Manos Theatre

Joe Vogel on December 19, 2022 at 9:43 pm

The rather small entrance building of the Manos Theatre is still standing, but historic aerial photos show, conclusively, that the much larger auditorium behind it was demolished sometime between 1982 and 1993.

dallasmovietheaters on July 1, 2022 at 8:12 pm

The Ritz opened April 3, 1924 with Norma Shearer in “Lucretia Lombard.” Just four months later, it had competition from the Indiana Theatre which was opened July 16, 1924. It closed September 16, 1980 with “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”

Projector_4318 on April 6, 2017 at 1:18 pm

Thanks Johnny. I’ll reach out to you!

Projector_4318 on April 4, 2017 at 2:43 pm

Hi Johnny, thanks for getting back to me. Are there parts still available other than eBay? I also received a Century model MSA that I would like to restore. I listed the two SA’s in my area’s Craigslist. We’re you the projectionist at Manos?

Projector_4318 on April 3, 2017 at 1:39 pm

Hello Cinema Friends, I have the two projectors that came out of the Manos Theater in Indiana, PA, back when it closed. They were then shipped off to Carmine Cinema IV at the Laurel Mall in Connersville and stayed there until the recent closure. Can anyone tell me about these projectors? They are the Century Model SA. I was hoping to talk with a projectionist about these. Thanks, Greg in the Cleveland, OH area.

