Bundled with the newspaper from the last post was this one from January 21st, 1980. It's another Super Bowl Monday Pittsburgh Press from when the Steelers won their FOURTH win in Super Bowl 14 (XIV) against against the Los Angeles Rams 31-14 the previous day. It's 4 years later and the theaters in Pittsburgh have changed a little. Multiplexes had moved into the area.
These were the films getting the most attention this week. I really need to find some Friday papers so I can get some of the more obscure graphic ads. The Warner was playing The Black Hole in 70mm. The Warner was one of the few theaters in Pittsburgh that played 70mm on a regular basis. Star Trek: the Motion Picture was still doing well, one month into it's release. Note the appearance of a crop of new theaters from the National Amusement Corporation. They had just moved into the area and had a Showcase Cinema in the East, West and North parts of the city. A Showcase South never materialized.

The Prestige theaters had removed the graphics from their ads and were now placed under the Cinemette banner. You can see a lot of changes in the theater directory. Some new twin theaters were now appearing and others, like the Denis, were splitting their single screen houses into twins and beyond. Note that In addition to The Black Hole, there was another Disney feature playing in town, Sleeping Beauty. Both were presented in Cinemascope. A few weeks later, the two films would pair together as a double bill. I saw that double bill at the Crest. Roller Boogie was only playing in one theater in it's second week, The Fulton. Scavenger Hunt, directed by Michael Richie, was also in it's second week with only one first run theater playing it, the Cinemette East. One other theater (see below) was screening it in second run. It seems ...And Justice For All and Kramer Vs. Kramer were still going strong.

The upstart General Cinemas were enjoying patronage from theater goers North (Beaver Valley Mall) and Southeast (Greengate Mall) of Pittsburgh. This was the start of a coming trend, multiplexes inside or adjacent to shopping malls. The 1980's was definitely the decade of the shopping mall and these theaters cleaned up on teenagers with lots of free time and liquid cash.

The second run houses, being pummeled by newer theaters with attractions like Dolby Stereo, were turning to offering $1.50 bargain nights on Mondays to attract customers. Apocalypse Now and Blake Edwards' 10 were doing well in second run. The Cheswick I & II were now turned into the Cheswick Quad. Smaller screens, but more variety.

The always dependable Dependable Drive-In was the only Drive In running year 'round at this point. Two X rated features with an R, of course. This time, the "clean" feature was John 'Bud' Carlos' The Dark from the year previous. That brings us to the adult section of the section:



The Art Cinema and the Garden were still chugging 'em out. A new theater, The Follies, was showing Gay Porn along with Male Stripper acts. Open 24hours, they served Breakfast daily and dinner on Sunday evenings.


A couple of nudie joints were still advertising. The New Edison was still touting it's acts as Burlesque while Sonny Dayes Stage Door was a bit more modern (but not much) with it's Go Go Girls. I wonder if they had cage dancers..? Probably not intentionally.


The world famous Decade had begun placing ads in the paper at this time. I wonder if Revolver was a Beatle tribute band? The La Cantina was having a Super Bull Comedy Show emceed by Billy Elmer (still an active face and voice in Pittsburgh today) and starring hometown boy Dennis Miller, who flew up into the comedy stratosphere during the next couple of decades.
So that's it for this time. Thanks for viewing! I'm calling out for newspapers from the 60's through to the 80's. If you have 'em or know where I can gain access to 'em, let me know. I'd love to scan 'em!