Comments about Clearfield Theatre in Philadelphia, PA

amby_moho on April 13, 2026 at 4:27 pm

Port Richmond Pharmacy was located in the Clearfield Theater for decades and only recently moved to the new address you are talking about. If you look back in time on Google Street view, such as this shot from 2017 (https://tinyurl.com/4fymrx57), you can see that it used to be the Pharmacy. The Pharmacy moved because of the fire. I plan to do some investigating on site soon to see how bad the damage was.

m00se1111 on April 10, 2026 at 10:53 am

The only Port Richmond Pharmacy I know about is on E Allegheny Ave near Thompson, no where near where the Clearfield was. I also looked around online for some more info about this fire and couldn’t find anything.

Is there links or photos I might have missed? thanks.

amby_moho on April 9, 2026 at 10:56 pm

Port Richmond Pharmacy recently had a fire here :-/
I am worried that the theater is in danger of being demolished

dallasmovietheaters on April 26, 2022 at 6:49 am

The Clearfield closed at the end of a second 20-year lease permanently on August 8, 1960 after a triple feature of “Murder, Inc.” “The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond,” and “Jack, the Ripper.” That’s the way to close a theater. The address was dedicated as the new home of the Polish National Alliance Headquarters on June 22, 1962.

dedelp on September 25, 2013 at 1:45 pm

I saw “THE THING” on a saturday matinee, the entrance fee was .10, I had my eyes closed half the time as I sat in the front row & was scared to death.

PHILLYTOM on December 13, 2011 at 4:32 pm

WHAT KIND OF PHOTOGRAPHY IS THIS GOOD, LOOKSLIKE CIA (lol)

kencmcintyre on May 7, 2009 at 7:37 pm

Here is a 1951 photo from phillyhistory.org:
http://tinyurl.com/og6rsr

teegee on January 19, 2009 at 3:13 pm

I went to the Clearfield only once as a boy. MGM was running a promotion with Quaker Oats for Forbidden Planet. They put a free child’s ticket in each box of oatmeal. My dad took me to see it at the Clearfield on a double bill with Invasion of the Body Snatchers. What ever happened to double features? I don’t remember anything about the inside of the theater, but I seem to remember that the theater’s name was in blue neon above the marquee.

portrichmond on July 3, 2008 at 5:25 am

some fine photos of the clearfield are on phillyhistory.org; search 2500 e. clearfield st.

portrichmond on July 3, 2008 at 5:22 am

ken mc, do you have any other memories of the clearfield? would like to hear them, thank you.

kencmcintyre on June 13, 2008 at 10:52 pm

There is an interesting view of the theater on Google maps.

Clearfield Theatre

2512 E. Clearfield Street, Philadelphia, PA 19134

2512 E. Clearfield Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19134