RSM3853 on June 27, 2016 at 7:50 am

Movies at the Manos – Indiana, PA from November 27, 1957-December 31, 1969 WednesdayINDIANA COUNTY DateManos (Indiana) 11/27/57Pal Joey/April Love 12/04/57April Love – The Pursuit of the Graf Spee 12/11/57Rodan/Hell in Korea – Norah’s Ark/Raiders of Old California 12/18/57Baby Face Nelson – Love Me Tender/Bernardine 12/25/57Kiss Them for Me DateManos (Indiana) 01/01/58Don’t Go Near the Water 01/08/58The Pride and the Passion – God is My Partner 01/15/58My Man Godfrey – Les Girls 01/22/58Les Girls – The Sad Sack 01/29/58The Sad Sack – Sayonara 02/05/58Sayonara – Let’s Be Happy 02/12/58Legend of the Lost – The Story of Esther Costello 02/19/58Peyton Place 02/26/58Peyton Place – Old Yeller 03/05/58Old Yeller – Raintree County 03/12/58Raintree County – The Tarnished Angels 03/19/58The Tarnished Angels – Darby’s Rangers 03/26/58Darby’s Rangers/The Gift of Love 04/02/58Gift of Love – The Brothers Karamazov 04/09/58The Brothers Karamazov – A Farewell to Arms 04/16/58A Farewell to Arms – Witness for the Prosecution 04/23/58Witness for the Prosecution – Marjorie Morningstar 04/30/58Marjorie Morningstar 05/07/58The Young Lions 05/14/58The Young Lions – The Bridge on the River Kwai 05/21/58The Bridge on the River Kwai 05/28/58The Bridge on the River Kwai – The Long Hot Summer 06/04/58The Long Hot Summer – Merry Andrew 06/11/58Paris Holiday – God’s Little Acre 06/18/58God’s Little Acre – Wild is the Wind 06/25/58Desire Under the Elms – Teacher’s Pet 07/02/58Teacher’s Pet – This Happy Feeling 07/09/58This Happy Feeling – A Time to Love and a Time to Die 07/16/58A Time to Love and a Time to Die – The Light in the Forest 07/23/58The Light in the Forest – Around the World in 80 Days 07/30/58Around the World in 80 Days 08/06/58Around the World in 80 Days – The Key 08/13/58The Key – Imitation General 08/20/58Imitation General – The Bravados 08/27/58The Bravados – The Naked and the Dead 09/03/58The Naked and the Dead – Andy Hardy Comes Home 09/10/58Tank Force – Raw Wind in Eden 09/17/58Raw Wind in Eden – The Matchmaker 09/24/58The Matchmaker – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 10/01/58Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 10/08/58Harry Black and the Tiger – La Parisienne 10/15/58La Parisienne – The Barbarian and the Geisha 10/22/58The Barbarian and the Geisha – Damn Yankees 10/29/58Damn Yankees – The Big Country 11/05/58The Big Country – In Love and War 11/12/58In Love and War – Gigi 11/19/58Gigi – The Defiant Ones 11/26/58The Defiant Ones – Mardi Gras 12/03/58Mardi Gras – Tunnel of Love 12/10/58Tunnel of Love – The Reluctant Debutante 12/17/58The Reluctant Debutante – The Geisha Boy 12/24/58The Geisha Boy – The Buccaneer 12/31/58The Buccaneer – Houseboat DateManos (Indiana) 01/07/59Houseboat – The Inn of the Sixth Happiness 01/14/59The Inn of the Sixth Happiness – The Roots of Heaven 01/21/59The Roots of Heaven – I Want to Live 01/28/59I Want to Live – Home Before Dark 02/04/59Home Before Dark – Some Came Running 02/11/59Some Came Running – Auntie Mame 02/18/59Auntie Mame – Tonka 02/25/59Tonka – Separate Tables 03/04/59Separate Tables – Rally Round the Flag, Boys 03/11/59Rally Round the Flag, Boys – The Journey 03/18/59The Journey – Bell, Book, and Candle 03/25/59Bell, Book, and Candle – The Perfect Furlough 04/01/59The Perfect Furlough – Tempest 04/08/59Tempest – The Miracle of St. Therese 04/15/59The Miracle of St. Therese – Green Mansions 04/22/59Green Mansions – Rio Bravo 04/29/59Rio Bravo – Imitation of Life 05/06/59Imitation of Life 05/13/59Imitation of Life – Count Your Blessings 05/20/59Count Your Blessings – Compulsion 05/27/59Compulsion – The Mating Game 06/03/59The Mating Game – Gidget/Senior Prom 06/10/59Gidget/Senior Prom – Woman Obsessed 06/17/59Woman Obsessed – It Happened to Jane 06/24/59It Happened to Jane – Alias Jesse James 07/01/59Alias Jesse James – Ask Any Girl 07/08/59Ask Any Girl – The Young Philadelphians 07/15/59The Young Philadelphians – Hercules 07/22/59Hercules – The Diary of Anne Frank 07/29/59The Diary of Anne Frank – South Pacific 08/05/59South Pacific 08/12/59South Pacific – Blood of Dracula – North by Northwest 08/19/59North by Northwest – The Five Pennies 08/26/59The Five Pennies – A Private’s Affair 09/02/59A Private’s Affair – Anatomy of a Murder 09/09/59Anatomy of a Murder 09/16/59Anatomy of the Murder – Middle of the Night 09/23/59Middle of the Night – The