Paramount Theatre
24 N. Broad Street,
Middletown,
OH
45042
24 N. Broad Street,
Middletown,
OH
45042
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The Paramount Theatre opened on April 13, 1931 and was demolished in 1963 for a city parking lot. It was somewhat similar to the Paramount in Peekskill, New York with a half-timbered exterior and an Art Deco style interior.
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The address for the Paramount Theatre was 24 North Broad St., the theatre opened in 1935 and closed in 1965.
Here is a 1950 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/frc3z
Here is a 1950 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/frc3z
The April 2nd, 1930 issue of Variety reported that Paramount would build a new theatre in Middletown, Ohio, for $750,000, with Rapp & Rapp as architects. It was probably similar in design to a new Paramount theatre by Rapp & Rapp and also costing $750,000 in Hamilton, Ohio, which was announced in the same issue of Variety. Both theatres would be owned by a Paramount subsidiary called the Midham Company, headquartered in Cincinnati.
Here is a 1939 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/3xbld3
Captain Fury with Victor McLaglen and Brian Aherne was released in May of 1939.
The Paramount was a beautiful theater. It closed in 1963. I recall seeing equipment, etc on the sidewalk outside during the summer of 63 as they were gutting it. The excuse at the time was that it cost too much to AC the place. It’s a parking lot now. I don’t think anything was ever built there after it was razed. El Cid was the last movie I saw there circa Nov. 1962.
A painting of the vanished Paramount Theater can be seen here.