The Park Theatre was first advertised by the Dayton Daily News on January 11, 1949, although I cannot confirm any information if that was its opening date or not.
Once known as Village Playhouse. It was taken over by Martin Theatres in October 1969 after the chain purchased all seven Gordon Theaters in the Newport News area, including the Village.
Actual closing date is April 17, 1977 with “The Cassandra Crossing”. A little info about the theater as of 1977 includes Simplex E7 projectors being used until the end.
This actually opened on July 21, 1949 with Dorothy Lamour in “The Girl From Manhattan” along with the Woody Woodpecker cartoon “The Mad Hatter” and the Pete Smith Specialty “Surfboard Rhythm”.
There are two theaters in Meyersdale that were named the Amuse-U. The first one was located in the old Donges building that later housed its own movie theater. A second Amuse-U opened in a former post office building on February 22, 1908.
A projection fire that minorly damaged the Amuse-U on July 21, 1908 had an unusual cause. Despite the theater surviving the fire and being caused in the projection room, the fire was not started by any projection equipment. Instead, its projectionist was rewinding a print of film while having a lighted cigar in his mouth at the time. A spark from his cigar was accidentally dropped onto the film he was engaging in rewinding ignited the blaze. The theater didn’t sustained any major damage due to the theater’s building being fireproof, but its machine and graphophone equipment suffered damage.
The Amuse-U closed for the final time in August 1911 and was sold in February 1912 by the staff at Collins Drug Store, who moved their store to the old Amuse-U building.
The New Donges Theatre, named after owner George Donges, opened its doors on December 15, 1904 with a live presentation of “His Majesty The Maid”. As of that year, information about the theater goes as follows:
The Donges building housed 100x87ft with the theater itself housing 50x100ft and a stage measuring 67x40ft. The height of the rigging gallery above the floor of the stage measures 50ft which will allow of the handling of scenery measuring 25ft high. The proscenium, or drop curtain, measures 24x34ft featuring a painting of a Venetian scene with the banks of the Grand, costing an estimate $350. The ceiling of the auditorium is stamped metal work and the artistic work about the opening of the stage consisting of images and groups of cupids, statuary work, brought out true to nature. A large dome in the ceiling reflects 36 16-candle power lights.
There are six dressing rooms and is one of the largest in Somerset County as of 1904, as well as a large steam heating plant. There are also six private boxes, with four communicating boxes on the first floor and two single boxes on the second floor. The theater housed 1,000 seats including a balcony, with the seating made by the Hudson Opera Chair Company of Athens, Ohio.
The Donges Theatre closed for the final time after an early morning fire destroyed the theater on March 18, 1915, that also severely damaged neighboring businesses, including a meat market and a garage housing 30 cars (28 of them being burned in the inferno), costing an estimate $70,000 in damages ($65,000 for the theater).
The Main Theatre opened its doors on November 5, 1924 with Alexander Carr in “In Hollywood With Potash and Perlmutter” (unknown if extras added), and was renamed the Roxy Theater on March 19, 1931.
Unfortunately the Roxy suffered damage by an early morning fire on February 4, 1947, costing an estimate $15,000 in damages, originating near the right side of the stage and spreading to both the walls and ceiling. The fire was first discovered by Virginia Miller, who was sleeping and woke up with him coughing from the smoke. The Roxy was quickly remodeled and the theater reopened twenty days later on February 24, 1947.
The Reich’s Auditorium opened its doors on December 14, 1909. It was renamed the Auditorium Theatre during the 1910s but still retained the Reich’s name as its secondary name. It was renamed the Meyersdale Theatre on February 25, 1938 and was renamed the State Theatre on May 5, 1939. It was closed in either late-1967 or early-1968 and the theater went up for sale in the Fall of 1968.
Closed in late-June 1917.
The Turner Opera House most likely opened in September 1865. It was already in operation by the following month.
The Park Theatre was first advertised by the Dayton Daily News on January 11, 1949, although I cannot confirm any information if that was its opening date or not.
Actual closing date is July 6, 1969.
Actual closing date is September 18, 1982.
Renamed the Plaza Theatre on November 7, 1969.
Once known as Village Playhouse. It was taken over by Martin Theatres in October 1969 after the chain purchased all seven Gordon Theaters in the Newport News area, including the Village.
Opened with “Goodbye Columbus”.
Taken over by Martin Theatres in October 1969 after the chain purchased all seven Gordon Theaters in the Newport News area, including the Palace.
Last operated by Gordon Theaters.