Blue Angel 09/30/59The Blue Angel – Darby O'Gill and the Little People 10/07/59Darby O'Gill and the Little People – It Started With a Kiss 10/14/59Say One for Me – The Man Who Understood Women 10/21/59Gilda – For the First Time 10/28/59For the First Time – Pillow Talk 11/04/59Pillow Talk – The Best of Everything 11/11/59The Best of Everything – The FBI Story 11/18/59The FBI Story – A Summer Place 11/25/59A Summer Place – They Came to Cordura 12/02/59They Came to Cordura – Career 12/09/59Career – The Devil’s Disciple 12/16/59The Devil’s Disciple – Li'l Abner 12/23/59Li'l Abner 12/30/59Beloved Infidel/The Rookie DateManos (Indiana) 01/06/60Beloved Infidel – The Wreck of the Mary Deare 01/13/60The Wreck of the Mary Deare – Journey to the Center of the Earth 01/20/60Journey to the Center of the Earth – Never So Few 01/27/60Never So Few – Operation Petticoat 02/03/60Operation Petticoat 02/10/60Operation Petticoat – The Miracle 02/17/60The Miracle – Suddenly Last Summer 02/24/60Suddenly Last Summer – On the Beach 03/02/60On the Beach – The Gazebo 03/09/60The Gazebo – Solomon & Sheba 03/16/60Solomon & Sheba 03/23/60Solomon & Sheba – The Bramble Bush 03/30/60The Bramble Bush – The Big Fisherman 04/06/60The Big Fisherman – Cash McCall 04/13/60Cash McCall – Who Was that Lady? 04/20/60Who Was That Lady? – Please Don’t Eat the Daisies 04/27/60Please Don’t Eat the Daisies – The Last Voyage 05/04/60The Last Voyage – Home From the Hill 05/11/60Home From the Hill – Tall Story 05/18/60Tall Story – Wake Me When It’s Over 05/25/60Wake Me When It’s Over – Sergeant Rutledge 06/01/60Sergeant Rutledge – I Passed for White 06/08/60I Passed for White – Crack in the Mirror 06/15/60Crack in the Mirror – The Mountain Road 06/22/60The Mountain Road – Wild River 06/29/60Wild River – Hannibal 07/06/60Hannibal – The Story of Ruth 07/13/60The Story of Ruth – Portrait in Black 07/20/60Portrait in Black 07/27/60Portrait in Black – Ice Palace 08/03/60Ice Palace – Pollyanna 08/10/60Pollyanna – Strangers When We Meet 08/17/60Strangers When We Meet – Psycho 08/24/60Psycho 08/31/60Psycho – Hell to Eternity 09/07/60Hell to Eternity – It Started in Naples 09/14/60It Started in Naples – All the Fine Young Cannibals 09/21/60All the Fine Young Cannibals – Let’s Make Love 09/28/60Let’s Make Love – From the Terrace 10/05/60From the Terrace 10/12/60The Crowded Sky – The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 10/19/60The Dark at the Top of the Stairs – Desire in the Dust 10/26/60Desire in the Dust – I Aim at the Stars! 11/02/60Sons and Lovers – Girl of the Night 11/09/60Girl of the Night – Midnight Lace 11/16/60Midnight Lace – The Magnificent Seven 11/23/60The Magnificent Seven – High Time 11/30/60High Time – Song Without End 12/07/60Sunrise at Campobello – Where the Hot Wind Blows 12/14/60Where the Hot Wind Blows – Cinderfella 12/21/60Cinderfella 12/28/60Butterfield 8 DateManos (Indiana) 01/04/61Butterfield 8 – Inherit the Wind 01/11/61Inherit the Wind – The Grass is Greener 01/18/61The Grass is Greener – The Sundowners 01/25/61The Sundowners – The Wackiest Ship in the Army 02/01/61The Wackiest Ship in the Army – The Misfits 02/08/61The Misfits – Swiss Family Robinson 02/15/61Swiss Family Robinson 02/22/61Swiss Family Robinson – Can-Can 03/01/61Can-Can – The Great Imposter 03/08/61The Great Imposter – Where the Boys Are 03/15/61Where the Boys Are – The World of Suzie Wong 03/22/61The World of Suzie Wong – The Millionairess 03/29/61The Millionairess – All in a Night’s Work 04/05/61All in a Night’s Work – Cimarron 04/12/61Cimarron – 101 Dalmatians 04/19/61101 Dalmatians 04/26/61101 Dalmatians – The Hoodlum Priest 05/03/61The Hoodlum Priest – The Absent-Minded Professor 05/10/61The Absent-Minded Professor 05/17/61The Absent-Minded Professor – Pepe 05/24/61Pepe – The Young Savages 05/31/61The Young Savages – One-Eyed Jacks 06/07/61One-Eyed Jacks – Two Loves 06/14/61Two Loves – Return to Peyton Place 06/21/61Return to Peyton Place – The Last Time I Saw Archie 06/28/61The Last Time I Saw Archie – All Hands on Deck 07/05/61All Hands on Deck – By Love Possessed 07/12/61By Love Possessed – The Parent Trap 07/19/61The Parent Trap – Tammy Tell Me True 07/26/61Tammy Tell Me True – The Naked Edge 08/02/61The Naked Edge – Fanny 08/09/61Fanny – Goodbye Again 08/16/61Goodbye Again – The Guns of Navarone 08/23/61The Guns of Navarone 08/30/61The Guns of Navarone – Ada 09/06/61Ada – Come September 