Manos Theatre
415 E. Lawrence Avenue,
Ellwood City,
PA
16117
415 E. Lawrence Avenue,
Ellwood City,
PA
16117
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The Manos Theatre suffered projection damage from a fire on December 19, 1971. The Manos Theatre briefly reopened afterward but was closed on May 21, 1972 because of management issues. It reopened the following year as a concert venue.
Both theaters that once stood in Ellwood City are long gone.
There are 18 theatres listed as Victor Rigaumont as the architect. Many are or were in PA such as the present day Erie Playhouse in Erie PA and the former Dubois Theatre in Dubois PA.
Is this theatre still standing?
I’d just assumed that it was a renaming that took place in 1934. The Boxoffice item didn’t give any details, and didn’t mention the name Liberty, but that’s often the case with Boxoffice items.
I found a May 14, 1949, Boxoffice item about the remodeling of the Manos that year, and it said that Victor A. Rigaumont was one of the guests at the reopening, so he was most likely the architect for the project. He did design a number of projects for the Manos circuit.
Mike Manos opened the Manos Theatre in Ellwood City in 1934, according to the “Ten Years Ago” feature in Boxoffice of September 16, 1944.
The May 21, 1949, issue of Boxoffice revealed that the Manos Theatre had reopened after a $70,000 remodeling. The May 28 issue gave the exact date of the reopening as May 5.