Cascade Cinema
131 S. Main Street,
Akron,
OH
44308
131 S. Main Street,
Akron,
OH
44308
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1963 photo added, copyright William Ling. A tank parked in front of the Strand for “The Longest Day”.
September 2nd, 1915 grand opening ad also in the photo section.
February 17th, 1971 reopening ad as a adult cinema in the photo section.
My brother, a friend, and I were at the “The Strand” as it was known back then to see Vincent Price in “The Tingler.”
The Tingler was a lobster-like creature we all supposedly had in our spine that was kept in check by screaming when scared. In the movie a woman who was mute is scared to death by her husband so he could get the lucrative old movie theater his wife owned. It’s when the Tingler shows up and Price removes it from her body.
It gets out of the box and goes into the silent theater movie house through a floorboard. Price asks where the floorboard leads to and the husband says, “It goes down into the theater.”
With that my brother who is somewhere around 5 to 7 years old lets out a whoop and sprints down the row, up the aisle, past an amazed usher, and out into the street with me in pursuit. He thought the Tingler was in our theater, The Strand. The usher let us back into the movie. We laughed about that into our fifties.
Here are some postcards showing interior and exterior views:
http://tinyurl.com/c678jg
http://tinyurl.com/cyvro5
Interesting article here:
http://www.ohio.com/news/27730294.html