Orpheum Theatre

139-141 S. Main Street,
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on June 21, 2026 at 7:50 am

Paramount-Publix took over the theater in May 1930, but Comerford took it back on January 1, 1933.

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on June 7, 2026 at 9:34 am

Once operated by Publix.

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on May 30, 2026 at 7:01 am

Taken over by Comerford in March 1937.

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on February 3, 2026 at 9:51 pm

Closed on November 28, 1953 with Walt Disney’s “Peter Pan” and “Bear Country”.

rivest266
rivest266 on September 5, 2025 at 3:36 pm

Grand opening ad: Orpheum theatre opening Orpheum theatre opening 03 Feb 1915, Wed Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

rivest266
rivest266 on September 5, 2025 at 3:36 pm

Pictures in the Times Leader. I have enhanced both in “Nano Banana”

Orpheum theatre pictures Orpheum theatre pictures 04 Feb 1915, Thu Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on September 5, 2025 at 1:33 pm

The Orpheum Theatre opened its doors on February 4, 1915 with Max Figman in “Hoosier Schoolmaster” plus a live orchestral concert and a three-manual pipe organ performance. It was closed in November 1953 and demolished in late-February 1957.