Blair Cinemas
213-15 Allegheny Street,
Hollidaysburg,
PA
16648
213-15 Allegheny Street,
Hollidaysburg,
PA
16648
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Architects: Victor A. Rigaumont
Functions: Office Space
Previous Names: Blair Theater
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- Sep 12, 2006 — Blair Theater in danger
The Blair Theatre was opened on December 23, 1937 with Sonja Henie in “Thin Ice” & John Litel in “The Man Without a Country”. It was twinned on December 22, 1978 and renamed Blair Cinemas. It was tripled in the 1980’s and became a dollar ‘Super Saver’ house. It was closed in the early-2000’s. By 2018 it was in use as a travel agency. The front of the building has been replaced.
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The Blair Theatre was scheduled to open on December 23, 1937, according to the December 25 issue of Boxoffice Magazine that year. It was designed for the Silverman brothers by Pittsburgh architect Victor A. Rigaumont.
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Does anyone remember the name of a pipe organ company located in Hollidaysburg Pa. I’m going back many years.
A picture of the Blair in 1953 is here.
beachy: Some directories list a Cannarsa Organs, Inc. as having been located in Hollidaysburg. The company now appears to be located in Duncansville.
Blair Theatre building was last used as Classic Travel agency in 2018. Concrete handicapped ramp added to the front.
The Silverman Brothers retired in 1957 and the Blair Theatre was taken over by Altoona exhibitor Saul Perilman, according to an item in Boxoffice of August 31 that year.
The Blair Theater opened its doors on December 23, 1937 with Sonja Henie in “Thin Ice” and John Litel in “The Man Without A Country” along with a local newsreel entitled “Blair News Of The Day”. It was twinned on December 22, 1978 featuring installations of Dolby Stereo and was renamed Blair Cinemas. The theater was then tripled in the 1980s, and became a second-run dollar house under the “Super Saver” branding in the mid-1990s. It was closed in the early-2000s.