09/13/61Come September – The Pleasure of His Company 09/20/61The Pleasure of His Company – Exodus 09/27/61Exodus – The Young Doctors 10/04/61The Young Doctors – Greyfriar’s Bobby 10/11/61Greyfriar’s Bobby – Splendor in the Grass 10/18/61Splendor in the Grass – The Hustler 10/25/61The Hustler – White Christmas 11/01/61White Christmas – Back Street 11/08/61Back Street – Francis of Assisi 11/15/61Francis of Assisi – The Devil at 4 O'Clock 11/22/61The Devil at 4 O'Clock 11/29/61The Devil at 4 O'Clock – Susan Slade 12/06/61Susan Slade – Bridge to the Sun 12/13/61Bridge to the Sun – The Comancheros 12/20/61The Comancheros 12/27/61The Comancheros – Bachelor in Paradise DateManos (Indiana) 01/03/62Bachelor in Paradise – Pocketful of Miracles 01/10/62Pocketful of Miracles – Bachelor Flat 01/17/62Bachelor Flat – Flower Drum Song 01/24/62Flower Drum Song – The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone 01/31/62The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone – The Errand Boy 02/07/62The Errand Boy – The Second Time Around 02/14/62The Second Time Around – One Two Three 02/21/62One Two Three – Lover Come Back 02/28/62Lover Come Back – Sergeants 3 03/07/62Sergeants 3 – A Majority of One 03/14/62A Majority of One – Babes in Toyland 03/21/62Babes in Toyland – King of Kings 03/28/62King of Kings 04/04/62King of Kings – Satan Never Sleeps 04/11/62Satan Never Sleeps – Summer and Smoke 04/18/62Summer and Smoke – Tender is the Night 04/25/62Tender is the Night – Pinocchio 05/02/62Pinocchio – The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse 05/09/62The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse – Rome Adventure 05/16/62Rome Adventure – Walk on the Wild Side 05/23/62Walk on the Wild Side – Moon Pilot 05/30/62Moon Pilot – The Day the Earth Caught Fire 06/06/62The Day the Earth Caught Fire – Cape Fear 06/13/62Cape Fear – The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence 06/20/62The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence – Judgement at Nuremberg 06/27/62Judgement at Nuremberg – Sweet Bird of Youth 07/04/62Sweet Bird of Youth – The Road to Hong Kong 07/11/62The Road to Hong Kong – Advise and Consent 07/18/62Advise and Consent – The Counterfeit Traitor 07/25/62The Counterfeit Traitor – Big Red 08/01/62Big Red – The Notorious Landlady 08/08/62The Notorious Landlady – Bon Voyage 08/15/62Bon Voyage – Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man 08/22/62Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man – Ben-Hur 08/29/62Ben-Hur – The Music Man 09/05/62The Music Man 09/12/62The Music Man – The Spiral Road 09/19/62The Spiral Road – The Miracle Worker 09/26/62The Miracle Worker – West Side Story 10/03/62West Side Story 10/10/62West Side Story – The 300 Spartans 10/17/62The 300 Spartans – I Thank a Fool 10/24/62I Thank a Fool – Hatari 10/31/62Hatari – The Chapman Report 11/07/62The Chapman Report – The Pigeon That Took Rome 11/14/62The Pigeon That Took Rome – If a Man Answers 11/21/62If a Man Answers – Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? 11/28/62Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? – Almost Angels/Lady and the Tramp 12/05/62Almost Angels/Lady and the Tramp – The War Lover 12/12/62The War Lover – A Very Private Affair/Boy’s Night Out 12/19/62A Very Private Affair/Boy’s Night Out – Period of Adjustment 12/26/62Period of Adjustment – Billy Rose’s Jumbo DateManos (Indiana) 01/02/63Billy Rose’s Jumbo – The Manchurian Candidate 01/09/63The Manchurian Candidate – Gypsy 01/16/63Gypsy – Taras Bulba 01/23/63Taras Bulba – In Search of the Castaways 01/30/63In Search of the Castaways – Gigot 02/06/63Gigot – Barabbas 02/13/63Barabbas – 40 Pounds of Trouble 02/20/6340 Pounds of Trouble – It’s Only Money 02/27/63It’s Only Money – Son of Flubber 03/06/63Son of Flubber – Diamond Head 03/13/63Diamond Head – Follow the Boys 03/20/63Follow the Boys – Billy Budd 03/27/63Billy Budd – Sodom and Gomorrah 04/03/63Sodom and Gomorrah – A Child is Waiting 04/10/63A Child is Waiting – The Courtship of Eddie’s Father 04/17/63The Courtship of Eddie’s Father – To Kill a Mockingbird 04/24/63To Kill a Mockingbird – The Miracle of the White Stallions 05/01/63The Miracle of the White Stallions – The Days of Wine and Roses 05/08/63The Days of Wine and Roses – The Birds 05/15/63The Birds – The Ugly American 05/22/63The Ugly American – Come Fly With Me 05/29/63Come Fly With Me – Critic’s Choice 