Media Theatre for the Performing Arts
104 E. State Street,
Media,
PA
19063
104 E. State Street,
Media,
PA
19063
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Additional Info
Architects: Louis Magaziner
Firms: Magaziner, Eberhard, and Harris
Functions: Performing Arts
Styles: Colonial Revival, Renaissance Revival
Previous Names: Media Theatre
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
610.891.0100
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The Media Theatre opened August 27, 1927 with Al Jolson in “The Jazz Singer”. Originally seating was provided for 1,100 and the movie theatre also hosted vaudeville shows in its stage.
The Media Theatre closed as a movie theatre in 1990, but the theatre was restored and reopened in 1994 as a performing arts venue.
Contributed by
George Quirk, Bryan Krefft
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Recent comments (view all 17 comments)
I wish Mr. Rothacker had come to my hometown in the early 90’s…perhaps he could have painted the Grand Theatre and helped save it rather than have it demolished for reasons I will never understand!
Lost Memory: You have posted on my birthday!
LOL! Thanks and you are one of the reasons why I like CT so much!
The Media was part of the Harry L. Dembow Circuit in the early sixties. General manager was Harry L. Dembow, not surprisingly. Besides the Media, other Dembow theaters in Pennsylvania at the time were the Congress in Marcus Hook and the State in Columbia.
Maybe Mr. Rothacker the artist can make it out to the Ioka or Crest Theatres listed on Cinema Treasures.
One small and one big in need of some saving.
excellent photo of exterior, showing “Oliver”
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close up Marquee
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In the early 1990’s, Walter M. Strine, Sr. saved the historic Media
Theatre, which was built for movies in 1927 in Philadelphia’s suburbs. The Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday published his obituary and photos, as he passed away at age 100. View link
Facebook page for The Media Theatre.
https://www.facebook.com/mediatheatre/?hc_ref=ARQYA1HMFkNO1pBBHx2jaq3k-Qms8HUUANm9UOqOwuDsFU5crefzWIav6F4vQjwN9wU
I know a Person by the Name of Phil Arsenault. He really added some “BOOM”! into the History of The Media Movie Theater!
At the time it was build by Samuel Dembow it was Media’s third and largest movie theatre. The interior was described as English Renaissance.