Cinema 4
3075 W. Liberty Avenue,
Dormont,
PA
15126
3075 W. Liberty Avenue,
Dormont,
PA
15126
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The Cinema 4 in Dormont (Pittsburgh) has been abandoned for several years as its marquee (which I saw yesterday 9/21/2004) attests:
“Along Came a Spider"
(and another picture whose name I’ve just forgotten)
yet hangs over the front door. The theater enjoyed a lively popularity in the 1950’s and 1960’s as residents would walk from their homes to enjoy its weekly thrills and chills.
If anyone has any information on this great old theater, please add your comments.
It was demolished in May/June 2010.
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The demolition is just about completed; picture here: View link
during one of the first runs of “NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD” our resident mouser, Bootsy J. Hill, escaped from his dressing room back stage and calmly walked through the auditorium and jumped onto the back of one of the seats….a women fainted, left via stretcher. good times. i loved that cat. ;–)
WE WUZ THE S.H.T.!
I was just driving along West Liberty Ave. yesterday and the sad sight of the demolished South Hills Theater just caught my eye. I stopped and took photos.
R.I.P. South Hills Theater. Thanks for many great memories.
Denny:
Please consider sharing your photos (and memories) with the South Hills Theater community at Facebook!
Phil
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Sadly the South Hills Theatre died the day they decided to split it up , and add more screens.. Why would idiots do that to such a wonderfull old Theatre??That is not rain,, That is John crying as he looks down and sees his beloved Theatre being gone, for a stupid drug store…
You are absolutely right on all counts, norelco. It’s just as painful as seeing a beautiful drive-in theater being demolished for a (yuck!) Wal-Mart.
Moviebuff,,, I waas the one who wrote the post about you dad and I am sorry… It was mass confusion that night. I was at the Warner when Marty our business agent called and he was'nt sure where or when it happened, but he knew it happened.. I ended up going there the next day to work all day.. I was really sad your dad was a good friend and a fellow projectionist…He liked me from day one, because I was really into projectors and he could'nt get over how someone as young as me knew so much About them, We spent many hours up in the booth of the SHT, He always sat on a green chair that tilted back in the room next to the booth, I would sit on the other one…We used to all get together after work and meet at a place called Cips, right up the street from the Theatre on the oppositew side of the street…How I miss those days and how we all miss John….
great stories sad ending.
Do I know you, norelco?
The Cinema 4 was my first theater after I got my union card.
To former employees of the South Hills Theatre:
My former SHT co-workers and I are searching for former South Hills Theatre projectionist, John O'Reilly. We would like to reconnect and say “hello” to John if possible. He worked at the theater from perhaps 1983 until 1985 or 1986. We are assuming he is in his early to mid 50’s now. If anyone here knows anything about John, could you please share any information about John’s whereabouts with us? We tried finding him on Facebook, but it’s quite challenging with such a common name. We do not even know if he resides in the Pittsburgh area today. Sorry that I do not have more information to go on. Thank you for any help you can give us.