Roxy Theatre
502 W. Centre Street,
Ashland,
PA
17921
502 W. Centre Street,
Ashland,
PA
17921
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The Roxy Theatre was operating prior to 1941, and continued until at least 1950. This was a rather impressive Art Deco style theatre for a small town. It’s facade and marquee would have looked just fine on Market Street or Chestnut Street in center city Philadelphia, but no… it was on W. Centre Street in Ashland, a small down in the coal regions of eastern Pennsylvania, about a hundred miles northwest of Philladelphia.
I have a feeling that it was designed by architect David Supowitz as it had an exact duplicate marquee of the one on the Roxy Theatre in Lock Haven, PA. which was designed by Supowitz.
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Richard C. Wolfe
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was something to see in its heyday,I drove past it many times as a child,but was never inside,was still in operation thru the 70s,dont remember when they tore it down
First owned by J.V. Shreck, Ashland’s Roxy Theatre opened its doors on October 31, 1928 with Colleen Moore in “Lilac Time” along with a few unnamed comedies and novelties. It was originally a silent house when it opened featuring organ performances by Professor Mickey J. Carey, who also carried out the opening attraction, but Vitaphone was immediately installed at the Roxy in January 1929.
The Roxy Theatre closed for the final time on August 31, 1974 with Walt Disney’s double-feature of “Old Yeller” and “The Incredible Journey”. Unfortunately, the following month in October, almost the entirety of motion picture distributors joined in a civil suit totaling $36,658 against the Roxy’s final operator Bryun Pikutus claiming that he owes money for exhibiting their pictures. The sues were filed by the major companies of Paramount, MGM, Universal, United Artists, Columbia, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros, Avco Embassy, American International, and Buena Vista Distribution (Walt Disney Productions).