Manor Theater
1729 Murray Avenue,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15217
1729 Murray Avenue,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15217
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By 2011, this was the only remaining neighborhood theater still open in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh. Usually runs national indie releases, as well as some top box office movies.
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Or maybe not.
This theater is right around the corner from my house. I love it! Not only can I walk to it, they play “national indie” films that I like.
Unless the facade was remodeled into this style, I believe it should be a “Tudor”.
Barnes and Noble is in the same building.
A 1937 photo of the Manor can be found here View link
It looks like it’s always had the Tudor style. Maybe Cinema Treasures can update this page to reflect that?
The Manor was mentioned as a Warner Bros. house in Motion Picture Times of May 5, 1931.
Boxoffice of February 8, 1965, reported: “The remodeled Manor Theatre, now a SW art house, has 1024 seats, inside ticket desk, 50-foot wall-to-wall screen, modern sound and projection, large lounge area, deep pile carpeting, plus new decorations, etc….” An item from February 1 had said that the Manor seated 884 on the main floor and 140 in the balcony.
The Stanley Warner circuit also operated the nearby Squirrel Hill Theatre, which had long been an art house. The Guild Theatre also operated as an art house at times during this period. Squirrel Hill must have been an arty neighborhood in those days.
Cinemagic closed the nearby Squirrel Hill. I hope they keep the Manor open. They show movies here that AMC won’t.
The Manor was predominantly a roadshow house back in the late 60s/early 70s: lots of UA stuff like “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Last Tango” and “Man of La Mancha.” When roadshow-style movies fell out of fashion, they experienced an identity crisis and struggled to remain in business.
It’s a miracle the theater still exists—albeit in a (sadly) tacky contempo version.
Looks somewhat similar to this:
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Apparently they’ve been doing some renovations to the Manor. Plus they’re going to have a horror film festival for October.
Also the new website is www.manorpgh.com
I take my 2010 comment back. The Manor has been recently (and beautifully) renovated, and is now Squirrel Hill’s crown jewel. Sadly, it’s also the only theater in the area now that the Squirrel Hill theater down the street has closed.