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Clevelandmovie theatresand drive-ins
 
Includes Akron
 12/30/2011
 
 
 
pg. 2
 
CLEVELAND
CUYAHOGA COUNTY
CLEVELAND
79th Street
 
? 1925
Ace
119
th
& Kinsman1948-1949
Abby
 15511 Waterloo? 1940-1949750 seats
Adonis Theatre
 
1273 W. 9
th
St.
1970’s
This was a male adult cinema
Adult Cinema and Bookstore
10520 Euclid1969-? 1972The Plain Dealer stopped accepting adsfor adult cinemas 1972-1978.
Alhambra
 10403 Euclid1915-19691,200 seatsOwners:1919-1922, -1935-1938
Loew’s
 1940-1941 RKO1955 Co-operative Theatres of Ohio(Booking and Buying Agency)
 
 
pg. 3
 
Allen
 
1407 Euclid in the Playhouse Squaredistrict.April 1
st
, 1921-19683,009 seats
The ALLEN THEATRE, 1501 Euclid Ave.,opened on 1 Apr. 1921. It joined the Ohio,State, and Hanna theaters, which haddebuted only weeks before. The Allen wasconstructed in conjunction with the BulkleyBldg., an 8-story office building on EuclidAve., just east of E. 14th St. Designed byarchitect C. Howard Crane, the $1 millionshowplace was developed by 2 Canadiantheater impresarios, Jules and Jay Allen ofToronto.An ornate lobby led to a pillared ItalianRenaissance rotunda, its dome 33' high. Thebalcony seating area was reached fromanother domed entrance hall, while yet athird dome graced the main arena.Altogether, the Allen could seat 3,003 inopulent surroundings. Because the Allenbrothers were not affiliated with a majormotion-picture circuit, they experienceddifficulty in securing first-run features.In. 1923
Loew’s
took it over when FamousPlayers of Canada took over all the Allenchain in Canada. In 1932 RKO took over. In1949 Warner Bros. joined in the theater'smanagement, and finally, in 1953 Stanley-Warner Theatres assumed the lease. Despitethe expenditure of $500,000 in 1961 torenovate the Allen, diminishing audiencesled to Stanley-Warner's decision to close thetheater on 5 Mar. 1968.Although the Allen hosted some of theearliest events in the campaign to restoreCleveland's PLAYHOUSE SQUARE, it wasnearly lost amid the subsequent festivitiessurrounding the reopening of its 3neighbors, the OHIO THEATER, STATETHEATER, and PALACE THEATER. For severalyears it housed a restaurant in its lobby, butdemolition had already begun in Jan. 1993,when the Playhouse Square Assn. signed along-term lease to preserve the Allen aspart of its downtown theater complex.
Almira
 3236 W 105th St1927-1952950 seatsOwners:1945 Co-operative Theatres of Ohio(Booking and Buying Agency)1950 Selected Theaters Company (Co-Op)
Ambassador
 12416 Superior1926-1951950 seatsOwners:1945 Schultz, Nate (Co-Op)1950 Selected Theaters Company (Co-Op)
Amphion
 
W. 25
th
& Walton1918-1927Washington Circuit owned it 1921-1927.
Angela
9107 Buckeye Road1918-1919
Arion
 Kingsman Road1924-? 1945500 seatsOwners:1927-1928 Washington Circuit1930 Deutsch & Shenker1935 Belle Amusement Company1940 Kaplin Circuit
Astor
 8405 Hough1927-1966999 seatsWashington Theatres Circuit owned thistheatre.
Atlas
St. Clair & Hayden1918-1919

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Thanks for uploading this - I plan on sharing this with my sister..
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simplex1980left a comment

I just found the "Cleveland Movie Theatre" page. I noticed that the Detroit Theatre in Lakewood, Ohio is missing from the list. As far as I know, it is still owned by General Theatres of Cleveland, OH.
02 / 19 / 2010
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The Detroit Theatre is on page 30.
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