Silent Era Information*Progressive Silent Film List*Lost Films*People*Theaters
Taylorology*Articles*Home Video*Books*Search
 
Foolish Wives BD
 
Silent Era Home Page  >  Theaters  >  United States  >  West Virginia  >  Moundsville  >  Sybert’s Strand
 
Theaters
Motion picture theaters from the silent era.
Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company.
All Rights Reserved. 		 
 
Sybert’s Strand Theatre  
Address 221 Thorn Avenue
Opening Night Seating Capacity 1100
Original Theater Owner Merton A. Sybert
Original Theater Architect unknown
Years of Operation Opened in 1920
Operated as Sybert’s Strand Theatre: 1920-1970
1976-1996
Type of Musical Accompaniment Moller concert-theater 3/14 pipe organ, opus 4577 (1926 through unknown)
Current Status Closed

The Sybert’s Strand Theatre opened in 1920 as a combined vaudeville and motion picture theater. A Moller pipe organ was installed in the theater in 1926.

The theater closed in 1970 by its owner in a reactionary response to loosening restrictions on the rough language allowed in American motion pictures. The theater was managed by John Ramser from 1976 through 1996, when it again closed.

References: Cinema Treasures website : with additional information supplied by Savanna Violet.
 

Report Sybert’s Strand Theatre Errors or Omissions
 
Silent Era Home Page  >  Theaters  >  United States  >  West Virginia  >  Moundsville  >  Sybert’s Strand
 
Pioneers of Africian American Cinema
Become a Patron of Silent Era

SUPPORT SILENT ERA
USING THESE LINKS
WHEN SHOPPING AT
AMAZON
AmazonUS
AmazonCA
AmazonUK

Sherlock Holmes (1916) BD/DVD

Madame DuBarry BD

Stella Maris BD

*