Walnut Street Theatre
825 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
19107
825 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
19107
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Enlargeable circa 1863 & 1910 photos courtesy The Library Company of Philadelphia.
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A100838?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ_jn5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFiRUhlN3Q0ZThKemREbG9QAR4M97zUJN5aG6XBiRy_
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3-17-25 Philadelphia Inquirer, in print, obit of Ruth Perlmutter, 96, states that “In 1975, she cofounded with Stuart Samuels, the Walnut Street Theatre Film/Video program.” Samuels was my film history professor at Univ of Penn 1980-81.
Opened on January 31st, 1809 per ad posted in the photo section.
1812, 1820 and 1822 grand opening ads posted.
Frank Ferrante portrayed Groucho Marx in “Groucho - A Life in Revue” at the Walnut St Theatre in 2023, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the Marx Brothers performance of “I’ll Say She Is”