Liberty Theatre
1217 East Carson Street,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15203
1217 East Carson Street,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15203
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This theater, formerly on Pittsburgh’s South Side, was called the K & K Opera House from at least 1911-19. At some point it was identified as the Rex, but it was not the same Rex located even today at 1602 East Carson Street.
It became one a few theaters in and around Pittsburgh called the Liberty, an identity it assumed in 1920. I’m wary of a research note that suggests it operated as a movie house until 1960 because I cannot remember it existing that recently.
By 1983 the site of this theatre was a surface parking lot.
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Ed Blank
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It was operating as the Liberty in 1950, as a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article in July of that year noted a fire in the theater.
My Grandfather, Otto Belasco, was a projectionist here. He accompanied silent films with his piano playing. He was an accomplished musician.
My Grandfather, Louis Michaels, built and operated the Liberty Theater and the Rex Theater on South Side. For that time period, the Liberty Theater was a large entertainment center that included bowling lanes and a large pool room. There were midnight shows, famous live acts, and a great deal of community involvement.