Mauch Chunk Opera House

14 W. Broadway,
Jim Thorpe, PA 18229

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on November 5, 2021 at 2:27 pm

Its actual opening date is December 19, 1927 with Mary Pickford in “My Best Girl” along with an Our Gang short and a local community short.

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on May 14, 2019 at 8:05 am

Comerford Theatre Circuit took on the the theatre on a 30-year lease closing it in 1957. The theatre continued with volunteers and community leaders for the next five years.

rsalters (Ron Salters)
rsalters (Ron Salters) on February 22, 2012 at 10:40 am

There is an “Opera House” listed under Mauch Chunk in the 1897-98 edition of the Julius Cahn Official Theatrical Guide. Robert Heberling was Mgr. Seating capacity not given. Tickets ranged from 25 cents to $1. The house had gas illumination. The proscenium opening was 28 feet wide X 20 feet high, and the stqge was 32 feet deep. It says that the theater was on the “first floor”. Since the building is on a slope, the stage may have been on the first floor in back, but the auditorium was on the second floor. There were 8 members of the house orchestra. There were 2 daily newspapers and 2 weeklies, and 5 hotels for show folk. The 1897 population of Mauch Chunk was 10,000.