Downtown Community Theaters, “Edu-tainment” Emporiums. 

Historical Role of Main Street Theaters in Small Cities and Towns. 

Movies begat movie theaters. From the late 19th century until sound sprung forth in 1927, movies and movie theaters were like novelties. The Nickelodeons inhabited thousands of storefronts. The first single theater in Pittsburgh in 1905 became many theaters across America by the 1920s. Sound boomed forth in 1927; with it emerged “Hollywood”. The Golden Age movies we still love began.