From ,“The Cincinnatian”, publication Feb. 1914 the minumum wage for begining workers at Dolly Varden Candy was $5.00 a week with $16.00 a week for experts during a nine hour day.
A listing in the Cincinnati City Directory of 1915 refers to this theater as the Clifton Opera House and it would not be surprising to find that it was showing pictures along with its stage presentations.Many nab Opera Houses never played an Opera.
Hello Music Hall experts, how are you bringing us all the program knowledge of past shows? There must be a huge program storage archive amongst you folks? Please keep it up, it’s fascinating!
I agree the scarce real structure scenery used during the christmas show is a disapointment. Lets hope some of the adoration of digital views will diminish in the future!
This cinema was in an area staffed with many early nickelodeons like the Lubin,Star,Pastime,Pekin,and even an Orpheum Theater which was not in Peebles corner.
Naming the Theater the Palace was a tip of the hat to The Palace Hotel from the 1880’s which still exists today, but is renamed the Cincinnatian Hotel, a most posh place to stay as evidenced by the many national personalaties who stay there.
That theater with the tragic roof collapse was the Knickerbocker Th. in Washington,D.C. in 1922 January 28th after a heavy snowstorm. 98 people were killed and over 100 were injured.
This cinema was also known as the National Thneater in earlier days,those were silent flicks then. So the above blogs are correct ,there were seperate cinemas called the State nee National on 8th Street and the State Th. on Central Avenue. Even earlier was a legitimate live drama theater on 3rd st. called The National in the 1880,s which played all the nationally named actors, it had as its slogan ,“Old Drury”, (a refrence to the famous Drury Lane theater in London,England ).
What a treat it was to share the 50 th year re-premiere of,“GWTW”, at Fox in 1989,with a friend who is a Southern Belle. As it’s original sweeping film title passed across the picture sheet a sold out attendance went applause crazy ! Capping the evening we visited their Egyptian Ballroom at 12 midnight for one fabulous buffet of an all southern menu.! Thanks again,Nancy!
After the Gayety Th. on Vine Street was demolished in 1970 Comedian Joe Virginia moved his burlesque dancers to The Imperial Follies and sometimes one could catch ole time comic Bob “Bobo” Snyder appearing,between the acts of the strippers, doing old jokes.
I mean the stable which is shown on the record album front cover. I think that stable drop and wings were the work of Vincent Minelli when he was the art director at the Hall.
Hooray! What a classy piece of architecture to return to Oakley Square,way to go 20th Century Theater!!!!!Tyrone Powers would have been thrilled to see his hometown marquee vertical re-lit after a 30 year absence. And thanks to Mr Bowers as well for the pictures!!!And even a movie included too!Wow!
The attention getting vertical for Paramount was at the intersection of Gilbert Avenue and Mc Millian Street even thou the theater was nearly 200 feet from that sign. This was done to catch the eye of passing traffic which might have missed the cinema front located way down the block. Paramount vertical was located on the roof of what became wills pawn shop in later years. The 75 foot lighted vertical was removed during WW2 and donated to the scrap metal drive.
The Havlin Th. was also called the Star at some point in its lifespan. Our Lyceum was condemed after a city inspection, conducted soon after a famous theater roof collapsed in Washington,D.C. caused by a vast snow accumulation.
The footprint of the Roosevelt had quite a few transformations in earlier days,firstly as a Methodist Church pre 1840’s called Morris Chapel,then converted to Thoms Music Hall,later as The Havlin Th. in the l883’s for a negrow audience, again Edward Hart ran it in 1900 as The Lyceum,and finally designed as The Roosevelt by Henry N. Hooper and built by the Frank W. Folz Company
F&Y Construction used Fred W. Stritzel for this cinema he was out of their Columbus office.
Architect for Westwood was Fred W. Stitzel out of F&W Costruction.
Can anyone tell me if the stage elevators are water or oil hydrolics?
From ,“The Cincinnatian”, publication Feb. 1914 the minumum wage for begining workers at Dolly Varden Candy was $5.00 a week with $16.00 a week for experts during a nine hour day.
Hello Joe, Many thanks for The Cincinnatian volume , the only one I could find at our main library was for 1927,it’s a real plus to have this link.
