Commodore Theatre

4228 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19104

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dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on February 20, 2022 at 9:37 pm

Stanley Warner closed the Commodore Theatre on May 13, 1956 with “Guys and Dolls.” The long-running Commodore and Ogontz were retrofitted as live theaters. The Commodore became the Forty-Third Street Theatre beginning on January 12, 1959 with “The Potting Shed” by Graham Greene. It appears to have folded after just two plays.

rivest266
rivest266 on May 21, 2014 at 7:16 pm

September 22nd, 1928 grand opening ad in photo section.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 21, 2010 at 1:50 am

It looks like the theater was a church in 1964, from this Temple U. photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yhft7ru

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 8, 2009 at 12:33 pm

Here is a 1952 photo from phillyhistory.org:
http://tinyurl.com/o6flq4

HowardBHaas
HowardBHaas on March 3, 2009 at 6:07 pm

3 June 1950 Box Office stated that Gloria Swanson would be hostess at a “Sunset Boulevard” screening at Commodore Theatre on June 19.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on December 19, 2008 at 3:10 pm

I remember that building very well from my college days. I used to live at 44th and Walnut, so I would walk by that old barn every day. The marquee on the roof was kind of a giveaway. Funny to see pictures of that neighborhood after 25 years.