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Behind the Curtain at the Nickelodeon: America’s First Movie Theatre. What a thing to behold it must have been, to witness the birth of the cinema industry in Pittsburgh, Pa., on June 19, 1905, and what an enterprising soul to sell 450 fifteen-minute views for a nickel to curious customers that day, and over 1,500 the next. The nation’s ...
AFI Theater. Located in the hills overlooking Hollywood, AFI’s wooded and intimate eight-acre campus is close to the heart of the professional filmmaking community, with easy access to studios, networks and numerous post-production facilities.
the 100 funniest american movies of all time. The American Film Institute proudly curates lists to celebrate excellence in the art form. We believe their greatest impact is to inspire personal, passionate discussions about what makes a great film and why and, also, to chart the evolution of the art form. Since its inception, American film has ...
The AFI Silver presents the richness of American and world cinema, exploring all forms of the moving image in the digital era and seeing the screen itself as a source of literacy, learning and vision for the future.
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The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Harris Theater is one of the most active arts facilities in the region showing art films nearly every day of the year. Formerly known as the Art Cinema, the Harris Theater represents a milestone in the redevelopment of Liberty Avenue. The Art Cinema was the first moving picture house in Pittsburgh to commercially sho...
The Harris Theater has installed the necessary equipment to provide closed movie captioning and audio description to patrons for digital films that offer these features. Films with captioning and audio description available will be noted when available.
Help keep the projectors running at the Harris Theater by making a membership gift to support the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. We are excited to announce new membership benefits at the Harris Theater that you can enjoy all year long! 1. Make a gift of $100 or more to receive $1 off each movie ticket at the Harris Theater (available online and at the ...
Concessions are available for all screenings and the Harris Theater is now BYOB. Guests who bring alcoholic beverages must be 21 years or older and provide valid photo ID upon request, a $5 charge will be issued per guest.
The address is 809 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Call the Harris directly at 412-930-8053. View Larger Map
Movies filmed in the ‘Burgh range from Oscar-nominated pieces like Fences to the recent HBO comedy An American Pickle. Follow our Six Degrees of Pittsburgh movies, showcasing the direct link with Hollywood actors and our great city of Pittsburgh.
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Although movies weren’t invented in Pittsburgh, the city boasts the first theater dedicated solely to moving pictures, as they used to be known. In 1905, Harry Davis and John P. Harris opened the world’s first movie theater on Smithfield Street in downtown Pittsburgh, calling it the “Nickelodeon.”
