Standard Theatre
811 Prospect Avenue,
Cleveland,
OH
44114
811 Prospect Avenue,
Cleveland,
OH
44114
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This downtown Cleveland theatre, which was sort of out of the way on Prospect Avenue, was opened in 1914 as the Standard Theatre. In later years it was mainly a venue for adult pornographic films, although it had shown mainstream films early in its life. The Standard Theatre closed in the mid-1980’s. The theatre had shown black-oriented action films briefly in the early-1980’s.
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As an adult theater, this was known as the Lido Theater. This is a 1981 ad for the Lido Theater. Note the same 811 Prospect address.
Lido Theater should be listed as an aka.
Was Lido its last name? If so, Lido should be its primary name.
1962 photo of the Standard Theatre.
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1948 photo of the Standard Theatre.
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1982 photo of the Standard Theatre.
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LOL. By the 80’s unless you looked closely you wouldnt know a theater was there.
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The year given for this ad is 1961.
This was also known as the Lido Art Cinema. Here is a 1979 photo.
It must have been the Standard, as yet unnamed, that was the subject of an item in The Motion Picture World of January 3, 1914. It said: “The largest motion picture house in downtown Cleveland is planned by Joseph Grossman… who has arranged to lease a building to be erected for him… at the rear of the O'Brien Building, 813 Prospect Avenue. Architect M.B. Vorce is preparing plans for a structure that will accommodate between 700 and 800 persons.”