18th Street Theatre

653 W. 18th Street,
Erie, PA 16502

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on August 24, 2026 at 2:05 pm

This house had another name before becoming the Grand in 1929. An item datelined Erie in the December 21 issue of The Billboard that year said the Cameo Theatre had reopened as the Grand. It hadn’t been the Cameo for long, though, as it first appears in the FDY in 1929, indicating a likely 1928 opening. Of course it might have had an even earlier AKA, but if so I haven’t found it.

rivest266
rivest266 on June 11, 2023 at 4:32 am

the Grand theatre placed its first ad on November 23rd, 1929 and renamed 18th St. in 1941.

matthewthecinemaguy
matthewthecinemaguy on March 20, 2022 at 11:07 am

This theater opened in 1945 and closed in 1961.

Charlie_Brown1
Charlie_Brown1 on August 9, 2013 at 8:30 pm

I enjoyed going to this theater. As is true of neighborhood movies houses it showed double features,a newsreel and a cartune. It seemed that they enjoyed showing singalong cartunes. It was a real fun place. No X rated shows here.

dstear
dstear on October 13, 2009 at 10:54 pm

Have any theater groups in Erie ever thought of restoring this theater to show old cartoons and newsreels? I have no idea what it would take to do this but I think it would be better than using it for storage. I suppose one has to be contented with the fact that it is used for something and hasn’t been torn down.

Patsy
Patsy on December 19, 2004 at 5:59 pm

So many theatres “succumbed to the advent of TV”.