Old Trail Theatre

3630 W. Broad Street,
Columbus, OH 43228

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Mark_L
Mark_L on December 18, 2020 at 12:52 pm

The theater was closed in 1951 and became a bowling alley. It was originally called the Old Trail Lanes, but became the Winko Lanes in 1957. The bowling alley closed in March, 1988.

Hibi
Hibi on December 17, 2020 at 3:41 pm

It only lasted 3 YEARS? What happened, I wonder?

EricSpilker
EricSpilker on September 28, 2016 at 9:27 pm

Circa-1950/51, I recall busing on a Sunday afternoon to the faraway, westside Columbus theatre the Old Trail for a reissue double feature of “A Thousand and One Nights”and Abbott and Costello in “Pardon My Sarong.” Outside, I observed the 40 x 60 poster for “Nights” did not say Technicolor. I asked the girl in the ticket booth, “Isn’t this in color?” She pointed to the Columbia credit on the poster and replied, “This is a Reprint.” Inside, the storybook credits on the screen had black bars superimposed on the two for Technicolor.
A great afternoon for a kid at a 1,300-seat theatre that lasted only from 1948 – 1951. This must have been one of its final shows.