Shea's Elmwood Theatre

539 Elmwood Avenue,
Buffalo, NY 14222

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rivest266
rivest266 on October 6, 2022 at 3:14 pm

Held a reopening on May 15th. 1963. Ad posted.

rivest266
rivest266 on September 20, 2022 at 10:57 am

Closed in 1965 per newspaper listings

Franksbail
Franksbail on October 21, 2014 at 8:31 am

I’m new here but you are right. It was not a large theater but the balcony was closed to kids when I started to go there about 1963. Then after the bank fire and the decision to tear it down was made, I was not happy. Great Saturday matanee’s for a dollar.

RobbDelman
RobbDelman on April 19, 2013 at 4:11 pm

Just found this site or I would have responded earlier. You are correct, as I (deathly afraid of heights) instantly regretted my friends' suggestion that we “go upstairs”.

alknobloch
alknobloch on April 14, 2013 at 11:55 am

I guess not!!

alknobloch
alknobloch on September 7, 2009 at 6:38 am

I was only in this theater once, but as I recall it was a very large but not particularly long building with an extremely high balcony that was rather nausea-inducing when looking sharply down at the screen. There’s gotta be someone else who remembers being here and hopefully can back me up —