Mayland Theatre
5900 Mayfield Road,
Mayfield Heights,
OH
44124
5900 Mayfield Road,
Mayfield Heights,
OH
44124
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The Mayland Theatre, with a round Art-Deco style marquee, opened in 1948/1949, and was twinned under General Cinema ownership to the plans of William Riseman Associates.
GCC closed the Mayland in the early-1990’s, and a Barnes and Noble bookstore later occupied the site, with huge neon Barnes and Noble letters replacing the Mayland letters on the marquee. In 1999, Barnes and Noble relocated to Richmond Mall, and the Mayland building became vacant again.
In 2006, it became a Boneyard Restaurant.
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1976 photo of the Mayland Theatre.
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1982 Night photo of the Mayland Theatre.
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1983 night photo of the Mayland Theatre.
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Another 1983 photo of the Mayland Theatre.
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Undated photo of the Former Mayland Theatre. announcing the opening of the Boneyard in Spring of 2006.
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Renewing link.
Here is an article by Hanns Teichert, whose firm decorated the Mayland Theatre. The January 7, 1950, Boxoffice article includes photos of both the Mayland and a theater called the Lake, which was located in an eastern suburb of Cleveland not named in the magazine. Like the Mayland, the Lake was designed by the architectural firm of Matzinger & Grosel. I’ve been unable to determine of the Lake is listed at Cinema Treasures yet.
The Lake, now the Lakeshore 7, is in Euclid: View link
Thanks, CWalczak. I’ll post the Boxoffice link to the Lakeshore 7 page as well.
I never went to see a movie at this theater, but I did go to The Barnes & Noble it became a few times in HS (this is the late 90s).
Since it has been Boneyard for about 5 years now I have been inside it MANY times (it’s a great bar), but I do wish I went to a show back in the day…
We moved to Mayfield Hts. in 1957. I spent many a Saturday afternoon as a kid and nights as a teen watching the movies at the Mayland. When I got older and bolder as a teen, I use to find ways to sneak into the theater without buying a ticket. It was a nice modern theater at the time but nothing like the great historical theaters in downtown Cleveland which I never really went to until the 1980’s and later. When in town though I like to eat at the Boneyard and try to remember what it was like back in the 60’s. I guess there are no interior photos since the place was usually dark and who would take pictures of an ordinary theater interior anyway.
Very nice theater. Any interior pictures?
Here is a fresh link to the January 7, 1950, Boxoffice article about the Mayfield and Lake Theatres. There are three pages with photos. In adition, here is a direct link to the final page of the article’s text.
There are many who believe this theatre is haunted! Apparently, workers at the Boneyard have regular encounters with a ghost, who was supposedly an usher, for the theatre. They say he hung himself when he was turned down for a raise. Supposedly, he hung himself in front of the big screen! I stumbled across this page while trying to gather information to disprove this story. I am not a believer in ghosts! Just wondering if anyone out there, has any info on this. Thanks!