Valentino Theater
New Orleans,
LA
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The Valentino Theater was destroyed in an explosion on December 31, 1930, according to a news item on that date in the Portsmouth (OH) Times.
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Ken McIntyre
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Do you have a link to that news item, I can find nothing on a Valentino Theatre in New Orleans.
I can’t link to the actual page, but I can give you the text of the news item:
BLAST WRECKS MOVIE HOUSE
Score Injured When Theater Demolished By Violent Explosion.
NEW ORLEANS. La., Dec 31.â€"Three explosions in a suburban motion-picture theater totally destroyed the structure, damaged adjacent buildings and caused minor injuries to
more than a score of persons. Those injured were mostly residents of a tenement which adjoined the theater.
The explosions aroused residents in a radius of several blocks. Police said the explosions were either due to bombs placed in the theater, to escaping gas or ignition of film. The movie house, the Valentino Theater, was a small structure. The vreckage caught fire, after the blast, destroying what was left of the building.
Most of those injured were cut by flying glass as windows throughout the neighborhood were shattered. Many of the tenement dwellers were thrown from their beds. Damage was estimated at $30,000.
Great article, I have looked forward and backward through the New Orleans papers and can find nothing on the explosion. I can’t even find anything on the theatre. Wonder how it made the papers in Ohio and not where it happened. Thanks for posting the article.
Sure, RIP Valentino.