Cinema and Draft House

29-31 W. Broad Street,
West Hazleton, PA 18201

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dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on September 16, 2025 at 8:17 pm

Closed on September 14, 2025

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on June 22, 2025 at 7:07 am

The Hersker Theatre once originally planned to convert the original 650-seat single-screener into a 500-seat twin-screener with 250 seats in each screen by the end of 1988, but that idea was scrapped.

rivest266
rivest266 on September 2, 2018 at 12:32 pm

Key theatre reopening on August 24th, 1941 Key theatre openingKey theatre opening Sat, Aug 23, 1941 – 11 · Standard-Sentinel (Hazleton, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com

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rivest266 on September 2, 2018 at 12:18 pm

And held another reopening on November 4th, 1938 Hersker theatre openingHersker theatre opening Fri, Nov 4, 1938 – 21 · Standard-Sentinel (Hazleton, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com

rivest266
rivest266 on August 1, 2015 at 5:10 pm

November 18th, 1988 grand opening ad as Majestic in photo section.

rivest266
rivest266 on August 1, 2015 at 4:58 pm

Christmas day grand reopening ad from 1969 in photo section. It reopened as Casino Theatre West in late 1987.

RJS
RJS on July 26, 2005 at 5:54 am

An additional small image of the Hersker from early 1930’s can be seen here. Don’t click to expand the image unless you’re a member.

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RJS
RJS on July 19, 2005 at 1:37 pm

You can see a picture of the Key theater marquee from 1950 here:

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