Menlo Theater
523 Fallowfield Avenue,
Charleroi,
PA
15022
523 Fallowfield Avenue,
Charleroi,
PA
15022
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The Majestic Theater was opened in April 1915. It was a ‘reverse’ theatre with the screen at the front of the building behind the façade. By 1939 it had been renamed Menlo Theater. It was still open in 1950 but had closed by 1952.
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This theater was originally the Majestic. I am assumming it became the Menlo when the Moody-Dickinson chain bought it. I am interested in scale modelling the Charleroi Theaters. If anyone has a pix of the Menlo, State, or last version Palace, I would appreciate it in an email (any quality fine).
The Menlo building still has the marquee anchors in place. The first floor theater was totally ripped out to make storerooms. It had a rising floor (the screen backwards on the front of the room).
The local kids nick-named it the “Ranch House”. It largely showed B movies, serials, etc.
The April 10, 1915, issue of The Moving Picture World had an item about the Majestic Theatre, which was probably opened before the issue’s date:
from Rueben Fear : yes indeed, became the Menlo when the Moody-Dickinson chain bought it. The first floor theater was totally ripped out to make storerooms. It had a rising floor (the screen backwards on the front of the room). The local kids nick-named it the “Ranch House”. It largely showed B movies and serials. The lion head awning supports are still in place and the white brick points to the original location… HankDevigne
Correct number is 523, not 528.
The Menlo Theatre, then owned by Leon Reichblum, was mentioned in the July 1, 1940 issue of Film Daily, in an item about the opening of Reichblum’s new State Theatre in Charleroi. Reichblum also operated houses in Wilkinsburg and Castle Shannon, though the item didn’t give their names. However, the June 7, 1939 issue of Variety said that Reichblum’s house in Wilkinsburg was called the State. The Variety item also mentioned the Menlo.