A listing in the Cincinnati City Directory of 1915 refers to this theater as the Clifton Opera House and it would not be surprising to find that it was showing pictures along with its stage presentations.Many nab Opera Houses never played an Opera.
milap, try the Studio Cinemas on this web site in cincinnati for your twin screens. The Royal in the 1970’s played soft porn only.
Hello Music Hall experts, how are you bringing us all the program knowledge of past shows? There must be a huge program storage archive amongst you folks? Please keep it up, it’s fascinating!
The owners of Elstun were Elstun Dodge and his mother Rose Dodge , she died in June of 1952 and he in Aug. of 1988.
I agree the scarce real structure scenery used during the christmas show is a disapointment. Lets hope some of the adoration of digital views will diminish in the future!
This cinema was in an area staffed with many early nickelodeons like the Lubin,Star,Pastime,Pekin,and even an Orpheum Theater which was not in Peebles corner.
Naming the Theater the Palace was a tip of the hat to The Palace Hotel from the 1880’s which still exists today, but is renamed the Cincinnatian Hotel, a most posh place to stay as evidenced by the many national personalaties who stay there.
That theater with the tragic roof collapse was the Knickerbocker Th. in Washington,D.C. in 1922 January 28th after a heavy snowstorm. 98 people were killed and over 100 were injured.
This cinema was also known as the National Thneater in earlier days,those were silent flicks then. So the above blogs are correct ,there were seperate cinemas called the State nee National on 8th Street and the State Th. on Central Avenue. Even earlier was a legitimate live drama theater on 3rd st. called The National in the 1880,s which played all the nationally named actors, it had as its slogan ,“Old Drury”, (a refrence to the famous Drury Lane theater in London,England ).
What a treat it was to share the 50 th year re-premiere of,“GWTW”, at Fox in 1989,with a friend who is a Southern Belle. As it’s original sweeping film title passed across the picture sheet a sold out attendance went applause crazy ! Capping the evening we visited their Egyptian Ballroom at 12 midnight for one fabulous buffet of an all southern menu.! Thanks again,Nancy!
Shame on you, Uncle Carl would be so ashamed,after all better cinema attractions might have made a difference!
After the Gayety Th. on Vine Street was demolished in 1970 Comedian Joe Virginia moved his burlesque dancers to The Imperial Follies and sometimes one could catch ole time comic Bob “Bobo” Snyder appearing,between the acts of the strippers, doing old jokes.
I mean the stable which is shown on the record album front cover. I think that stable drop and wings were the work of Vincent Minelli when he was the art director at the Hall.
Thanks DJF7 nice pictures, I still love the old stable scenery from the Nativity shot that is shown.
I’m told the vertical stands out with the leaves off the trees from 6 blocks away ! It’s our Statue of Libery in Ohio!
Hooray! What a classy piece of architecture to return to Oakley Square,way to go 20th Century Theater!!!!!Tyrone Powers would have been thrilled to see his hometown marquee vertical re-lit after a 30 year absence. And thanks to Mr Bowers as well for the pictures!!!And even a movie included too!Wow!
The attention getting vertical for Paramount was at the intersection of Gilbert Avenue and Mc Millian Street even thou the theater was nearly 200 feet from that sign. This was done to catch the eye of passing traffic which might have missed the cinema front located way down the block. Paramount vertical was located on the roof of what became wills pawn shop in later years. The 75 foot lighted vertical was removed during WW2 and donated to the scrap metal drive.
As best I can determine the Kroger parking lot,( across the street from the picture in the above post) was the footprint for The Paramount.
The Havlin Th. was also called the Star at some point in its lifespan. Our Lyceum was condemed after a city inspection, conducted soon after a famous theater roof collapsed in Washington,D.C. caused by a vast snow accumulation.
The footprint of the Roosevelt had quite a few transformations in earlier days,firstly as a Methodist Church pre 1840’s called Morris Chapel,then converted to Thoms Music Hall,later as The Havlin Th. in the l883’s for a negrow audience, again Edward Hart ran it in 1900 as The Lyceum,and finally designed as The Roosevelt by Henry N. Hooper and built by the Frank W. Folz Company