Blaine Theatre

102 E. Oak Street,
Boscobel, WI 53801

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Operated by: State Theatres Circuit (aka Rome Theaters)

Architects: Joseph G. Durrant

Firms: Nerlinger & Durrant

Functions: Movies (First Run)

Styles: Streamline Moderne

Phone Numbers: Box Office: 608.375.4137

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Blaine Theatre

Opened on December 30, 1934 with Anne Shirley in “Anne of Green Gables”, this small town single screen theatre has two shows daily. Located on E. Oak Street and Park Street.

Contributed by Chuck Van Bibber

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WPilgreen
WPilgreen on July 23, 2005 at 9:37 pm

The Blaine Theatre is half of Boscobel’s Blaine Community Building; the other portion is a gymnasium, also used for public events. The theater is operated by a contractor under a long-term lease. The Blaine was built in 1934-35, from a moderne-influenced design by Nerlinger and Durrant, with funding from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration.

Both parts of the buidling were named for Boscobel’s best-known resident, former Senator (and two-term governor) John J. Blaine, who had died in April 1934.

proudlion
proudlion on May 23, 2006 at 7:10 am

This information indicates that the Blaine was built in 1934-35. Does anyone know if there was a movie theatre in Boscobel, WI prior to this?

Thank you

proudlion
proudlion on April 24, 2008 at 1:55 pm

Lost Memory, thanks for posting that picture!

I would still be interested in obtaining information about a theater in Boscobel prior to 1934-35.

Thanks again

Roger Katz
Roger Katz on February 9, 2013 at 9:07 am

proudlion: The 1929 Film Daily Yearbook shows a Strand Theatre in Boscobel.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on May 23, 2018 at 5:34 pm

The Blaine Theatre was designed by local architect Joseph G. Durrant. Durrant established his practice in Boscobel in 1933, and the Blaine was one of two theater/community center projects he designed the following year, the other being at Montfort, Wisconsin. The Montfort building has been (insensitively) remodeled and its Fort Theatre converted into a post office, but the only desecration at Boscobel is a bland addition to the community center building.

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