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North Carey Street " near Presstman Street ""
Baltimore City, Maryland
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| The Carey Theatre
was a " black theater " located on North Carey
Street. The building , as seen above ,
was torn down in the 1970's and the site is now a
school building. Just one block to the east is
Pennsylvania Avenue and the Lenox Theatre,
which still stands. Below,
several old ads from over the years can be seen
for the Carey Theatre. |
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| Above left
, A weekly schedule for both the Carey and Lafayette
Theatre in West Baltimore City. Movies upcoming
include "Mighty
McGurk"," No Time for Comedy" and "Gas House Ride".
Both theatres were apparently run
by the same company at the time and ads
listiing several movie houses in one ad was common.
Above second to the left , a 1933 weekly ad
for the Carey Theatre. Above center right,
a 1917 circa ad for the film " The World and it's
Woman" starring Geraldine Faffar, and
finally to the right, a 1929 weekly ad
for the films " Show Boat ", "Frozen Justice", "
Hoot Gibson" and "Acquitted". |
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| Several
more old ads for the Carey Theatre : above left
, circa 1919 , was showing for " one day
only " Monday February 23rd, at the Carey Theatre.
The second ad actually shows the front of the old
theatre, and mentions that at the Carey
Theatre, one could see movies for 5 cents, while
other theatres were showing the same movies for
atleast 10 cents. The ad goes on with the entire
weekly movie schedule and reminds patrons that every
Friday and Saturday, vaudeville could be seen with a
film afterwards as well. During the week, serial
episodes were being shown. The final ad is a weekly
circa 1929 , for the film " The Cockeyed World " "
Wall Street", and "Peacock Alley" , just to name a
few. |
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