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In 1951, the Hippodrome Theater became part of the Telenews chain and the property was purchased by Alvin Krenzler in 1972. [1] By the 1970s, movie attendance began to decline. [2] The eleven-story office building had several tenants over its nearly 80-year history. At street level, there was Green Jewelers, a shoe store, and a haberdashery.
Movie studios were slow to recognize the value of their property, [3] "generally viewing the material as junk taking up precious backlot real estate." [ 4 ] Often, workers would just take souvenirs or sell items without permission, aware that their employers did not particularly care. [ 3 ]
The KeyBank State Theatre is a theater located at 1519 Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. [1] It is one of the theaters that make up Playhouse Square.It was designed by the noted theater architect Thomas W. Lamb and was built in 1921 by Marcus Loew to be the flagship of the Ohio branch of the Loew's Theatres company.
The Allen Theatre is one of the theaters in Playhouse Square, the performing arts center on Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. It was originally designed as a silent movie theater by C. Howard Crane and opened its doors on April 1, 1921, with a capacity of more than 3,000 seats. [ 1 ]
During the early 70s, after extensive remodeling and refurbishing, the Performing Arts Theater became the Scrumpy-Dump Cinema, Cleveland's first and only black-owned movie theater, hosting popular exhibitions of Blaxploitation features such as Shaft, Foxy Brown, Across 110th Street, Blacula, Cleopatra Jones, Cotton Comes to Harlem, and The Mack.
The 48th Cleveland International Film Festival will have a bit of Akron on its screens when it begins April 3 at Playhouse Square.. Four films of note will shine on screens in the historic ...
The Cleveland Cinematheque, as it is colloquially known, was founded in 1984 by John Ewing, Ron Holloway, and George Gund III. [2] Originally housed at Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Institute of Art has been home to the non-profit since 1986. [3] John Ewing served as director and programmer from its founding until June 30, 2024 ...
The Mimi Ohio Theatre is a theater on Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, part of Playhouse Square. The theater was built by Marcus Loew's Loew's Ohio Theatres company. It was designed by Thomas W. Lamb in the Italian Renaissance style, and was intended to present legitimate plays. The theater opened on February 14, 1921, with 1,338 seats.