Bryan Theater
140 S. Lynn Street,
Bryan,
OH
43506
140 S. Lynn Street,
Bryan,
OH
43506
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It was called the BRYAN BIJOU in 1995 with Three screens,Wonderful theatre ruined I am sure.
The Folks at The Bryan Theatre before it was twinned always thought of the Kids,Saturday Matinee was often kid friendly,“KING KONG ESACAPES” i am sure played to a full house.1971.
Played “BILLY JACK” over two weeks,which is hard to believe with such a horrible film.“THE GODFATHER” had a two week run with ONE showing Daily.
Looking at Newspaper ads as far into the seventies it was selling itself as an AIR CONDITIONED theatre.Thought that was odd.
Doing some further checking there was also a 411 seat Grand Theatre on Lincoln Way E. that was owned by the Skirball Brothers Theatres Also.
Toby could it have been the Westin Theatre at 140 Lincoln Way E.? The Westin was owned by Skirball Brothers Theatres. Seated 500 and closed around 1980.
Thanks Toby.
It may have been a different theater in Massillon that Mr. Skirball built. The Lions Lincoln was built by another architect in the mid-1910’s, and was also a former Warner Bros. house. Maybe the Skirball theater was built, closed, and demolished. The Lions Lincoln, which is still open, is the only Massillon theater listed here.
I know that the Lions Lincoln Theater in Massillon, OH is listed in Cinema Treasures. Was this the theater Mr. Skirball built?
The 1998 IMPA lists the Bryan Theater with three screens and 400 seats. If that number is accurate, it would appear that the single screen theater was converted into a triplex and lost seats in the process.
A comment and question asked on flickr: “The Bryant use to be a single screen. Were three additional screens built on or was the original auditorium spilt up?” With 688 seats I wondered the same thing.
The July 1, 1939, issue of Boxoffice said that W.N. Skirball was building a theater, as yet unnamed, at Bryan, Ohio. The architect of the new house was John Eberson. It was expected to open by October 1. Unless Skirball built two theaters in Bryan about this time, the one the item referred to must have been the Bryan.
The item said that Skirball was also building a larger house at Massilon, Ohio, also designed by Eberson. I can’t find any theaters currently listed for Massilon at Cinema Treasures.
Otherwise Bryan would be the place to go for all the DVD pirates.
That’s funny. The photo must have been replaced with a new photo. I posted the link in 2006 and the date on the photo is now May 15, 2009. I’m fast, but not that fast.
Take a look at the March 2006 photo. They must have gotten some advance bookings.
Chuck….The 1982 photo is the Mt. Union Theater. Here are 1982 photos of the Bryan Theater:
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1983 night photo of the Bryan Theatre.
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1982 photo of the Bryan Theatre.
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A March 2009 photo is here.
This is a February 2009 photo.
Here is a website for the Bryan Theater. It looks like it has three screens.
The 1981 motion picture almanac shows the Skirball Investment Company as operators of the Bryan at that time. Jack Skirball was an investor who I believe started out with Warren Buffett. The Skirball Center in Bel Air, CA is the result of his endowment.
The site where I found this theater had it listed as a single screen. It might actually be a quad.
Here is a photo of the Bryan theater.