I still live a few blocks from the site of the Orpheum and have lived in Germantown most of my life. The loss of that theater in particular, as well as the loss of Germantown shopping district is very painful. In my view it was unnecessary and resulted from very exploitative management by the City. On a cold winter’s day, when you were waiting in line, there was so much heat from the many light bulbs under the marquee that it kept you warm.
Ken MC – That is the Rialto theater in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. The street with Belgium blocks and trolley tracks is Germantown Avenue. The 23 Trolley line ran there, at that time the longest trolley line entirely within a city limits in the world. The adjoining street is East Tulpehocken Street, where my mother was born in 1915. I saw the Creature From the Black Lagoon in that theater in 1954. It was a lovely little theater. You walked straight in from the entrance, slightly uphill. The theater was all to the right. Thanks for posting it.
First saw Chaplin’s The Great Dictator here when it reopened in the US.
I still live a few blocks from the site of the Orpheum and have lived in Germantown most of my life. The loss of that theater in particular, as well as the loss of Germantown shopping district is very painful. In my view it was unnecessary and resulted from very exploitative management by the City. On a cold winter’s day, when you were waiting in line, there was so much heat from the many light bulbs under the marquee that it kept you warm.
Ken MC – That is the Rialto theater in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. The street with Belgium blocks and trolley tracks is Germantown Avenue. The 23 Trolley line ran there, at that time the longest trolley line entirely within a city limits in the world. The adjoining street is East Tulpehocken Street, where my mother was born in 1915. I saw the Creature From the Black Lagoon in that theater in 1954. It was a lovely little theater. You walked straight in from the entrance, slightly uphill. The theater was all to the right. Thanks for posting it.