Ohio Follies Theatre

144 S. Jefferson Street,
Dayton, OH 45402

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Matthew Prigge
Matthew Prigge on November 18, 2012 at 2:38 pm

If anyone has any stories about going to/ working at this threatre in its adult days, I would love to hear them. I am chronicling the histories of adult theatres in the US. Please contact me at Thanks!

lostmemory
lostmemory on December 18, 2008 at 4:54 pm

This photo shows the Globe/Ohio Theater.

ZookieFreddie
ZookieFreddie on July 11, 2006 at 9:54 pm

Oops! I forgot to mention that the parking garage for the convention center now occupies this site.

ZookieFreddie
ZookieFreddie on July 11, 2006 at 9:53 pm

Having a friend who was projectionist here, I visited the projection room rather frequently during the early 60s. I remember its interior fairly well.

lostmemory
lostmemory on January 15, 2005 at 1:30 pm

Peter Rayburg opened the Globe Theater in 1910. By 1962 this theater was renamed the Ohio and it was sold to Harry Einhorn. On April 6, 1962 Mr. Einhorn opened the theater under a new name and a new billing policy. Renamed the Ohio Follies, the theater began featuring adult films of an ‘art’ nature. The opening attraction was titled “Unashamed”, and was billed as a panorama of life in a nature colony. The Ohio Follies began losing patrons in the mid- 1960’s. The theater died a slow death, but finally closed its doors in 1969.