Boyd Art Theatre
800 Welsh Street,
Chester,
PA
19013
800 Welsh Street,
Chester,
PA
19013
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Boyd Theater Circuit
Architects: Paul J. Henon, Jr., William H. Hoffman
Firms: Hoffman-Henon Co.
Functions: Ballroom, Banquet Hall, Religious Services
Styles: Art Deco
Previous Names: Boyd Theatre
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The Boyd Theatre opened on Thanksgiving Day (November 28), 1934 with Will Rogers in “Judge Priest”.
The Boyd Theatre was closed as a regular movie theatre on July 10, 1970 with Bruce Dern in “The Cycle Savages” & Robert Walker Jr. in “The Savage Seven”. It went over to screening adult movies in the 1970’s, operating as the Boyd Art Theatre and closed in early-1980.
It was sold for $37,500 on January 27, 1991 and became a church. In 2015 it became the Sanai Dior Ballroom & Wedding Chapel.
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Same photos, only larger, at this site:
http://www.oldchesterpa.com/theatres_boyd.htm
The Boyd was a church as of 1994, as was the Roxy in Chester.
This article from the Delaware County Daily Times dated 7/10/70 announced the closing of the Boyd:
http://tinyurl.com/3c262d
http://tinyurl.com/33t9ec
The 1963 motion picture almanac lists A.R. Boyd Theaters, 1530 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, as operators of the Boyd in Chester. A.R. Boyd, president, also operated the Boyd in Allentown, the Boyd and College in Bethlehem, the Boyd in Easton and the Boyd in Lancaster. His apparent megalomania brings to mind the words of Ozymandias, “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair”.
Here is a November 1928 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/mver9b
i work with someone who claims that pornos were last being shown here in 78/79 before closing…
This opened on November 28th, 1934. The grand opening ad can be found in the photo section for this theatre.
Yeah. alot of porn played here in the 70’s.
according, to this guy on facebook, the boyd closed in early 1980…
Closed as the Boyd Theatre on July 10, 1970 with “The Cycle Savages” and “The Savage Seven”. Reopened as the Boyd Art Theatre on April 16, 1971.