Alpine Theater
107 Pine Street,
Punxsutawney,
PA
15767
107 Pine Street,
Punxsutawney,
PA
15767
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Opened prior to 1926, the Alpine Theater was a small theater in Punxsutawney. It was taken over by Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp. in 1941. It was closed in 1969. It was then used as office space. It was later a Western Auto store for many years. The building still stands.
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From Boxoffice magazine, May 1941:
PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA.-Alpine Theater has been acquired by Warner Brothers Circuit Management Corp. Transfer is from Harry Batastini. The Alpine was an independent theater, not affiliated with a circuit operated under that name. Warner has the Jefferson here which is managed by Mrs. Marietta McCartney.
Shortly before it became a longtime Western Auto store, it was an office for a time. Harry Batastini and William Good both leased the building after closing the Alpine in 1969.
CosmicBraxton commented about Alpine Theater on Feb 2, 2025 at 1:14 pm (remove) Seen in the movie Groundhog Day..the sequence where the team initially drives into town. Also later the marquee is lit up in the background as they walk to see Phil make his prediction.
The film did reference the Alpine, but the entire theater was actually the Woodstock Theatre in Woodstock, Illinois. That was back when the popular Woodstock Theatre was still a second-run twin-screen theater.