06/05/63Critic’s Choice – I Could Go On Singing 06/12/63I Could Go On Singing – Two for the Seesaw 06/19/63Two for the Seesaw – The Main Attraction 06/26/63The Main Attraction – Tammy and the Doctor/The Bashful Elephant 07/03/63Tammy and the Doctor/The Bashful Elephant – Mutiny on the Bounty 07/10/63Mutiny on the Bounty – Donovan’s Reef 07/17/63Donovan’s Reef – 55 Days at Peking 07/24/6355 Days at Peking – Come Blow Your Horn 07/31/63Come Blow Your Horn – Spencer’s Mountain 08/07/63Spencer’s Mountain – Summer Magic 08/14/63Summer Magic – The Great Escape 08/21/63The Great Escape – The Day of the Triffids 08/28/63The Day of the Triffids – Irma La Douce 09/04/63Irma La Douce – PT 109 09/11/63PT 109 – The Thrill of It All 09/18/63The Thrill of It All – The Condemned of Altona 09/25/63The Condemned of Altona – The VIPs 10/02/63The VIPs – For Love or Money 10/09/63For Love or Money – Stolen Hours 10/16/63Stolen Hours – Lawrence of Arabia 10/23/63Lawrence of Arabia – Twilight of Honor 10/30/63Twilight of Honor – The Running Man 11/06/63The Running Man – 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 11/13/6320,000 Leagues Under the Sea – Rampage 11/20/63Rampage – Take Her, She’s Mine 11/27/63Take Her, She’s Mine – The Wheeler Dealers 12/04/63The Wheeler Dealers – A New Kind of Love 12/11/63A New Kind of Love – Lilies of the Field 12/18/63Lilies of the Field – Santa Claus – White Christmas 12/25/63The Incredible Journey – Mary, Mary DateManos (Indiana) 01/01/64Mary, Mary – McLintock 01/08/64McLintock – Under the Yum Yum Tree 01/15/64Under the Yum Yum Tree – Charade 01/22/64Charade – Palm Springs Weekend 01/29/64Palm Springs Weekend – The Prize 02/05/64The Prize – The Sword in the Stone 02/12/64The Sword in the Stone – The Cardinal 02/19/64The Cardinal – Four for Texas 02/26/64Four for Texas – Man’s Favorite Sport 03/04/64Man’s Favorite Sport – Love with the Proper Stranger 03/11/64Love with the Proper Stranger – Move Over, Darling 03/18/64Move Over, Darling – The Incredible Mr. Limpet 03/25/64The Incredible Mr. Limpet – The Brass Bottle 04/01/64The Brass Bottle – The Victors 04/08/64The Victors – The Misadventures of Merlin Jones 04/15/64The Misadventures of Merlin Jones – Seven Days in May 04/22/64Seven Days in May – Tom Jones 04/29/64Tom Jones 05/06/64Tom Jones – Captain Newman, MD 05/13/64Captain Newman, MD – Dr. Strangelove 05/20/64Dr. Strangelove – A Tiger Walks 05/27/64A Tiger Walks – Advance to the Rear 06/03/64Advance to the Rear – From Russia, With Love 06/10/64From Russia, With Love – South Pacific 06/17/64South Pacific – Lady in a Cage 06/24/64Lady in a Cage – The Longest Day 07/01/64The Longest Day – The Best Man 07/08/64The Best Man – Robin and the Seven Hoods 07/15/64Robin and the Seven Hoods – The Chalk Garden 07/22/64The Chalk Garden – The Unsinkable Molly Brown 07/29/64The Unsinkable Molly Brown – The Carpetbaggers 08/05/64The Carpetbaggers – Good Neighbor Sam 08/12/64Good Neighbor Sam – What a Way to Go! 08/19/64What a Way to Go! – The Moon-Spinners 08/26/64The Moon Spinners – The World of Henry Orient 09/02/64The World of Henry Orient – Marnie 09/09/64Marnie – The New Interns 09/16/64The New Interns – The Bridge on the River Kwai 09/23/64Hamlet – The Night of the Iguana 09/30/64The Night of the Iguana – I’d Rather Be Rich 10/07/64I’d Rather Be Rich – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow 10/14/64Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow – The Young Lovers 10/21/64The Young Lovers – Behold a Pale Horse 10/28/64Behold a Pale Horse – Send Me No Flowers 11/04/64Send Me No Flowers – Kisses for My President 11/11/64Kisses for My President – Where Love Has Gone 11/18/64Where Love Has Gone – Invitation to a Gunfighter 11/25/64Invitation to a Gunfighter – Topkapi 12/02/64Topkapi – Becket 12/09/64Becket – Of Human Bondage 12/16/64Of Human Bondage – Rio Conchos 12/23/64Rio Conchos – The Americanization of Emily 12/30/64The Americanization of Emily – Kitten with a Whip DateManos (Indiana) 01/06/65The Americanization of Emily – Get Yourself a College Girl 01/13/65Get Yourself a College Girl – Emil and the Detectives/The Tattooed Police Horse 01/20/65Emil and the Detectives/The Tattooed Police Horse – Father Goose 01/27/65Father Goose – Goldfinger 02/03/65Goldfinger – Sex and the Single Girl 02/10/65Sex and the Single Girl – Goodbye, Charlie 02/17/65Goodbye, Charlie – 36 Hours 02/24/6536 Hours – Kiss, Me Stupid 