Idle Hour Theatre

A 1978 article archived on this web page mentions this theater. The nickelodeon on the ground floor of the Masonic lodge in Mannington was called the Idle Hour Theatre, and was owned by a Lebanese immigrant named Joseph Modi. The Idle Hour was one of three theaters listed at Mannington in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory, the others being the Pastime Theatre and the Virginia Theatre, both located on Market Street. A 235-seat Idle Hour Theatre was listed in the 1929 Film Daily Year Book, the only competition to the 400-seat Burt’s Theatre. This was the last year the Idle Hour was listed.