Carol Theatre
708 Lincoln Street,
Bolivar,
PA
15923
708 Lincoln Street,
Bolivar,
PA
15923
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In the 1920s and into the early 1930s Bolivar had a theater called the Opera House. After vanishing in the later 1930s and early 140s, the Opera House reappeared, last being listed in the 1946 FDY, with 350 seats. The Carol Theatre first appears in the 1947 edition.
The photo of the theater building shows a streamline/deco front with brickwork and glass blocks characteristic of the 1930s. If the place was not opened until 1947, that design was remarkably retardataire. It might be that the building originally housed some other business and was converted into a theater in the 1940s.
A web site chronicling long run movie engagements in the US lists a five week run of the original “Star Wars” at the Carroll [sic] Theatre in Bolivar beginning on August 24, 1977.
Spelling was Carol per photo credit Bolivar Borough link below. Later became Sam LaMantia’s Barbershop.
http://bolivarborough.com/6.