Blair Cinemas
213-15 Allegheny Street,
Hollidaysburg,
PA
16648
213-15 Allegheny Street,
Hollidaysburg,
PA
16648
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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.
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.
Blair Theatre building was last used as Classic Travel agency in 2018. Concrete handicapped ramp added to the front.
beachy: Some directories list a Cannarsa Organs, Inc. as having been located in Hollidaysburg. The company now appears to be located in Duncansville.
A picture of the Blair in 1953 is here.
Does anyone remember the name of a pipe organ company located in Hollidaysburg Pa. I’m going back many years.
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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.