Loew's Stillman Theatre
1111 Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland,
OH
44115
1111 Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland,
OH
44115
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Actual closing date is July 28, 1963 after a 16-week run of “Lawrence Of Arabia”.
Marcus Loew acquired the Stillman in 1917, according to the September 1 issue of The Moving Picture World that year. The chain acquired to Valentine Theatre in Toledo at the same time. The pair were the first Loew’s houses in Ohio.
The Stillman Theatre had an Austin Pipe Organ of 3 manuals and 35 ranks! Quite a large instrument!
TLSLOEWS uploaded two pictures of the exterior from a site called Franks Place.
Grand opening ad uploaded in the photo section
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Tlsloews,hard as I try every LOEWS theatre I find you have left a comment before me!
Great photo in 1949 Boxoffice Gerald.
Gang in front of house, Boxoffice magazine, July 16, 1949:
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@Archie: The department stores did not close “year by year”. Taylor’s closed in ‘61. Bailey relocated to the old Bing Furniture store and lasted until '66. Sterling’s lasted until '68. Halle’s 'til the end of '81, and so forth.
Thanks CWallczac I love these pictures.Got any of the exterior?
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There are several pictures here, as well as an architectural drawing:
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Too bad there are no old pictures.
Renewing link.
I loved Loew’s Stillman.It was classy and luxurious.it closed because all of the downtown theatres were hurt by first run movies beginning to play the suburbs and then newer theatres, and white flight to the ‘burbs. All of downtown was dying by the late 60’s. The department stores closed year by year: Halle’s , Sterling Linder, Bailey’s, Taylor’s, Higbee’s, the May Co. I remember standing in a huge line going way down Euclid to see PSYCHO at the Stillman when i was a kid. Very exciting. the showings were sold out. Big showes at the Stillman besides GWTW, and LAWRENCE OF ARABIA were GIGI and long runs of BUTTERFIELD 8, THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG, THE APARTMENT, RAINTREE COUNTY.
Also, the article mentions that the style of the Stillman was inspired by the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, London, as redecorated by the Adam brothers in 1775, and the photos reveal what I would certainly call an Adamesque design.
The architects of the Stillman Theatre were George B. Post & Sons, with Thomas Lamb as theater consultant. The Stillman was the subject of an extensive illustrated article in a 1918 issue of Architectural Record, which begins on page 309 of this digitized volume available at Google Books.
The correct address of the Loew’s Stillman was 1111 Euclid Avenue which is now the parking garage for the Statler Arms Apartments. They are located at 1127 Euclid Avenue.
The STILLMAN THEATER was among the most elaborate motion-picture houses in the U.S. It opened in 1916 on the former estate of STILLMAN WITT†, a railroad builder, at 1115 Euclid Ave., and had a seating capacity of 1,800. As one of the 3 downtown outlets of the Loew’s movie chain, it shared first-run MGM feature films with the STATE THEATER and the OHIO THEATER. The Stillman closed on 28 July 1963. While the auditorium was demolished in favor of a parking garage, remnants of the lobby could still be viewed in the garage entrance in 1993.
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I really don’t know about the stage, but I would guess that they had some backstage facilities. I don’t think very many alterations were made for 70mm. The booth was VERY cramped with it’s 3 Century 35/70mm projectors. As in most older houses, the projection angle was quite steep. It would have been preferable to build a mezzanine booth similar to the Palace. When the Palace ended their 3-strip Cinerama presentations, they could have installed 70mm machines in the upstairs booth, but chose to do the mezzanine job. The net result is a shorter throw and almost straight-on, reducing distortion quite a bit.
Jim, did the Stillman have full stage facilities? Was the theater significantly altered for 70mm?
LOL! How original.
…and the restaurant was called The Old Allen.
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