Favini Theatre

The Film Daily Yearbook;1950 edition shows a street address for the Favini Theatre, 1610 Pittston Avenue, Scranton, PA.

My aunt tells me that her mother, who recently died at the age of 97, attended this theater on the south side of Scranton as a young girl. It was in the Italian section of town and many of those attending the silent films at this house were recent immigrants. They could not read the English captions, so their children would often read them out loud during the film. It was nicknamed by many "The Garlic House."