Sherwood Theatre

5411 Baltimore Avenue,
Philadelphia, PA 19143

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dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on February 11, 2022 at 8:28 pm

The Sherwood stopped advertising and was listed as closed after “Man in the Saddle” and “The Harlem Globetrotters” at end of lease on March 30, 1953. It came back under a new operator as a grind house with continuous shows of a Doris Day double-feature consisting of “Love Me or Leave Me” and “House of Bamboo” on September 9, 1955. The Sherwood departed at end of lease on May 31, 1959 with “Tiger’s Claws” and “Veiled Lady.”

Alan_Kohn_235
Alan_Kohn_235 on June 13, 2012 at 5:22 pm

My family went to the Sherwood through 1959. We lived at 5331 Baltimore Avenue.

ralphf
ralphf on May 31, 2010 at 12:43 am

Someone got it wrong. It absolutely was open for about a decade after that supposed closing date. I attended movies there, and I couldn’t have if it had closed in 1953.
It and the Ambassador, a few blocks away on Baltimore Avenue, were the neighborhood movie palaces.

HowardBHaas
HowardBHaas on May 3, 2009 at 10:13 am

11 July 1953 Box Office says then it shuttered.

ralphf
ralphf on October 4, 2008 at 12:43 am

The Sherwood didn’t close in 1951. I’m certain I attended movies there in the late ‘50s or early '60s. Sometime after that it closed and was torn down. What was remarkable after it was gone was how small the lot was — a little triangle of land that once hosted movie magic.