Columbia Theater
17 West 8th Street,
Erie,
PA
16501
17 West 8th Street,
Erie,
PA
16501
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The Columbia Theater is listed as operating prior to 1941, and during the 1940’s it was under the control of Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp. It operated thru to 1950 and beyond….
Other than this being a smaller theater downtown, I have very little information about it. I am assuming it has been torn down, but perhaps some alternative use for it has been found if it is still standing.
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David Stear
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There were many more Erie theatres than listed on the CT site so in time I hope to have a friend of mine whose father has a scrapbook on Erie area theatres will contribute his vast knowledge.
Impressive John. May I also add that Warner Brothers operated this theatre from the 1940’s into the mid 1950’s.
Uh Tom….Who is John? This theater was added by David and the only other message in here is posted by Patsy. Did you make a mistake? Is your data incorrect? Remember what you told Chuck, “Strive for perfection, it is attainable”. It appears that you are imperfect. Am I to believe that your HUMAN like the rest of us and make mistakes? I could keep going but I think that you get my point. Now you know how Chuck feels when you pull this nonsense on him. It isn’t so funny now, is it?
Tom: I never knew there was a Warner-Columbia connection, but thank goodness the Warner still exists on State Street!
I think that Tom posted his message in the WRONG Columbia Theater message area. I did a little searching and found that his post belongs in the Columbia Theater in Sharon,Pa. Everyone makes mistakes, don’t they?
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It was not a mistake. Someone has apparently moved my message from its intended area to make sport of me. There is a conspiracy afoot here. You have made your point extremely clear lostmemory. I will avoid Charles as much as possible. Correcting his data will fall on someone else’s shoulders from now on.
Many Republic Pictures played here. I saw Sands of Iwo Jima at the Columbia in 1949. It seemed old and rundown then. Not a topline theatre in Erie, but had good adventure movies for us pre-teens.
The 1936 AFY shows a Columbia theatre with 1,200 seats listed as closed at that time.