Connor Palace Theatre

1615 Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland, OH 44115

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jsomich
jsomich on January 5, 2005 at 9:14 pm

I vaguely remember (in the 60s) that the Loew’s Regional Manager’s office was in Loew’s State.(and I believe it was on the mezz too)
I think his name was Frank Arena, but it has been a long time.

jsomich
jsomich on January 5, 2005 at 8:48 pm

Right. It was known as the RKO Palace. Part of the RKO-Keith-Albee chain. (As I remember)Also, there was the Loew’s Stillman at 11th and Euclid.

Hibi
Hibi on January 5, 2005 at 8:43 pm

That’s odd. The Palace was never a Loew’s theater. The Loew’s State and Ohio were next door.

jsomich
jsomich on January 4, 2005 at 9:45 pm

When I visited the Palace in the 60s I found two booths. The downstairs booth had 3 Philips/Norelco 35/70mm projectors, Ashcraft Super Cinex lamps, and Ampex stereo sound (with RCA tube-type power amps).
The upstairs booth has 3 Super Simplex projectors, RCA Photophone Sound but I can’t remember the lamps.

dave-bronx™
dave-bronx™ on September 14, 2004 at 11:02 pm

This theatre was never associated with Loew’s. The Loew’s State was next door, and in the 1960s the Loew’s Division Manager was ensconced there.

The Keith’s Palace was designed by the Rapp brothers, and seated 3,680 people. It was built and opened November 6, 1922 by Edward F. Albee as a monument to his vaudville-entrepreneur friend B.F.Keith. It was billed as “The Most Magnificent Theater in the World”. The Keith-Albee circuit would later become RKO, and the Palace remained RKO until it closed on July 20, 1969 while playing ‘Krakatowa East of Java’ and the air conditioning conked out. Because it was part of the large Keith office building that remained occupied, the theatre was able to be monitored, and the structure maintained. The lobby was being used as a wholesale jewelry showroom using a small side entrance on 17th St. The marquee had been removed and the front entry boarded up. When The Playhouse Square Association got involved, the Palace was in the best condition of the 4 houses (this, plus the Loew’s State, Loew’s Ohio and the RKO Allen, all sitting side-by-side).

phyllisharvey
phyllisharvey on April 9, 2004 at 2:02 am

please send me a schedule of jazz events that you will be hosting in cleveland,ohio.

Thank You.

Phyllis Harvey
2289 Birch Trace DR.
Austintown,Ohio.44515

BeckySliter
BeckySliter on February 4, 2002 at 12:12 am

Could you please send me a schedule of the events that you will be hosting at the Palace in Cleveland, Ohio.

Thank you.

Becky Sliter
1927 Opal St.
Louisville, OH 44641