The Drexel North Theatre showed films to their loyal audiences for over half a century. It only closed when Revco Drugs purchased the building and terminated their lease in 1995.
The building was so run down that few believed it would ever find a buyer, so the theater had hung on hopefully until the Revco buyers intervened.
The venue had offered up, among other things, lots of horror from classic to camp to schlock shock.
Scary Monsters magazine dutifully noted its closing, describing the loss as the end of an era.
The monster pictured above is reminiscent of The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Note the paper 3-D glasses. Creature was, in 1954, one of the early movies to take advantage of the 3- D craze.
The Drexel North Theatre showed films to their loyal audiences for over half a century. It only closed when Revco Drugs purchased the building and terminated their lease in 1995.
The building was so run down that few believed it would ever find a buyer, so the theater had hung on hopefully until the Revco buyers intervened.
The venue had offered up, among other things, lots of horror from classic to camp to schlock shock.Scary Monsters magazine dutifully noted its closing, describing the loss as the end of an era.
The monster pictured above is reminiscent of The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Note the paper 3-D glasses. Creature was, in 1954, one of the early movies to take advantage of the 3- D craze.