Casino Theatre
6014 Penn Avenue,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15206
6014 Penn Avenue,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15206
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Previous Names: Busy Theatre
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A silent film house in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty section which opened as the Casino Theatre by July 1911. It was renovated in May 1912. On April 27, 1913 under new management it was renamed Busy Theatre, but soon closed and was converted into a restaurant in 1914.
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The 260-seat Casino Theater was an early nickelodeon in the East Liberty area of Pittsburgh. It was sold in May of 1912 and refreshed retaining its Casino nameplate though now self-designated as “the coolest theater in the East End.”. It relaunched after a change of management and a refresh as the Busy Theater beginning on April 27, 1913. The Busy apparently did not live up to its moniker and was converted to a restaurant in 1914.
The Casino was in operation by 1911, when the July 22 issue of Moving Picture World had this to say about it: “The Casino is a neat little house of 220 seats, located at 6014 Penn Avenue, and has been doing very well since its opening. The projection is done by two Motographs. Mr. Thomas McWaters is the proprietor. Mr. G. H. Hunt is the manager and is not a novice in the business, having run a model of one of the first motion picture machines at the Opera House, Orange, N. J., about eight or nine years ago. On his own hook he has operated a number of houses very successfully.”