Ohio Theatre

547 Broadway,
Lorain, OH

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Hibi
Hibi on October 12, 2010 at 2:31 pm

I remember a lot of Disney films were booked there when I was a kid.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on June 20, 2010 at 12:32 pm

Thanks Gerald.

Gerald A. DeLuca
Gerald A. DeLuca on June 20, 2010 at 9:55 am

“A Small House Receives the 1954 Touch"
Article, with photos, of the Ohio Theatre, from Boxoffice magazine, October 2, 1954:
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Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on April 26, 2009 at 8:28 pm

1972 photo of the Ohio Theatre.
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1981 photo od the site where the Ohio Theatre used to be.
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hopewell
hopewell on March 13, 2008 at 10:47 am

The Ohio closed for the first time (as a regular theater)in 1969, re-opening as a porno house in 1970. It closed again in ‘71, and re-opened for the final time in '73, showing whatever films we could get; I was an unpaid “intern” of sorts, getting to eat popcorn, candy, watch the movies and the Manager’s daughter, who worked the projection booth and tended to wear swimsuits to work.

As I said, we showed whatever we could get…we were showing “The Outfit”, with Jim Brown, when it premiered on “The CBS Late Movie”! We closed for good in July, after a run of two months.
The theater was torn down not long after.

lostmemory
lostmemory on September 14, 2007 at 12:04 pm

A Robert-Morton theater organ was installed in a Ohio (Pantheon) Theater in Lorain, Ohio in 1922. Not sure if its this theater.

Hibi
Hibi on April 25, 2005 at 10:48 am

This theater showed primarily MGM product. I remember seeing Ben-Hur there (not in 70mm, but general release). I think it closed sometime in the late 70’s and a bank was built there. I think it was the first of the downtown theaters to close.