Temple Theatre
10 E. Main Street,
Orwell,
OH
44076
10 E. Main Street,
Orwell,
OH
44076
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Orwell had a house called the Temple in 1932, when this item appeared in the January 8 issue of Film Daily: “Orwell, O. — The Temple, now operated by W. L. Chalmers, is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday of each week.” Chalmers had recently bought the house from H. J. Walters. The theater had been around for quite a while by then, as it was advertised in the November 12, 1925 issue of the Orwell News-Letter (scan here.) The only theater listed at Orwell in the 1926 FDY was called the Opera House. This might have been an alternate name for the Temple.
Carl Reardon, Cleveland area distributor for Universal Pictures, was deposed for the U.S. Senate’s investigation of movie industry trade practices in 1956. As part of his deposition he noted that Lee Hendershott, then the owner of the Temple Theatre, had gotten a flat-fee service from Universal starting in February, 1956, paying $30 for each feature, with the exception of a few special movies that would still be rented on a percentage basis.
The Temple Theatre building is currently occupied by an antique shop.