W.F. Workman opened the Majestic Theatre in March 1908, initially as a stage theater for plays & vaudeville shows. Motion pictures were eventually added to the billing. In 1929 the Majestic was the second Beaver County theater to implement a sound system. (The first was Aliquippa’s Queen Theater.) The Oriental Theatre on Hinds Street opened on Labor Day weekend 1931 and the Majectic was delegated to showing second-run films. The Majestic closed in 1949, when Emil & Meyer Winograd opened the Family Theatre, across the street from the Oriental. The Majestic became office space and the retail location of Rochester’s Army & Navy Store. The Majestic’s building was destroyed by fire in the early 1980’s.
S,A. Nesbitt first opened The Home Theatre in 1897 in a storefront on the east side of lower New York Avenue. Films shown were limited to 3-reeler programs and the theater first operated as a nickelodeon. In July 1910 a two-story building was constructed across the street adjacent to the Hotel Lincoln, that became the Home’s new location. An upright piano was purchased at this time. Admission was 10 cents in 1910. Silent pictures eventually became a thing of the past. Installing costly sound equipment, along with the Great Depression, forced the Home to close by 1930.
Tenor Henry Burr’s Peerless Quartet performed at the Regent in April 1923 on a promotion tour for Victor Records. Also heard that Roy Rogers & his horse Trigger appeared at the Regent sometime during the 1940’s. The theater was also home for the Regent Players during the 1960’s.
@Mike Rogers Nov. 10, 2010 comment: “The Flying Fontaines” starred Michael Callan & Rian Garrick. Garrick is a native of nearby Beaver Falls (birthname William Kaye).
My grandfather, Harry Headland, was chief projectionist when the Oriental opened on Labor Day weekend, 1931. First feature-film to be shown was a romantic comedy: Merely Mary Ann, starring Janet Gaynor & Charles Farrell.
Owners ran a contest for naming the theater, and the winning entry was submitted by a girl from Bridgewater.
W.F. Workman opened the Majestic Theatre in March 1908, initially as a stage theater for plays & vaudeville shows. Motion pictures were eventually added to the billing. In 1929 the Majestic was the second Beaver County theater to implement a sound system. (The first was Aliquippa’s Queen Theater.) The Oriental Theatre on Hinds Street opened on Labor Day weekend 1931 and the Majectic was delegated to showing second-run films. The Majestic closed in 1949, when Emil & Meyer Winograd opened the Family Theatre, across the street from the Oriental. The Majestic became office space and the retail location of Rochester’s Army & Navy Store. The Majestic’s building was destroyed by fire in the early 1980’s.
S,A. Nesbitt first opened The Home Theatre in 1897 in a storefront on the east side of lower New York Avenue. Films shown were limited to 3-reeler programs and the theater first operated as a nickelodeon. In July 1910 a two-story building was constructed across the street adjacent to the Hotel Lincoln, that became the Home’s new location. An upright piano was purchased at this time. Admission was 10 cents in 1910. Silent pictures eventually became a thing of the past. Installing costly sound equipment, along with the Great Depression, forced the Home to close by 1930.
Tenor Henry Burr’s Peerless Quartet performed at the Regent in April 1923 on a promotion tour for Victor Records. Also heard that Roy Rogers & his horse Trigger appeared at the Regent sometime during the 1940’s. The theater was also home for the Regent Players during the 1960’s.
@Mike Rogers Nov. 10, 2010 comment: “The Flying Fontaines” starred Michael Callan & Rian Garrick. Garrick is a native of nearby Beaver Falls (birthname William Kaye).
My grandfather, Harry Headland, was chief projectionist when the Oriental opened on Labor Day weekend, 1931. First feature-film to be shown was a romantic comedy: Merely Mary Ann, starring Janet Gaynor & Charles Farrell.
Owners ran a contest for naming the theater, and the winning entry was submitted by a girl from Bridgewater.