Riverside Theatre
16901 Lorain Avenue,
Cleveland,
OH
44111
16901 Lorain Avenue,
Cleveland,
OH
44111
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Previously operated by: Community Circuit Theaters, Loews
Architects: George Howard Burrows
Styles: Art Deco
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The Riverside Theatre was a neighborhood theatre which opened on April 17, 1938 with Sonja Henie in “Happy Landing” & Jack Cooper in “Boys of the Streets”. Loews took over the theatre in the early-1970’s, and was twinned on October 28, 1978. Loews closed the theatre on January 20, 1994 with Michael Keaton in “My Life” & Al Pacino in “Carlito’s Way”.
The Riverside Theatre was demolished in 1994 to make way for a Walgreens drug store.
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The Riverside was owned by the local chainlette called Community Circuit – headed by Bert Lefkowich. Loews bought out Community Circuit in the mid 1970s and twinned it. I think Loews ran it til it was demolished.
The photo “Lost Memory” has posted comes from our website, westparkhistory.com, where it was posted courtesy of James L. Smith.
You can see another old photo of the Riverside Theater on our site and read a bit about it.
Gary
westparkhistory.com
No problem, Lost Memory. I wanted to be certain to get James L. Smith’s name credited.
NIce shots of the LOEWS RIVERSIDE.
April 17th, 1938 ad is at View link
The Riverside Theatre in Cleveland was listed in the “New Theaters” column of The Film Daily for April 9, 1938. The item named the architect only as Burrows. This must have been George Howard Burrows, architect of at least five other theaters in north central Ohio.
Link with photos of the West Park and Riverside Theatres.
http://westparkhistory.com/thennow/gone/gone.htm#WPmovie
Riverside direct link here.
http://westparkhistory.com/thennow/gone/gone.htm#riverside
1978 photo of the Riverside Theater added.
Source:
https://www.westparkhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/WPTimes_10a-Riverside-Theatre.pdf
The Riverside Theatre opened its doors on April 17, 1938 with Sonja Henie in “Happy Landing” and Jack Cooper in “Boys Of The Streets” along with Chapter 1 of “The Lone Ranger”, the Pete Smith Specialty “Audioscopiks”, an unnamed Mickey Mouse cartoon, and a newsreel.
Loews twinned the Riverside Theatre on October 28, 1978 and the Riverside Theatre closed for the final time on January 20, 1994 with “My Life” in Screen 1 and “Carlito’s Way” in Screen 2. It was demolished that same year to make way for a Walgreens.