Cinema X
716 Monmouth Street,
Newport,
KY
41071
716 Monmouth Street,
Newport,
KY
41071
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The State Theater opened on November 10, 1939 with Eleanor Powell in “Honolulu”. On December 18, 1970 it was renamed Cinema X, screening adult movies. The Cinema X was closed on March 11, 1982. It has since been demolished and the site is used for parking.
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According to this site, the Cinema X closed in March 1982:
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Scroll down for the photo and the date:
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A different site states the theatre closed a month earlier:
“…Cinema X [closed] on February 3, 1982 after hosting the double feature ‘Sex Boat’ and ‘Hot Channels.’ The theater closed as part of a negotiated agreement with the commonwealth of Kentucky taking over the building in exchange for fines against the cinema. Later that year, the state gave the building to the city of Newport so that it could be demolished for a parking lot. Demolition began on March 1, 1983 and a sign now designates the spot as the Historic Taylor’s Landing public parking lot.”
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This Cinema X in Newport,Kentucky ,is often confused with the Cinema X in Cincinnati,Ohio on Race Street. The Kentucky venue ran much longer than its Ohio neighbor.
This is a February 1996 item from the Kentucky Post:
According to the Newport City Directory in 1939 the address at 716 Monmouth St., which would become the site of the State Theatre was formerly the location of Broering Brothers Refrigeration Apparatus. The same directory directory listed the owners as Joseph A. Broering and Bernard G. Broering.
Earlier, in the 1920s, the same site had housed W. W. Dowell & Co., which sold umbrellas and parasols. William W. Dowell and A. E. Meyer were the company owners.
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http://www.nkyviews.com/campbell/newport747.htm
Here is the theater when it was the State.
http://www.nkyviews.com/campbell/newport1276.htm
This reopened as Cinema X on December 18th, 1970. Grand opening ad posted.