Byham Theatre
101 6th Street,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15222
101 6th Street,
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PA
15222
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1978 Films at Fulton I & Fulton II (Wednesday Dates)
Fulton I
01/01/78 The Gauntlet
01/25/78 Which Way is Up?
03/01/78 High Anxiety
04/26/78 An Unmarried Woman
05/31/78 Capricorn One
06/28/78 Convoy
07/19/78 Hooper
08/23/78 Who’ll Stop the Rain?
09/13/78 The Sound of Music
09/27/78 Death on the Nile
11/08/78 Magic
12/13/78 Superman-The Movie
Fulton II
01/01/78 Liz (X)
01/25/78 The Gauntlet (moveover)
03/01/78 Which Way is Up? (moveover)
04/12/78 The Medusa Touch
04/26/78 FM
05/10/78 The Evil
05/17/78 The French Quarter
05/24/78 The Tempter
05/31/78 An Unmarried Woman (moveover)
06/07/78 Alice, Sweet Alice
06/14/78 The End (moveover from Gateway)
06/28/78 The Great Smokey Roadblock
07/05/78 Virgin Dreams
07/12/78 The Swarm
07/26/78 Madame Bouquet (X)
08/02/78 Corvette Summer
08/09/78 Harper Valley PTA
08/23/78 The Fruit is Ripe
08/30/78 Duchess & Dirtwater Fox/Mother, Jugs, and Speed
09/06/78 The Hills Have Eyes
10/04/78 National Lampoon’s Animal House (moveover from Fiesta)
12/13/78 Magic (moveover)
12/20/78 Force 10 from Navarone
1979-81 to be posted separately
1978 Films at Fulton I & Fulton II (Wednesday Dates)
Fulton I
01/01/78 The Gauntlet
01/25/78 Which Way is Up?
03/01/78 High Anxiety
04/26/78 An Unmarried Woman
05/31/78 Capricorn One
06/28/78 Convoy
07/19/78 Hooper
08/23/78 Who’ll Stop the Rain?
09/13/78 The Sound of Music
09/27/78 Death on the Nile
11/08/78 Magic
12/13/78 Superman-The Movie
Fulton II
01/01/78 Liz (X)
01/25/78 The Gauntlet (moveover)
03/01/78 Which Way is Up? (moveover)
04/12/78 The Medusa Touch
04/26/78 FM
05/10/78 The Evil
05/17/78 The French Quarter
05/24/78 The Tempter
05/31/78 An Unmarried Woman (moveover)
06/07/78 Alice, Sweet Alice
06/14/78 The End (moveover from Gateway)
06/28/78 The Great Smokey Roadblock
07/05/78 Virgin Dreams
07/12/78 The Swarm
07/26/78 Madame Bouquet (X)
08/02/78 Corvette Summer
08/09/78 Harper Valley PTA
08/23/78 The Fruit is Ripe
08/30/78 Duchess & Dirtwater Fox/Mother, Jugs, and Speed
09/06/78 The Hills Have Eyes
10/04/78 National Lampoon’s Animal House (moveover from Fiesta)
12/13/78 Magic (moveover)
12/20/78 Force 10 from Navarone
1979-81 to be posted separately
“Thief”, with James Caan, Tuesday Weld and Robert Prosky, opened the week of March 25, 1981 at the Fulton I, where it played one week. It then moved over to the Fulton II beginning the week of April 1, 1981 where it played another two weeks.
(I still list weeks as beginning with a Wednesday date as was done in the 60s & early 70s, although the actual opening date may have been March 27, 1981 – a Friday, such as they do now.)
What I meant was that in the Cinemette or Cinemagic or Carmike listing of “Downtown Theaters” they would just put Fulton I & II and list two film titles and you really aren’t sure which film was in which auditorium.
But I will try to do the best I can.
Ron,
I’m really only interested in what played at the Fulton I, (which had 1,500 to 1,700 seats) versus what played at The Fulton Mini (aka Fulton II, which only had 235 seats). My first question was to find out whether of not “Thief” with James Caan opened at Fulton I or II in late March, 1981? If you could also give me the information of what was playing on Fulton I vs. Fulton II from the beginning of 1979 thru 1981, I would greatly appreciate it. Many of the films that started their runs in the much larger Fulton I, were moved to Fulton II after a while to make room for a new picture (this was common). Another thing I’m wondering about if there’s any record of films that might have opened in the small Fulton II that overperformed and were moved up to the main Fulton I (which was probably much less common)? It really doesn’t matter to me in the case of the twinned Bank Cinemas or the Manor because in each case both screens were nearly identical and had about the same capacities.
