Moose Theatre
18 N. Market Street,
Elizabethtown,
PA
17022
18 N. Market Street,
Elizabethtown,
PA
17022
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Chertcoff
Architects: C. Emlen Urban
Functions: Fraternal Hall
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The Loyal Order of the Moose purchased the Greenawalt Hotel in 1922. It was demolished and the Moose Theatre was built on the site in 1928 and was designed by Lancaster, PA architect C. Emlen Urban. It was badly damaged by a fire on November 5, 1948. It was repaired and remodeled, reopening on December 24, 1948 with Dennis Morgan in “Two Guys from Texas”. The Moose Theatre was still open in 1957.
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The marquee is still on the front of the building. But the entrances have been closed off if I remember from the last time I drove past the building. It is indeed a Fraternal Hall and from what I understand, the auditorium has been altered to be used as a banquet hall. I was never in this theatre. Growing up my Grandparents lived in the nearby town of Mt. Joy, Pa. and we would go to the Joy Theatre in Mt. Joy when I was visiting them.
Renewing my link.
Actually, there is only one Moose Theatre. It was not destroyed, but very badly damaged in a fire on November 5, 1948, with most of the damage coming from the stage, screen, and stage furnishings as well as the false ceiling. Parts of the ceiling collapsed into the stage, estimating the total cost of $20,000 in damages. According to some residents, they replied that it was a type of explosion, where a loud boom was heard exactly 15 minutes after the last moviegoers have left for the night, and witnessing flames shooting up 30ft in the air. The fire injured two firefighters while trying to fight the blaze. Most of the theater building survived the fire though.
The Moose Theatre reopened on Christmas Eve 1948 after major remodeling to the auditorium, reopening with Dennis Morgan in “Two Guys From Texas” (unknown if extras added). The Moose Theatre was renamed the Skinni Mini Cinema in early-1977, and I don’t know who the hell came up with the “Skinni Mini” name. I first thought it came from “Batfink”.
50 Snipes. The Moose Theatre was never known as the Skinni Mini Cinema. The Skinni Mini Cinema was opened in 1972 in nearby Millersville PA. Later the Skinni Mini name was changed to the Point of View Cinema around 1980. The Skinni Mini/Point of View has its own page on Cinema Treasures as #62237.
Hmm… I am really confused. Because newspaper showtimes said that it had words reading “(formerly the Moose Theatre)” below the Skinni Mini name.