Amuse-U-Theatre
Market Square,
Meyersdale,
PA
15552
Market Square,
Meyersdale,
PA
15552
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The Amuse-U Theatre was opened by March 1908 when it was listed as being under Donges Theatre on Center Street (actually located on Market Square). It was operated by E.G. Wergandt and had 9-shows a day. It was still open in 1915, but was closed in 1915 when Donges Theatre was destroyed by fire.
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If it was under Donge’s, it must have been destroyed in the 1915 fire. The 1910 map does not show a theater under Donge’s. There are two vacant spaces and a bowling alley. Address should have been on Market Sq, but Center St does run roughly N-S through the square.
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.