PFS at Bourse
400 Ranstead Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
19106
400 Ranstead Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
19106
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Thumbs up to the PFS for reopening the Bourse theaters. Will miss the Roxy though.
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.
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.
Closing January 26. Inquirer.com story here.
Ritz at the Bourse is the current Philly home of “Rocky Horror,” with an amazing cast performing one Friday each month.
The Philadelphia Inquirer has an insert today with Philly.com Readers' Choices 2017 winners. For movie theaters- this theater- the Ritz at the Bourse.
Rivest266 I would like to say thank you so much for finding all these wonderful opening ads for all these theaters that you do. :)
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.
September 19,1990 grand opening ad in the photo section.
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?
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!
Seen the movie “Wonderland” about the john holmes murders in October of 2003. Nice theater.. even had users and lobby cards.
U Penn alumni magazine article about seeing a film here http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0513/elsewhere.html
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.
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.
This photo depicts going downstairs from outside, to the cinemas:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carmizzle/385240042/