Harris Theater

223 S. 4th Street,
Jeannette, PA 15644

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on July 23, 2009 at 6:15 am

The Harris Theatre of Jeannette was in operation prior to 1939, at the time the Harris Amusement Company took a lease on Michael Manos’s new Manos Theatre in the same town. The new house operated as the Harris-Manos Theatre until 1949, at which time operation was taken over by the Manos circuit. The Harris circuit continued to operate the Harris Theatre as well during this decade.

In 1950, Manos bought the Harris Theatre, ending the Harris circuit’s presence in Jeannette. The March 25 issue of Boxoffice that year said that Michael Manos had closed the Harris Theatre. I’ve not found any later mentions of the Harris in Boxoffice.

lostmemory
lostmemory on November 29, 2008 at 4:00 am

In 1955 the Harris Theater had 328 seats.

Patsy
Patsy on July 31, 2007 at 8:57 pm

DavidStear: Do you know of a former Harris Theatre that was in Butler PA?

DavidStear
DavidStear on May 31, 2002 at 8:55 pm

This theater’s name before it was converted to a social club was Harris Theater. It was presumably of the Harris chain.