Yes, I have information through December 1981. However, in later years they were just called Fulton I and Fulton II. One can assume that Fulton I was probably the larger auditorium, but, like the twin Bank Cinemas, and especially the Manor in Squirrel Hill which became a quad, it’s not always possible to be totally certain of which auditorium a film played in each week just from looking at newspaper listings.
Ron,
Do you by any chance have a list of the films that played at the Fulton and Fulton Mini from 1979 until closing in the mid-‘80s?
I have that info at home – will look up & let you know tomorrow
Can anybody out there confirm for me whether “Thief” starring James Caan opened at the smaller Fulton Mini (and not the main Fulton) in late March, 1981? I’ve had conflicting reports on this.
Ron3853, if you want to backdate your files on Downtown theater bookings from January 1949 through mid-1958, I can help.
Various sources list the capacity for the Gaiety/Gayety and the later Fulton as 1,727, 1,532 and, later still, 1,475. Capacities tended to shrink as newer, wider, more-legroom seats were installed.
The Fulton for decades played nearly all first-run Universal/Universal-International pictures. It shared 20th Century Fox films about 50-50 with the nearly adjacent John P. Harris (later Gateway) Theatre.
With a tip of the hat to Ron3853 for listing the Fulton’s films from mid-1958 onward, big hits from the 1949-58 period included “Wake of the Red Witch,” “I Was a Male War Bride,” “Sands of Iwo Jima,” “Broken Arrow,” “Harvey,” “The Quiet Man,” “The Snows of Kilimanjaro,” “Hans Christian Andersen,” “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” “The Moon Is Blue,” “How to Marry a Millionaire,” “The Glenn Miller Story,” “Three Coins in the Fountain,” “The Egyptian,” “The Seven Year Itch,” “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing,” “To Hell and Back,” “Carousel,” “The King and I,”
“Written on the Wind” and “The Young Lions.”
The present Byham includes not only the original Fulton Theatre but its 235-seat sibling, a shoebox auditorium whose identity mainly was the Fulton Mini but which sometimes was called Fulton II and finally the Fulton Annex.
It was located at 101 Sixth Street (the main Fulton was at 103 Sixth Street) and opened in March 1970 with a six-week moveover engagement of “Anne of the Thousand Days.” The bill of fare was a mix of moveover runs, frequently from the Fulton, of hits such as “MAS*H,” “The Stewardesses” and “Joe” to a mix of lower-profile films, softcore porno, reissues, exploitation films and the occasional distinguished first run such as “Sounder” (18 weeks) and “Claudine.”
Eventually the Fulton Mini became the Downtown venue of Pittsburgh Filmmakers, which used what it called the Fulton Annex for foreign and independent American art fare, including Three Rivers Arts Festival screenings.
Since losing the Fulton Annex, the front part of which became the Byham’s interior box office, Pittsburgh Filmmakers has been running movies at three venues: Regent Square Theatre, Melwood Screening Room in North Oakland and a Downtown theater long known as the Art Cinema and later rechristened the Harris.
If anyone has anything relating to the premiere of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD at the Fulton in October, 1968, please email me at MURDERHAPPYCHARACTERS.com. Marquee photos, ads, flyers – anything. Original items or copies.
I attended the premiere of “Land of the Dead” at the Byham last night. The house was packed with Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez and of course George A. Romero in attendance. It was a great thrill watching the movie on a big screen in a grand old theater. Can’t wait for the Summer Film Series in August.
Does anyone have any information on the Byham Theatre, particularly the Byham Family?
Below is Part II of the list of films which played at the Fulton Theater in downtown Pittsburgh. As in the posting above, research is from microfilms of Variety and The Pittsburgh Press and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Again, the dates are the Wednesday of the opening week. This posting contains films from Janaury 1, 1964 to December 31, 1971.
