Mercury Theater

565 Main Street,
Buffalo, NY 14203

Unfavorite 1 person favorited this theater

Showing 7 comments

rivest266
rivest266 on September 8, 2022 at 10:04 am

Listings ended in 1953.

rivest266
rivest266 on June 9, 2022 at 9:16 pm

The Mercury theatre opened on August 25th, 1938. Grand opening ad posted.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on June 28, 2010 at 7:57 pm

Nice boxoffice photo.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on June 28, 2010 at 7:56 pm

Nice boxoffice photo.

Gerald A. DeLuca
Gerald A. DeLuca on June 24, 2010 at 11:21 am

A small photo of the front of the Mercury Theatre at the local premiere of Lili appeared in Boxoffice magazine, August 29, 1953:
View link

arl
arl on February 5, 2008 at 12:02 am

The Mercury was opened in 1938 by Dewey Micheals, who also ran the Palace Burlesk. It was
built in an existing 4 story building. The remodeling for the 300 seat theater cost $15,000.
Being downtown, the theater was open all day, initially showing art and foreign films. A few
years later, the Mercury began showing everything, adult films, revivals, B movies, and even
some first run films. In 1953, Micheals said he was closing the theater, even though it
was making some money, the building had been leased to Buffalo Optical. Years later the
building was razed for the Goldome Bank complex.

roberttoplin
roberttoplin on May 19, 2007 at 12:35 am

The Mercury Theatre opened Aug.24,1938.