PFS at Bourse

400 Ranstead Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19106

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Do
Do on April 22, 2021 at 11:00 pm

Thumbs up to the PFS for reopening the Bourse theaters. Will miss the Roxy though.

alps
alps on April 22, 2021 at 3:44 pm

The Ritz at the Bourse will live again under new owenership of Philadelphia Film Society. The new theater will be named PFS at the Bourse. A mixture of programing. This will end their involvement with the Roxy Theater, which will close perm.

alps
alps on January 20, 2020 at 9:55 pm

Disgrace. I knew this was going to happen, when the escalator was broken for over a year. I am going to miss this theater. The fashion district AMC will not show art movies, I gues I will have to go to New York more. Ritz at the Bourse would show too many films that you could watch on Demand, and Cohen Media is wrong owner.

randytheicon
randytheicon on July 4, 2017 at 3:37 am

Ritz at the Bourse is the current Philly home of “Rocky Horror,” with an amazing cast performing one Friday each month.

HowardBHaas
HowardBHaas on June 22, 2017 at 3:03 pm

The Philadelphia Inquirer has an insert today with Philly.com Readers' Choices 2017 winners. For movie theaters- this theater- the Ritz at the Bourse.

Mikeoaklandpark
Mikeoaklandpark on December 17, 2016 at 6:24 pm

Rivest266 I would like to say thank you so much for finding all these wonderful opening ads for all these theaters that you do. :)

alps
alps on December 17, 2016 at 1:39 am

As with the Ritz Five, Landmark refuses to put money to update this theater as well. I have encountered too many broken seats as of late. A security issue remains from time to time mentally ill homeless people would find their way in the theater. Still better than the Ritz Five.

rivest266
rivest266 on October 8, 2016 at 11:35 pm

September 19,1990 grand opening ad in the photo section.

TheALAN
TheALAN on April 23, 2014 at 10:38 pm

Does anyone know who the architect was for the Ritz at the Bourse? And, since the Ritz has five screens, how many moviegoers does each auditorium seat?

TheALAN
TheALAN on April 23, 2014 at 8:20 pm

Inside — this theater sparkles! Outside — blah, blah, blah! Just five single sided movie posters. NO marquee, NO chase lights, NO signage. Just RITZ etched in the glass. Even the box office is unmarked. This theater deserves better!

ronnie21
ronnie21 on February 8, 2014 at 1:36 am

Seen the movie “Wonderland” about the john holmes murders in October of 2003. Nice theater.. even had users and lobby cards.

HowardBHaas
HowardBHaas on May 7, 2013 at 6:57 pm

U Penn alumni magazine article about seeing a film here http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0513/elsewhere.html

alps
alps on April 5, 2012 at 10:01 pm

I don’t know about the times you were there, hdtv267, but I have gone a lot in the afternoon, I have seen on many occasions, homeless people hanging around in the street level lobby, with filhty detressed plastic bags. Homeless individuals, who use the men’s rooms, some leave and some go into the auditoriums. The last straw for me was, on two occasions', disturbed people made noise and muttering sounds all through two french films, I was trying to enjoy. Management gave me a pass, but that is not the point, this is the Ritz, not the old Budco Goldman Theater. I expect more from this chain, so would Ramon Possel, if he were alive. I only go to the Ritz 5, the crumbling original theater, when the film I want to see is not playing in Voorhees. This is a security issue, as well, I paid, they didn’t. There is a blind spot at the Bourse, where the cashier can not see, this is how they get in and this is why they need a ticket taker at all times. I have spoken to management about this, maybe hdtv, it have gotten better since you been there. I plan on seeing “Salt of Life” this weekend, I hope you’re right.

alps
alps on December 30, 2010 at 9:44 pm

I love to attend this theater in the afternoons. Recently, since in the daytime there are no ticket takers, there has been a problem with homeless people sneeking into this theater.

HowardBHaas
HowardBHaas on July 5, 2008 at 7:25 pm

This photo depicts going downstairs from outside, to the cinemas:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmizzle/385240042/