Comerford Theater - Paramount Theatre, Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania
The modern American Movie Palace, as it evolved in the early Twentieth Century, rapidly became a fixture in the medium to large city. Most American cities had one. New York had several: the Strand, the old Rialto, and the Roxy. Wilkes-Barre, whose social history is linked with its nearest urban neighbors, New York and Philadelphia, had its own series of showpiece theatres, each enjoying a brief reign before being surpassed in size, convenience, and modernity. The Bijou, the Savoy, and the Comerford Corporation's Capitol were, in turn, Wilkes-Barre's premier showplaces. When the Comerford Theatre, the current Paramount, was begun in 1937, it represented the pinnacle of Movie Place evolution for Wilkes-Barre, and, indeed, Luzerne County. As the largest, best equipped, most
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