Continental Art Theatre

13931 Euclid Avenue,
East Cleveland, OH 44112

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This theatre opened in the 1920’s as the Wind-A-Meer, a neighborhood theatre, and was renamed the Continental Art Theatre in the late 1950’s. The Continental was a sister theatre to the Heights Art Theatre in Cleveland Heights and the Westwood Art Theatre in Lakewood.

Like the Heights and Westwood, the Continental had shown art/foreign films; then porn. In its final years, the Continental had shown black-oriented action films before closing for good around 1974. The theatre was torn down afterwards — a Wendy’s is on the site now.

Contributed by Toby Radloff

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dave-bronx™ on October 6, 2004 at 2:57 am

The Continental, along with the Heights and Westwood were part of a chain of “art” theatres with other theatres in Columbus. I think it was called Bexley Theatres.

jsomich on January 10, 2005 at 8:56 pm

The Continental was where manager Nico Jacobellis got in big trouble for showing the “dirty” movie, I Am Curious Yellow. Actually a very tame foreign pseudo-documentary in b&w.

scottfavareille on January 10, 2005 at 9:38 pm

Jacobellis was also the theater manager when the Louis Malle film Les Amants(The Lovers) got seized by authorities for obscenity. The case wound up going all the way to the US Supreme Court.

Ron Newman on January 10, 2005 at 10:08 pm

The Bexley and World theatres in Columbus were part of a chain called ‘Art Theater Guild’.

dave-bronx™ on September 6, 2005 at 5:56 am

Yes, that’s it, Art Theatre Guild – I forgot, it was a long time ago…

lostmemory on January 15, 2007 at 2:31 pm

This is a 1967 ad for the Continental Theater.

decoteau on July 1, 2007 at 10:54 pm

Here’s another ad for this theatre

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decoteau on May 24, 2008 at 2:18 am

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decoteau on May 24, 2008 at 2:22 am