03/03/65Kiss, Me Stupid – Love Has Many Faces 03/10/65Love Has Many Faces – Strange Bedfellows 03/17/65Strange Bedfellows – How to Murder Your Wife 03/24/65How to Murder Your Wife – Marriage, Italian Style 03/31/65Marriage, Italian Style – Bus Riley’s Back in Town 04/07/65Bus Riley’s Back in Town – Dear Brigitte 04/14/65Dear Brigitte – Those Calloways 04/21/65Those Calloways – Hush, Hush…Sweet Charlotte 04/28/65Hush, Hush…Sweet Charlotte – Dear Heart 05/05/65Dear Heart – The Truth About Spring 05/12/65The Truth About Spring – John Goldfarb, Please Come Home 05/19/65 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home – Cheyenne Autumn 05/26/65Cheyenne Autumn – The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders 06/02/65The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders – Mirage 06/09/65Mirage – The Train 06/16/65The Train – Curse of Frankenstein/Horror of Dracula 06/23/65Mary Poppins 06/30/65Mary Poppins 07/07/65Cinderella/Flash, the Teenage Otter – The Art of Love 07/14/65The Art of Love – The Yellow Rolls-Royce 07/21/65The Yellow Rolls-Royce – Operation Crossbow 07/28/65Operation Crossbow – Von Ryan’s Express 08/04/65Von Ryan’s Express – In Harm’s Way 08/11/65In Harm’s Way – What’s New, Pussycat? 08/18/65What’s New, Pussycat? – It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 08/25/65It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World – I’ll Take Sweden 09/01/65I’ll Take Sweden – A Very Special Favor 09/08/65A Very Special Favor – Morituri 09/15/65Morituri – Zorba the Greek 09/22/65Zorba the Greek – That Funny Feeling 09/29/65That Funny Feeling – Once a Thief 10/06/65Once a Thief – Marriage on the Rocks 10/13/65Marriage on the Rocks – Situation Hopeless, But Not Serious 10/20/65Situation Hopeless, But Not Serious – The Hill 10/27/65The Hill – Ship of Fools 11/03/65Ship of Fools – Never on Sunday/Topkapi 11/10/65An Evening with the Royal Ballet – Return from the Ashes 11/17/65Casanova ‘70 11/24/65The Hallelujah Trail – Billie/The Indiana Story 12/01/65The Ipcress File 12/08/65The Cincinnati Kid – Snow White 12/15/65The Secret of My Success 12/22/65The War Lord 12/29/65The Nanny DateManos (Indiana) 01/05/66Never Too Late – The Magic Weaver 01/12/66King Rat – Bunny Lake is Missing 01/19/66Thunderball 01/26/66Thunderball 02/02/66That Darn Cat 02/09/66Seven Women/Laurel & Hardy’s Laughing 20s – The Magic Fountain 02/16/66Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines 02/23/66Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines 03/02/66Moment to Moment 03/09/66The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 03/16/66A Patch of Blue 03/23/66The Ugly Dachshund 03/30/66Do Not Disturb 04/06/66Inside Daisy Clover 04/13/66Our Man Flint 04/20/66The Great Race 04/27/66My Fair Lady 05/04/66The Silencers 05/11/66Madame X 05/18/66The Singing Nun 05/25/66A Man Could Get Killed 06/01/66The Group 06/08/66Blindfold 06/15/66Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number 06/22/66A Big Hand for the Little Lady 06/29/66The Russians are Coming…The Russians are Coming 07/06/66Arabesque 07/13/66Assault on a Queen 07/20/66Lady L 07/27/66Battle of the Bulge 08/03/66Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. 08/10/66Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. 08/17/66Nevada Smith 08/24/66This Property is Condemned 08/31/66Torn Curtain 09/07/66Modesty Blaise 09/14/66Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 09/21/66Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 09/28/66Cat on a Hot Tin Roof/Butterfield 8 10/05/66The Agony and the Ecstasy 10/12/66How to Steal a Million 10/19/66Alvarez Kelly – Journey to the Beginning of Time 10/26/66Khartoum 11/02/66Goldfinger/Dr. No 11/09/66The Appaloosa 11/16/66Kaleidoscope 11/23/66Return of the Seven 11/30/66The Liquidator 12/07/66Texas Across the River 12/14/66The Greatest Story Ever Told 12/21/66Arrivederci, Baby 12/28/66The Blue Max DateManos (Indiana) 01/04/67The Fortune Cookie 01/11/67Penelope 01/18/67The Professionals 01/25/67Murderers Row 02/01/67Follow Me, Boys! 02/08/67Gambit 02/15/67A Fistful of Dollars 02/22/67The Endless Summer 03/01/67A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 03/08/67Georgy Girl 03/15/67Georgy Girl – Jack Frost 03/22/67The Mikado – Monkeys, Go Home! 03/29/67After the Fox 04/05/67Is Paris Burning? – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 04/12/67Deadlier than the Male 04/19/67Tobruk 04/26/67Funeral in Berlin 05/03/67The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin 05/10/67A Countess from Hong Kong 05/17/67How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 05/24/67Hotel 05/31/67Doctor, You’ve Got to Be Kidding! 