiday Art, Ace) [M]
Wishart 102-08 E. Allegheny Av. 774-904 seats [1915-1967] Demolished Kuhn & Wm. H. Lee [M]
Wissahickon Theater 5265 Ridge Av. 400 seats [1930-1950] Closed [M]
Woodland Avenue Palace Theater 6334 Woodland Av. [1911-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
Woodland Theater 1497 S. 49th St. [1910-1914] Closed, Nickelodeon [N]
World Theater 19th St & Market St. 500 seats [1972-1978] Closed (a/k/a the New World Theater, now a gym) [M]
World Theater 1830 Market St. 600 seats [1946-1964] Closed [M]
Wynne Theater2005 N. 54th St. (at Arlington). 1,763 seats [1928-1955] Closed Hoffman & Henon [M]
Xtasy see Ellis or Forum
Yeadon 541 Church Lane, Yeadon, PA 850 seats [1975-2007] demolished [M]
Yiddish 613 Arch St. 300 seats [1887-1891] Closed Sauer & Hahn [L]
York Theater 2637 W. York St (at 26th St). 499 to 790 seats [1912-1949] Closed Hoffman & Henon (1927) [M]
Zellerbach 37th & Walnut Sts. 914 seats [1971-present] open Vincent Kling [L]