Cheswick Theatre
1500 Pittsburgh Street,
Cheswick,
PA
15024
1500 Pittsburgh Street,
Cheswick,
PA
15024
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Opened as a single screen, 722 seat theatre in 1948. In 1966 a second screen was added and it became the first twinned theater in the city of Pittsburgh. In 1976 two more screens were added in a separate building across the street. In 1998 the original theater was split into three screens and stadium seating was added.
It currently exists as a fourplex with stadium seating and the twin (across the street) with traditional seating which was later closed and converted into a hardware store. The remaining screens in the original building played first-run films and the occasional art film. It was closed on November 5, 2009.
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I’ve been here a couple of times. It’s kind of a piecemeal theatre in that the screens were added over the years. But it’s kinda nice to see a flick here.
The November 5, 1949, issue of Boxoffice magazine devoted a page to the Cheswick Theatre. Owner-operator Joseph F. Mulone had done most of the labor of building the original Cheswick Theatre himself, because his financial backer had pulled out of the deal after construction had begun. It took Mulone three years of work to complete this fairly large house, which opened with 722 seats.
Renewing link.
It’s a shame this place closed. Pittsburgh is losing its independent, locally-owned cinemas.
Any news on this place?
We are the owners of Apollo Theatre of St. Marys, in Elk County, Pa. In December 2008, we became introduced to Nick Mulone, and the Cheswick Theatre and through a friendly business handshake removed all the furnishings from the twinned theatre along Pittsburgh Street. Through the generosity of Nick Mulone we were able to completely renovate our twinned 1928 opera house theatre. We are very saddened to learn of the fate of his other 4-plex theatre. This was a classy, clean, family-friendly, and very economically priced theatre. It is too bad when a new multi-plex can come into the area and patrons loose sight of the theatres that have been in existance for decades, and have given generations of families entertainnment. Our hearts go out to Nick Mulone and all of the struggles he endured in having to make the decision to close his remaining theatre.
Well said, Beansie. I like multi-plexes but you echoed my sentiments. I think there should be room for the small operator too.
The address should be Cheswick, PA 15024. Cheswick doesn’t use the Pittsburgh Zipcodes like Penn Hills, Greentree, and Dormont do.
Victor A. Rigaumont was the architect of the Cheswick Theatre. His copyright of the plans for the project was noted in a 1946 Catalog of Copyright Entries from the Library of Congress.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY PICTURES FROM THE 60’S WHEN THE CHESWICK THEATER WAS A ONE SCREEN THEATER?