06/07/678 on the Lam 06/14/67Hurry Sundown 06/21/67Triple Cross 06/28/67Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 07/05/67Casino Royale 07/12/67Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 07/19/67You Only Live Twice 07/26/67You Only Live Twice 08/02/67Up the Down Staircase 08/09/67The Gnome-Mobile 08/16/67Divorce, American Style 08/23/67Hawaii 08/30/67Hawaii 09/06/67The Naked Runner 09/13/67Barefoot in the Park 09/20/67To Sir, With Love 09/27/67To Sir, With Love 10/04/67Luv 10/11/67A Guide for the Married Man 10/18/67The Family Way 10/25/67Rough Night in Jericho 11/01/67The Restless Ones 11/08/67A Man for All Seasons 11/15/67Bonnie and Clyde 11/22/67Point Blank 11/29/67Reflections in a Golden Eye 12/06/67Rosie – The Pad (and How to Use It) 12/13/67Hour of the Gun 12/20/67Fitzwilly 12/27/67Tony Rome DateManos (Indiana) 01/03/68Tony Rome – The Flim-Flam Man 01/10/68The Comedians 01/17/68Cool Hand Luke 01/24/68The Jungle Book 01/31/68Valley of the Dolls 02/07/68Valley of the Dolls 02/14/68Valley of the Dolls 02/21/68Grand Prix 02/28/68Wait Until Dark 03/06/68The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 03/13/68The President’s Analyst 03/20/68Bonnie and Clyde 03/27/68Bonnie and Clyde – Puss 'n Boots 04/03/68P. J. 04/10/68The Happiest Millionaire 04/17/68In Cold Blood 04/24/68Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner 05/01/68Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner 05/08/68The Secret War of Harry Frigg 05/15/68No Way to Treat a Lady 05/22/68Guns for San Sebastian 05/29/68Half a Sixpence 06/05/68Yours. Mine, and Ours 06/12/68Planet of the Apes 06/19/68Thoroughly Modern Millie 06/26/68Madigan 07/03/68The Graduate 07/10/68The Graduate 07/17/68The Graduate 07/24/68How Sweet It Is! 07/31/68The Odd Couple 08/07/68Custer of the West – Bonnie and Clyde 08/14/68Boom – Cool Hand Luke/Wait Until Dark 08/21/68For Love of Ivy 08/28/68For Love of Ivy 09/04/68The Green Berets 09/11/68Prudence and the Pill 09/18/68Hang 'Em High 09/25/68The Secret Life of an American Wife 10/02/68Rachel, Rachel 10/09/68Interlude 10/16/68Barbarella 10/23/68West Side Story 10/30/68Othello – The Split 11/06/68Helga – Superargo vs Diabolicus 11/13/68Paper Lion – Rumplestiltskin 11/20/68If He Hollers, Let Him Go 11/27/68Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 12/04/68The Boston Strangler 12/11/68Coogan’s Bluff 12/18/68Coogan’s Bluff – Hot Millions 12/25/682001: A Space Odyssey DateManos (Indiana) 01/01/69The Impossible Years 01/08/69The Lady in Cement 01/15/69Secret Ceremony 01/22/69The Night They Raided Minsky’s 01/29/69Bullitt 02/05/69Therese and Isabelle 02/12/69Candy – Children’s Film Festival 02/19/69Candy 02/26/69Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell 03/05/69Hellfighters 03/12/69Alaskan Safari 03/19/69Romeo and Juliet 03/26/69Mayerling 04/02/69Swiss Family Robinson 04/09/69Where Eagles Dare 04/16/69Where Eagles Dare 04/23/69The Shoes of the Fisherman 04/30/69The Shoes of the Fisherman 05/07/69Star! 05/14/69Faces 05/21/69Twisted Nerve 05/28/69Where It’s At 06/04/69The First Time 06/11/69If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium 06/18/69African Safari 06/25/69Goodbye, Columbus 07/02/69Ice Station Zebra 07/09/69Finian’s Rainbow 07/16/69The Love Bug 07/23/69The Love Bug 07/30/69Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 08/06/69Peter Pan 08/13/69Popi 08/20/69Castle Keep 08/27/69The Sound of Music – The Chairman 09/03/69The Chairman – The Charge of the Light Brigade 09/10/69Two a Penny 09/17/69if…. 09/24/69Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe…? 10/01/69Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting – The Wacky World of Mother Goose 10/08/69Justine 10/15/69Me, Natalie 10/22/69Nedium Cool – Pinocchio 10/29/69The Loves of Isadora 11/05/69Easy Rider 11/12/69Easy Rider 11/19/69Way Out 11/26/69Battle of Britain 12/03/69Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 12/10/69The Best House in London/A Place for Lovers 12/17/69The Bridge at Remagen – The File of the Golden Goose/Some Kind of a Nut 12/24/69The Undefeated 12/31/69On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

