Valley Theater
7617 Reading Road,
Cincinnati,
OH
45237
7617 Reading Road,
Cincinnati,
OH
45237
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A late Streamline Moderne theater anchored to a sixteen store, ten office shopping complex on a seven acre site with parking for 500 cars. It was the largest suburban theater in the area except for the Paramount Theater in Peebles Corner. All seating was located on a single floor.
The Valley Theater had an organist named Johanna Gross, of “Moon River” radio fame and RKO Albee Theater reknown to play the Valley Theater organ. The entrance featured a 71 foot pylon in aluminum with an enormous film reel perched at its top to suck the customers in visually.
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Hi, I remember Mr. Wiethe, along with Lou Jr. and Ed Wiethe very well.
Did Lou Jr work at the theater? I taped my grandfather telling some of his life, but he got too emotional and didn’t want to go on. Can I ask you about him sometime? Are you in Cincinnati?
The theater is Celeberties Banquet Rooms according to the City Directory of 2010.
Louis Wiethe chose Kelly Green,Gray,and Yellow for his ushers and staff when this venue opened.
Described in this 1949 trade article: boxofficemagazine
Renovations described twenty years later: Boxoffice
70mm equipment was installed, initially to show “Around the World in Eighty Days,” in 1957.
I have a picture of my grandfather on an elephant in front of the theater for the opening of “Around the World in Eighty Days”.
Hi Jenni, SURPRISE!!!!! I was the Writer, Producer, Director,and Editor and built all the Sets for the Movie, “Little Laura and Big John” and Lou Wiethe was the Executive Producer beacuse he raised the budget for the Movie. It was filmed at Moberly Film Studios in Ft.Lauderdale, which I owned. I have still pictures and the POSTER on the wall in my office.I can tell you a lot about your grandfather. You can write to me.
Jennie Wiethe. If you want to keep our information more private, you can write to me at and I can also e-mail pictures to you of the Movie and Lou Wiethe. Maybe you can help me find the print of my Film “SWEET TALKER” that disappeared from the showing at the Ludlow Theater in about 1974. Ludlow asked me about showing it for their Anniversary Celebration. I don’t have a print. Bob Rehme was the distributor then with TRI STATE. I was there on the “Bob Braun Show” also.