Lyric Theatre
140 South Washington Street,
Greenfield,
OH
45123
140 South Washington Street,
Greenfield,
OH
45123
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Located on the corner of South Washington Street and Mirabeau Street, the Lyric Theatre was already operating prior to 1926. The Lyric Theatre is listed in the 1950 Film Daily Yearbook with 300 seats. A veterinary clinic is currently located at this address.
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Google’s camera car didn’t photograph the location of the Lyric Theatre on its way through Greenfield, Ohio, but here is a bird’s-eye view from Bing Maps. There is still a painted sign on the corner of the building reading “Lyric, Always Good.”
The Lyric Theatre at Greenfield was mentioned in the September 4, 1920 issue of The Billboard. One of the three movie houses listed at Greenfield in the 1914-1915 AMPD was on Washington street (the other two were on Jefferson) and was called the Electric Theatre. This might have been the Lyric under an earlier name, but the AMPD gave no street number for it.
The Lyric was open at least as late as 1956. The November 7 issue of Motion Picture Exhibitor reported that the Lyric had been closed due to the failure of the owner, a Mrs. Gray, to make repairs required by the State. The November 21 issue of the same journal said that Pearl Gray had sold the Lyric to a Mr. Charles Weller. I’ve been unable to discover if Mr. Weller repaired and reopened the house or not. As the Rand theatre was still in operation and a new Drive-In had recently opened (on June 3, according to the June 9, 1956 issue of Boxoffice it might be that the Lyric was no longer economically viable.