Joe Vogel on January 19, 2015 at 6:09 pm

The Ritz Theatre opened in April, 1924, according to this item from the May 3 issue of The Moving Picture World:

“W. P. McCartney, whose newest theatre, the Ritz, at Indiana, was opened three weeks ago, was in town a few days ago and stated that standing room only has been the rule at this beautiful new house. The Ritz seats 1,300.”

The building through which the Manos Theatre’s entrance ran is still standing, but is nowhere near big enough to have held a theater seating over 1,000, so the auditorium must have been behind it on the space now occupied by a parking lot. It has definitely been demolished.

This web page has multiple photos showing the house both as the Ritz and as the Manos.

According to a articles in the Indiana Evening News, W. Penn McCartney acquired the site of the Ritz Theatre in 1919. Plans for the new theater, originally to have been called the Rialto, were completed by the Punxsutawney firm of Powell & Justus in 1920, and construction was expected to begin soon, but there were apparently numerous delays.

Announcements of the imminent construction of the theater appeared in the newspaper in 1921 and 1922. Later announcements gave the name of the architectural firm as Powell Bros. (perhaps Mr. Justus died while waiting for the project to begin.) Reports in construction trade journals in 1922 also named Powell Bros. as architects for the project.

I’ve been unable to find any articles about the project from 1923, or from 1924, when it was finally built, but if Mr. McCartney was having trouble getting financing for the theater (the most likely cause of the delays) then it’s unlikely that he would have been able to afford entirely new plans for the project, and the original plans by Powell & Justus, perhaps updated by Powell Bros., were probably used.

An August 8, 1966, Indiana Evening News article said that Michael Manos' Monessen Amusement Co. took over the Ritz Theatre in 1933. A full page ad in the February 7, 1937, issue of the paper touted the second anniversary of the Manos Theatre, so the renaming must have taken place in early 1935.

RSM3853 on May 7, 2012 at 5:54 pm

The Manos Theater’s closing was announced on September 24, 1980.

w3syt on April 21, 2006 at 8:42 am

The Manos chain was pretty big in Western PA. The Palace in Greensburg has been beautifully restored and has frequent shows. We recently saw Patti Page there. I have a half decent xerox pix of the Manos in Monessen (rebuilt 1948// demolished a few years ago)

Barry1965 on July 14, 2002 at 8:50 am

The Manos Theatre on Philadelphia Street in Indiana was destroyed in the early 1980s. I don’t know much about this theatre…I did attend movies there as a child, it was a beautiful theatre and it was a sad day when it was leveled. On the site now is the offices of Indiana County Head Start.