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The oldest movie theater in Allentown, opened as a silent film theater on September 17, 1928. Today, also home of the Civic Theatre of Allentown, a historic community center that hosts theater, arts education, and film and is a major part of the 19th Street Theater District, a mixed use neighborhood home to nearly 140 businesses. [38]
The Stanley Theatre was the largest movie theater in Western Pennsylvania. Operated by the Stanley Warner Theatres circuit division of Warner Bros., it was Pittsburgh's main first run house for all Warner Bros. film releases. Frank Sinatra played here December 10, 1943. In 1974 War and King Crimson played at the Stanley. [5]
[5] To accompany the silent films, the theater had a large organ with a full-time organist. [5] The beliefs of Oliver Gernet turned out to be correct, as The Strand was a popular theater after World War I when the city returned to a peacetime economy. It adapted itself to sound movies about 1929/30, showing the popular films of the day.
The Allen was one of three "neighborhood" second-run theaters in the residential district of Allentown in the 1930s, the others being the Franklin Theater (1913) at 429 W. Tilghman Street and the Towne Theater (1935) at 343 N. Sixth Street; all were within a mile or two of each other.
The theater opened about an hour before sunset each night, and normally showed two films on an average evening, the first being a first-run film, the second being either a "B" movie or a second-run film. The theater was located on a hill, with gravel over the natural turf for automobiles to park.
Shankweiler's Drive-In Theatre is a single-screen drive-in movie theater located off of Route 309 in Orefield, Pennsylvania, United States.It is the oldest operational drive-in theater in the world [1] [2] It generally operates during weekends in the colder months, while playing films seven days per week during the summer season. [3]
You might say Will Ferrell streaked his way to movie stardom. Twenty years ago, the Saturday Night Live fan favorite dropped trou and raced onto Hollywood's A-list in Old School, Todd Phillips's ...
The TLA during the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. The theatre opened in 1908 as the "Crystal Palace," seating nearly 700. [4] In 1927, the venue became a concert hall. In 1941, Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corporation took over management of the venue converting it into a movie theatre. [5]