Stanley Theatre
326-328 Edgmont Avenue,
Chester,
PA
19013-4418
326-328 Edgmont Avenue,
Chester,
PA
19013-4418
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Old Chester PA -- Stanley Theatre (formerly Edgmont)
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Previously operated by: Stanley-Warner Theatres, Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.
Architects: Paul J. Henon, Jr., William H. Hoffman
Firms: Hoffman-Henon Co.
Previous Names: Edgmont Theatre
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Opened December 1917 as the Edgmont Theatre. Transferred to the Stanley Company in 1924 and renamed Stanley Theatre on September 11, 1926 with Norma Talmadge in “Kiki”. It was equipped with a Kimball organ which was opened by organist Karl Bonawitz. It was closed in June 1956.
Demolished in 1959.
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Riot in September 1954:
A closed television circuit carrying the Rocky Marciano-Ezzard Charles heavyweight championship fight blacked out because of technical difficulties in several cities Friday night and in some cases theater managers were forced to make refunds. Theatre Television Network, Inc. carried the fight to 70 theaters in 50 cities.
At Chester. Pa., some 3,000 patrons of the Stanley Theatre were on the verge of rioting, police said, when the TV screen blacked out in the second round and the telecast was not resumed. Some irate patrons began to tear up seats. Forty policemen were rushed to the scene and the crowd was herded to the outside where they
milled around until theatre manager J.M. Feldhun promised refunds of $3.60 to ticket stub holders.
Here is a November 1929 ad from the Chester Times:
http://tinyurl.com/y8hv3rw
Grand opening ad and picture uploaded.
The Edgmont Theater opened in December 1917, and was renamed the Stanley Theatre on September 11, 1926. The Stanley Theatre served as a dominant first-run theater until the officially launch of CinemaScope. The Stanley Theatre closed in June 1956.