LaBelle Theater
311 D Street,
South Charleston,
WV
25303
311 D Street,
South Charleston,
WV
25303
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The LaBelle Theater opened around 1940. It continued as a movie theatre until at least 1950. It is used as a museum and still has film capability for showing documentaries.
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This is a photo of the LaBelle Theater.
Here is a 2007 photo of the LaBelle Theater.
Here’s a 2007 view of the very nicely redone LaBelle Theater: http://www.boxsetgallery.com/stein/index2.html
I think I used to go to this theater a lot as a kid. I think I saw my first horror movie here (if you consider Gremlins to be horror). I was 5. I think I also saw Flight of the Navigator here. Maybe someone can help me with this. Was the LaBelle lobby decorated with decals of Disney characters? If so, then I remember this theater.
Google streetview of the LaBelle:
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Is this theater still around? I am in the process of buying and rehabbing the Philippi Grand and if it proves profitable I want to work on reopening other theaters in WV, KY, OH, PA, MD, and VA. There are so many wonderful old theaters with more character than any modern cookie cutter places.
I WAS AT THIS THEATER ON JAN 8TH FOR TRAINING, AND I FIND THEIR WATER ONLY POLICY DISGUSTING, NOT EVERYONE LIKES TO DRINK WATER. MY HUSBAND HAD ICED COFFEE & I HAD ICED TEA & THIS WOMEN TOLD ME I HAD TO TAKE THEM OUTSIDE SO I TOOK THEM OUTSIDE & DUMPED THEM ON THE SIDEWALK NEAR THE FLOWER PLANTER. WHEN I CAME BACK IN SHE GOT VERY RUDE & ASKED WHY I DID THAT, I TOLD HER SHE IS HE ONE WHO TOLD ME TO TAKE THEM OUTSIDE. WHAT DID SHE THINK I WAS GOING TO DO WITH THEM. SHE THEN GOES TO THE MAN WHO WAS TRAINING US & LIED TO HIM & TOLD THEM I THREW IT ON THE BUILDING. I DON’T TAKE KINDLY TO SOMEONE LYING ABOUT ME. OF COURSE I WAS MAD BUT I’M NOT STUPID, IF I HAD REALLY WANTED TO THROW THEM AT THE BUILDING I WOULD HAVE THROWN THEM AT THE DOOR NOT ON THE SIDEWALK NEAR THE FLOWER PLANTER. BUT I AM NOT THAT KIND OF PERSON.SHE THEN TELLS THE TRAINER SHE WANTS US TO LEAVE. I THINK THIS WOMEN OWES ME AN APOLOGY FOR LYING. I DON’T THINK I WOULD EVER RETURN TO THIS THEATER ANY WAYS SINCE WE CAN’T TAKE ANY THING BUT WATER INSIDE BECAUSE I CAN’T SIT FOR THAT LONG WITHOUT TEA.