Harlem Theater
11 South Main Street,
East St. Louis,
IL
62201
11 South Main Street,
East St. Louis,
IL
62201
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This South Main Street theater, originally called the Olympia Theater, was later renamed the Harlem Theater, catering to African-American audiences.
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I have references to this being named the Olympia Theatre (could be a typo) operating in Film Daily Yearbook’s 1930-1933 as a Negro theatre with a seating capacity of 500. It’s not listed in copies of F.D.Y. for 1941 or 1943.
The F.D.Y. for 1949-1955 also list it as a Negro theatre same seating capacity but called the Harlem Theatre.
In 1963, the Harlem was part of the Goldman-Plikos Circuit. Charles Goldman was president and general manager. Other Goldman theaters were the Criterion, Laclede, Regal and Senate in St. Louis.