01/01/64 The Cardinal
01/22/64 Kings of the Sun
02/05/64 The Victors
03/04/64 Soldier in the Rain
03/11/64 One Man’s Way
03/18/64 Flight from Ashiya
04/01/64 Some Like it Hot/Irma La Douce
04/15/64 Paris When it Sizzles
04/22/64 Lilies of the Field
05/13/64 From Russia, With Love
06/03/64 The Pink Panther
07/01/64 Good Neighbor Sam
07/22/64 McHale’s Navy
08/05/64 A Shot in the Dark
09/16/64 Woman of Straw
09/30/64 Behold a Pale Horse
10/14/64 Where Love Has Gone
10/28/64 Topkapi
11/25/64 Fail-Safe
12/16/64 Lili
12/23/64 Goldfinger
02/24/65 Strange Bedfellows
03/10/65 Mary Poppins
04/07/65 The Train
05/12/65 Fluffy
05/26/65 Mirage
06/09/64 Marriage, Italian Style
06/23/65 Von Ryan’s Express
07/14/65 Lord Jim
07/28/65 Shenandoah
08/25/65 A Very Special Favor
09/15/65 That Funny Feeling
09/29/65 The Reward
10/06/65 It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
10/13/65 Return From the Ashes
11/10/65 The Ipcress File
12/22/65 Boeing Boeing
12/29/65 Never Too Late
01/19/66 The Slender Thread
01/26/66 The Heroes of Telemark
02/09/66 Moment to Moment
02/23/66 Made in Paris
03/09/66 The Spy With My Face/To Trap a Spy
03/16/66 Inside Daisy Clover
03/23/66 The Flight of the Phoenix
03/30/66 Madame X
04/13/66 The Trouble With Angels
05/11/66 Promise Her Anything
05/18/66 The Oscar
06/01/66 North by Northwest
06/08/66 Lost Command
06/22/66 Arabesque
07/20/66 The Glass-Bottom Boat
08/17/66 Walk, Don’t Run
09/14/66 The Wild Angels
10/05/66 Mister Buddwing
10/19/66 The Appaloosa
10/26/66 Way…Way Out
11/02/66 Texas Across the River
11/23/66 The Professionals
12/21/66 Gambit
01/11/67 Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
01/25/67 A Fistful of Dollars
02/15/67 The 25th Hour
03/01/67 Deadlier Than the Male
03/15/67 The Russians are Coming…/The Fortune Cookie
03/22/67 A Countess from Hong Kong
04/12/67 Doctor, You’ve Got to Be Kidding!
04/26/67 Casino Royale
05/31/67 Devil’s Angels
06/07/67 Triple Cross
06/21/67 You Only Live Twice
07/05/67 El Dorado
07/12/67 Banning
07/19/67 Divorce, American Style
08/16/67 The Honey Pot
08/23/67 Luv
09/13/67 Murderers Row/The Silencers
09/20/67 The Flim-Flam Man
09/27/67 Beach Red
10/04/67 Hour of the Gun
10/18/67 The Happiest Millionaire
11/29/67 To Sir, With Love
12/20/67 The Ambushers
01/24/68 The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz
02/07/68 Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
05/22/68 Guns for San Sebastian
05/29/68 Wild in the Streets
06/19/68 Villa Rides!
06/26/68 Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
07/17/68 Boom
07/24/68 The Detective
08/21/68 The Secret Life of an American Wife
09/18/68 Deadfall
09/25/68 Anyone Can Play
10/02/68 From Russia, With Love/Thunderball
10/16/68 Funny Girl
12/25/68 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
02/26/69 Rachel, Rachel/The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
03/05/69 The Night of the Following Day
03/19/69 Sam Whiskey
03/26/69 Sinful Davey
04/02/69 Support Your Local Sheriff
04/23/69 The Illustrated Man
04/30/69 Hannibal Brooks
05/07/69 3 in the Attic
05/28/69 Hard Contract
06/11/69 Once Upon a Time in the West
06/18/69 True Grit
07/09/69 The April Fools
08/06/69 The Bridge at Remagen
08/13/69 Midnight Cowboy
12/17/69 Topaz
01/21/70 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
02/25/70 Gaily, Gaily
03/04/70 Anne of the Thousand Days
03/25/70 Marooned
04/08/70 The Ballad of Cable Hogue
04/15/70 In Search of the Castaways
04/22/70 The Kremlin Letter
04/29/70 The Liberation of L. B. Jones
05/13/70 A Walk in the Spring Rain
05/27/70 One More Time
06/03/70 The Grasshopper
06/17/70 Ned Kelly
06/24/70 The Hawaiians
07/15/70 They Call Me Mister Tibbs
07/29/70 Two Mules for Sister Sara
08/19/70 El Condor
08/26/70 Move
09/09/70 Darker Than Amber
09/16/70 The Professionals/In Cold Blood
09/23/70 Hotel
09/30/70 Watermelon Man
10/07/70 Doctor Zhivago
10/14/70 Lovers and Other Strangers
12/23/70 Tora! Tora! Tora!
02/10/71 Cromwell
02/24/71 Cold Turkey
04/07/71 Pretty Maids All in a Row
04/21/71 THX 1138
05/05/71 The House That Dripped Blood
05/12/71 The Beguiled
05/26/71 Cat O'Nine Tails
06/09/71 What’s the Matter With Helen?
06/23/71 Plaza Suite
07/21/71 The Last Run
07/28/71 Shaft
08/25/71 The Omega Man
09/29/71 The Todd Killings
10/06/71 The Clay Pigeon
10/13/71 Kotch
11/17/71 Catlow
11/24/71 Man in the Wilderness
12/22/71 $
Films from January 1, 1972 on will be provided in later postings.
