Gem Theater

247 W. Main Street,
Monongahela, PA 15063

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on August 23, 2021 at 3:30 pm

It actually first opened as the Star Theatre on November 23, 1905 with some attraction I cannot think which one goes first. It reads “The Bigamist or Ten Wives To One Hundred” but I consider it as a double feature, along with other comedies and performances, before becoming the Gem Theatre on March 15, 1906.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on November 7, 2013 at 6:11 pm

I found an address of 247 West Main Street for the Gem Theatre, but it was published in 1908. If Monongahela’s numbering system might or might not have changed since then. If it hasn’t changed, then this theater has been demolished. It must have been on what is now part of the site of a modern building that has an H&R Block store in it. The store directly across the street from Block, Twice as Nice, is at 246 W. Main.

The same publication had an advertisement for the Ideal Theatre, featuring “Vaudeville, Motion Pictures, Illustrated Songs”, so the Ideal did show movies.

raubre
raubre on April 22, 2006 at 12:34 pm

Do you have the link to the website?