Lyric Theatre
508 Vine Street,
Cincinnati,
OH
508 Vine Street,
Cincinnati,
OH
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This once-popular vaudeville theater, which opened in 1906, converted to movies in 1921. The Lyric closed in 1950.
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Ray Martinez
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The Lyric closed in 1950 and was located at 508 Vine Street.
Here are a postcard and photo, both from the mid twenties:
http://tinyurl.com/lpcd8
http://tinyurl.com/mlz99
Here is another postcard view of the Lyric Theater.
A Wurlitzer theater organ opus 816 style “D” special was installed in the Lyric Theater on 4/26/1924. Status: sold.
Here is a photo circa 1938:
http://tinyurl.com/o8os9y
Too blurry for me.
RKO came thru in the early 1930’s and purchased a string of Libson theatres including the Lyric Th.,then by 1933 RKO went into receivership, but recovered in the later 1940’s . However the RKO logos remained upon the theatre marquees until many were torndown in the 1950’s,1960’s&1970’s. Must have been cheaper than removing the Radio-Keith-Orpheum name.
We should give credit to Mr. Heuck the owner an builder of This Lyric Th. in l906 who was looking to produce a fancier form of entertainment than what was offered at his 2 theatres in,“Over The Rhine”. Namely Heucks Operahouse and the Peoples Theater, which played melodramas,westerns,and some national named vaudeville. Heuck was looking for a more genteel audience and probably bigger profits.