Sherman Theater
534 Main Street,
Stroudsburg,
PA
18360
534 Main Street,
Stroudsburg,
PA
18360
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Boxoffice, Feb. 23, 1970: “Ponco Theatres, consisting of the Skyline Drive-In in East Stroudsburg, the Grand Theatre in East Stroudsburg and the Sherman Theatre in Stroudsburg, Pa., has been sold by Jack Luckey, owner-operator for the last ten years, to Tri State Theatres of Matamoras, Pa. Tri State Theatres is owned by Irving Hulst, who now operates a circuit of theatres in Pennsylvania and New York state.”
On January 27, 1971, the Sherman Theatre became a twin theater as the Sherman I & II Theatre. The theater remained as a twin until closing as a movie house in the mid-1980s.
This was the announcement in the January 27, 1929 issue of Film Daily: “Stroudsburg, Pa.— H. A. and Fred F. Scheurmann have opened their Sherman here.”
Just passed by the theater while stopping in Stroudsburg this morning for Starbucks on my way back to NYC! This theater has a very handsome new, but traditional, Marquee and is very much still open. Nice surprise!
A History of the Movie Theaters in Monroe County by Roy E. Pipher has a very detailed history of this theater. The book is available at Carroll & Carroll Bookstore on Main Street in Stroudsburg.
Here is another 1982 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/lhl7yg
Here is an ad from the Stroudsburg Daily Record, dated 11/23/63:
http://tinyurl.com/db4y3y
Here is a recent article about some renovation, along with some video:
http://tinyurl.com/5ldabu
The status of this theater should be changed to open. They have a new website, the url is www.shermantheater.com