Taken over by Martin Theatres in October 1969 after the chain purchased all seven Gordon Theaters in the Newport News area, including the Wythe.
Taken over by Martin Theatres in October 1969 after the chain purchased all seven Gordon Theaters in the Newport News area, including the Green Acres.
Taken over by Martin Theatres in October 1969 after the chain purchased all seven Gordon Theaters in the Newport News area, including the Downtown.
Taken over by Martin Theatres in October 1969 after the chain purchased all seven Gordon Theaters in the Newport News area, including the Anchor.
Actual closing date is April 17, 1977 with “The Cassandra Crossing”. A little info about the theater as of 1977 includes Simplex E7 projectors being used until the end.
This actually opened on July 21, 1949 with Dorothy Lamour in “The Girl From Manhattan” along with the Woody Woodpecker cartoon “The Mad Hatter” and the Pete Smith Specialty “Surfboard Rhythm”.
There are two theaters in Meyersdale that were named the Amuse-U. The first one was located in the old Donges building that later housed its own movie theater. A second Amuse-U opened in a former post office building on February 22, 1908.
A projection fire that minorly damaged the Amuse-U on July 21, 1908 had an unusual cause. Despite the theater surviving the fire and being caused in the projection room, the fire was not started by any projection equipment. Instead, its projectionist was rewinding a print of film while having a lighted cigar in his mouth at the time. A spark from his cigar was accidentally dropped onto the film he was engaging in rewinding ignited the blaze. The theater didn’t sustained any major damage due to the theater’s building being fireproof, but its machine and graphophone equipment suffered damage.
The Amuse-U closed for the final time in August 1911 and was sold in February 1912 by the staff at Collins Drug Store, who moved their store to the old Amuse-U building.
This opened as the Bijou Theatre, and was renamed the Pastime Theatre in December 1913.
The New Donges Theatre, named after owner George Donges, opened its doors on December 15, 1904 with a live presentation of “His Majesty The Maid”. As of that year, information about the theater goes as follows:
The Donges building housed 100x87ft with the theater itself housing 50x100ft and a stage measuring 67x40ft. The height of the rigging gallery above the floor of the stage measures 50ft which will allow of the handling of scenery measuring 25ft high. The proscenium, or drop curtain, measures 24x34ft featuring a painting of a Venetian scene with the banks of the Grand, costing an estimate $350. The ceiling of the auditorium is stamped metal work and the artistic work about the opening of the stage consisting of images and groups of cupids, statuary work, brought out true to nature. A large dome in the ceiling reflects 36 16-candle power lights.
There are six dressing rooms and is one of the largest in Somerset County as of 1904, as well as a large steam heating plant. There are also six private boxes, with four communicating boxes on the first floor and two single boxes on the second floor. The theater housed 1,000 seats including a balcony, with the seating made by the Hudson Opera Chair Company of Athens, Ohio.
The Donges Theatre closed for the final time after an early morning fire destroyed the theater on March 18, 1915, that also severely damaged neighboring businesses, including a meat market and a garage housing 30 cars (28 of them being burned in the inferno), costing an estimate $70,000 in damages ($65,000 for the theater).
The Main Theatre opened its doors on November 5, 1924 with Alexander Carr in “In Hollywood With Potash and Perlmutter” (unknown if extras added), and was renamed the Roxy Theater on March 19, 1931.
Unfortunately the Roxy suffered damage by an early morning fire on February 4, 1947, costing an estimate $15,000 in damages, originating near the right side of the stage and spreading to both the walls and ceiling. The fire was first discovered by Virginia Miller, who was sleeping and woke up with him coughing from the smoke. The Roxy was quickly remodeled and the theater reopened twenty days later on February 24, 1947.
The Reich’s Auditorium opened its doors on December 14, 1909. It was renamed the Auditorium Theatre during the 1910s but still retained the Reich’s name as its secondary name. It was renamed the Meyersdale Theatre on February 25, 1938 and was renamed the State Theatre on May 5, 1939. It was closed in either late-1967 or early-1968 and the theater went up for sale in the Fall of 1968.
Opened on May 22, 1957 and closed on October 17, 1982. This was last known as Pine’s Drive-In.
Opened with “The Wrong Box” in Screen 1 and the double feature of “Alvarez Kelly” and “The Trouble With Angels” in Screen 2.
Screen 1 is the largest with 429 seats and Screen 6 is the smallest with 74 seats. The rest of the auditoriums have ranging capacities of 90-235.
Functions Update: Performing arts are also presented.