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Robert Fairchild commented about Canton Village Cinema on Sep 5, 2022 at 3:13 pm

It only ever had one screen. In addition to evening and matinee showings, they sometimes had midnight movies. The no smoking policy was “ashes on the floor, asses out the door”.

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Robert Fairchild commented about Strand Theatre on Feb 15, 2018 at 5:29 pm

Above search will return: a 1931 request by Clarence Dopp to show movies on Sunday. Also 1967 obituary of D. Harlow Calderwood saying he and his brother, W. Harold Calderwood, bought it in 1911 and sold it to Clarence Dopp. I remember a Mr. Calderwood doing magic tricks at the Johnstown Historical Society when I was in Johnstown in 1970 for my great grandfather Lucien Julien’s funeral. (I was ten years old.) There’s also a 1937 article about Dopp and Jenner building a new theater in Frankfort, adding to those they already owned in Johnstown, Poland, and Northville.

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Robert Fairchild commented about Strand Theatre on Nov 27, 2017 at 8:00 pm

Apparently it was renamed the Strand Theater at some point.

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Robert Fairchild commented about Strand Theatre on Nov 27, 2017 at 7:42 pm

Newspaper stories on the Electric Theater can be found at: http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html Search “Electric Theater” Johnstown

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Robert Fairchild commented about Strand Theatre on Nov 27, 2017 at 7:32 pm

There was also “Smalley’s Theater”. Photo in historian Lewis Decker’s book “Johnstown”: https://books.google.com/books?id=D22iNDKpFd8C&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=%22nickel+dump%22+johnstown&source=bl&ots=7kQ9XsaN4z&sig=tAqhIVQsTuS4nqTT_IIJGQzuJ2g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiHyMzPvN_XAhVP0WMKHZeaCecQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=%22nickel%20dump%22%20johnstown&f=false

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Robert Fairchild commented about Glove Theatre on Nov 29, 2008 at 2:34 pm

Postcard of theater at:
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Robert Fairchild commented about Strand Theatre on Jan 23, 2006 at 12:45 pm

Clarence Dopp also owned the “Nickel Dump”. Clarence’s wife Dorothy nee Jenner was a first cousin of my grandmother. Clarence and Dorothy’s daughter Nancy is still alive. I’ll check with her to see if she can add any more info on the theater. My father also remembers the theater.