I checked with my brother and the name of the theater on Main Street in Belle Vernon that was owned by John Perry was the Ritz Theater. I know it was there in the 1930’s and 1940’s.
The theater you are talking about on Broad Avenue was in North Belle Vernon. Belle Vernon and North Belle Vernon are two different town and they are even in two different counties. The two towns run together and it is very difficult to tell where one ends and the other begins. Belle Vernon had a movie theater that was on Main Street. I believe that this was the theater that was owned by John Perry. My brother and I worked at the Belle Vernon Theater on Main Street. In fact that was my first job. I started sweeping up after the movies when I was 9 years old. The theater on Main Street was closed in the mid to late 50’s. My dad was a scrap iron dealer in Belle Vernon and we purchased all the old theater seats for scrap. The seats sides and frames were made of cast iron and they were sold as scrap. The main street theater in Belle Vernon became a school for brick layers but I don’t think that lasted very long.
I checked with my brother and the name of the theater on Main Street in Belle Vernon that was owned by John Perry was the Ritz Theater. I know it was there in the 1930’s and 1940’s.
The theater you are talking about on Broad Avenue was in North Belle Vernon. Belle Vernon and North Belle Vernon are two different town and they are even in two different counties. The two towns run together and it is very difficult to tell where one ends and the other begins. Belle Vernon had a movie theater that was on Main Street. I believe that this was the theater that was owned by John Perry. My brother and I worked at the Belle Vernon Theater on Main Street. In fact that was my first job. I started sweeping up after the movies when I was 9 years old. The theater on Main Street was closed in the mid to late 50’s. My dad was a scrap iron dealer in Belle Vernon and we purchased all the old theater seats for scrap. The seats sides and frames were made of cast iron and they were sold as scrap. The main street theater in Belle Vernon became a school for brick layers but I don’t think that lasted very long.