Below is a list of the motion pictures that played at the Fulton Theater from Jul. 2, 1958 to Decemnber 31, 1963. Films from 1964 to 1975 will be listed in later posts due to space consideration. Research is from microfilms of Variety and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Pittsburgh Press. The dates listed are the Wednesday of the week that the film opened, as in those days new films opened on Wednesdays, rather than the Friday openings we have today.
07/02/58 A Time to Love, A Time to Die
07/16/58 Kathy O
07/23/58 Twilight for the Gods
08/06/58 Sierra Baron
08/13/58 A Certain Smile
08/27/58 Raw Wind in Eden
09/03/58 The Law and Jake Wade
09/10/58 Dunkirk
09/17/58 A Tale of Two Cities
09/24/58 Harry Black and the Tiger
10/01/58 Villa
10/08/58 The Barbarian and the Geisha
10/22/58 Secret Conclave
10/29/58 The Blob/I Married a Monster from Outer Space
11/05/58 Tom Sawyer
11/12/58 Torpedo Run
11/19/58 Mardi Gras
12/10/58 The Restless Years
12/17/58 The World in His Arms/Bend of the River
12/24/58 The Roots of Heaven
01/07/59 The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
01/21/59 No Name on the Bullet
01/28/59 The Perfect Furlough
02/18/59 The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
02/25/59 Never Steal Anything Small
03/04/59 A Night to Remember
03/18/59 The Night of the Quarter Moon
03/25/59 Stranger in My Arms
04/01/59 Imitation of Life
05/27/59 Compulsion
06/10/59 A Woman Obsessed
06/17/59 The Man Who Could Cheat Death/Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure
06/24/59 This Earth is Mine
07/22/59 Holiday for Lovers
08/05/59 The Mummy
08/12/59 Go Johnny Go
08/19/59 Blue Denim
09/16/59 Tamango
09/30/59 Five Gates to Hell
10/14/59 Pillow Talk
11/25/59 Beloved Infidel
12/16/59 No Way Out
12/23/59 Operation Petticoat
02/17/60 Masters of the Congo Jungle
03/02/60 The Story on Page One
03/09/60 Dog of Flanders
03/23/60 The Glenn Miller Story
04/06/60 The Snow Queen/Circus Stars
04/20/60 Wake Me When It’s Over
05/04/60 Flame Over India
05/11/60 Crack in the Mirror
05/25/60 Wild River
06/01/60 The Cossacks
06/08/60 David and Bathsheba
06/15/60 Operation Amsterdam
06/22/60 Brides of Dracula
06/29/60 Portrait of Black
07/27/60 The Lost World
08/10/60 From the Terrace
09/14/60 Carousel
09/21/60 September Storm
10/05/60 Desire in the Dust
10/12/60 Key Witness/The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
10/19/60 The Secret of the Purple Reef
10/26/60 The Miracle Fatima
11/02/60 Midnight Lace
11/16/60 North to Alaska
12/07/60 Esther and the King
12/21/60 The Grass is Greener
02/01/61 Flaming Star
02/08/61 Circle of Deception
02/15/61 The Great Imposter
03/29/61 All Hands on Deck
04/12/61 Sanctuary
04/26/61 The Secret Ways
05/03/61 The Right Approach
05/10/61 Question 7
05/17/61 The Big Show
05/24/61 Five Golden Hours/Mad Dog Coll
06/07/61 The Last Sunset
06/28/61 Snow White and the 3 Stooges
07/05/61 Master of the World
07/19/61 Tammy Tell Me True
08/02/61 Spartacus
08/23/61 Come September
10/04/61 The Hustler
11/01/61 Back Street
12/06/61 Mr. Sardonicus
12/13/61 Mysterious Island
12/27/61 The Second Time Around
01/10/62 Sail A Crooked Ship
01/17/62 Bachelor Flat
02/06/62 CLOSED – REMODELING
02/28/62 El Cid
06/13/62 Lisa
06/20/62 Advise and Consent
07/04/62 Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
07/18/62 The Notorious Landlady
08/08/62 Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
08/22/62 The Interns
10/03/62 Marco Polo
10/10/62 Pressure Point
10/24/62 Requiem for a Heavyweight
11/14/62 The Manchurian Candidate
12/19/62 The Longest Day
03/20/63 Love is a Ball
04/03/63 The Miracle of the White Stallions
04/17/63 My Six Loves
04/24/63 I Could Go on Singing
05/01/63 Lawrence of Arabia
06/19/63 Bye Bye Birdie
07/24/63 The Great Escape
08/21/63 Irma La Douce
10/23/63 Twilight of Honor
11/06/63 Shock Corridor
11/13/63 Under the Yum Yum Tree
12/18/63 The Cardinal
As the Fulton, this theatre was host to the world premiere of George A. Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead”.