Mayland Theatre
5900 Mayfield Road,
Mayfield Heights,
OH
44124
5900 Mayfield Road,
Mayfield Heights,
OH
44124
6 people
favorited this theater
Showing 1 - 25 of 59 comments
Two screens on November 22nd, 1972. Another ad posted.
The Mayland Theater opened on August 26th, 1948. Grand opening ad posted.
I drove by it the other day and the west wall was partially still up. So even though the demolition started around November 12th, it was still going on a month later till around December 14-15th.
Final day of business was August 8, 1989. Last movies shown were “Dead Poets Society” and “Star Trek V”.
The Mayland Theatre is currently being demolished.
Also would like to add that General Cinema closed the Mayland down in August 1989. General Cinema announced plans in 1988 to open a multiplex at the nearby Eastgate Shopping Center, but it never happened. It wasn’t until 1996 that Eastgate would get a theater when Regal opened a 10 screen theater behind Micro Center.
Just read that Play Arcade and Kitchen will be closed as of March 1st. According to the article in Cleve Scene, they’re blaming the age of the building and required repairs for its closing.
The Boneyard closed early last summer after about an 8 year run and the space is now called Play Arcade and Kitchen.
There are many who believe this theatre is haunted! Apparently, workers at the Boneyard have regular encounters with a ghost, who was supposedly an usher, for the theatre. They say he hung himself when he was turned down for a raise. Supposedly, he hung himself in front of the big screen! I stumbled across this page while trying to gather information to disprove this story. I am not a believer in ghosts! Just wondering if anyone out there, has any info on this. Thanks!
Here is a fresh link to the January 7, 1950, Boxoffice article about the Mayfield and Lake Theatres. There are three pages with photos. In adition, here is a direct link to the final page of the article’s text.
Very nice theater. Any interior pictures?
We moved to Mayfield Hts. in 1957. I spent many a Saturday afternoon as a kid and nights as a teen watching the movies at the Mayland. When I got older and bolder as a teen, I use to find ways to sneak into the theater without buying a ticket. It was a nice modern theater at the time but nothing like the great historical theaters in downtown Cleveland which I never really went to until the 1980’s and later. When in town though I like to eat at the Boneyard and try to remember what it was like back in the 60’s. I guess there are no interior photos since the place was usually dark and who would take pictures of an ordinary theater interior anyway.
I never went to see a movie at this theater, but I did go to The Barnes & Noble it became a few times in HS (this is the late 90s).
Since it has been Boneyard for about 5 years now I have been inside it MANY times (it’s a great bar), but I do wish I went to a show back in the day…
Thanks, CWalczak. I’ll post the Boxoffice link to the Lakeshore 7 page as well.
The Lake, now the Lakeshore 7, is in Euclid: View link
Here is an article by Hanns Teichert, whose firm decorated the Mayland Theatre. The January 7, 1950, Boxoffice article includes photos of both the Mayland and a theater called the Lake, which was located in an eastern suburb of Cleveland not named in the magazine. Like the Mayland, the Lake was designed by the architectural firm of Matzinger & Grosel. I’ve been unable to determine of the Lake is listed at Cinema Treasures yet.
Renewing link.
The original architect of the Mayland Theatre is no longer unknown. The December 27, 1947, issue of Boxoffice Magazine announced that P.E. Essick and Howard Reif had a 1,600-seat theater under construction at Mayfield and Lander Roads. The as-yet unnamed theater was expected to open the following spring.
The Boxoffice item said: “Plans for the project were prepared by Paul Matzinger, Cleveland architect who has drawn plans for a majority of the Scoville, Essick & Reif Theatres.”
Other issues of Boxoffice indicate that, at the time the Mayland was designed, Matzinger was lead architect of the firm of Matzinger & Grosel. Matzinger was a member of Boxoffice Magazine’s Modern Theatre Planning Institute.
Here is the restaurant website:
http://www.boneyardusa.com/locations.htm
If memory serves, the Mayland was, for a brief time in the late 1960s, a roadshow house. I seem to recall seeing “A Man for All Seasons” there on a reserved seat basis.
I am not from your area. Never been to Ohio, in fact.
Hi ken mc
are you with local 27?
what happened to dave, mark, and larry?
they were very good to me. I thank you for the response.
my email is
thank you for responding
The function should be changed to restaurant.
The Boneyard has an outdoor dining area under the marquee in the front, and the main entrance is now on the west side of the building near the back. This was probably done because there is plentiful parking in that area. The front parking was kind of limited.