National Theatre
4600 Great Northern Boulevard,
North Olmsted,
OH
44070
4600 Great Northern Boulevard,
North Olmsted,
OH
44070
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Opened on Christmas Day 1971 with Jerry Orbach in “The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight”.
The Google Maps view is dead on and the PNC Bank branch is in the actual building. They did not tear the structure down, just repurposed it. Fairly nondescript rectangle.
Also uploaded the grand opening ad in the photo section
This opened on Christmas day of 1971. ad: View link
Would love to see a photo of this former theatre.
I believe from the time that theater closed and became at bank it was a electronics store then that went bust and became a National City Bank branch.
This was opened by National General Theatres. When I lived in the high-rise across the street in 1973 Mann Theatres was operating it. National (not National General) took over the Great Northern Theatre after RKO left town in the 70s. I thought this one closed earlier than 1986 – it was small, never did any business because the Great Northern, Fairview and Westgate Cinema City got all the good pictures.
Glad to have found this theatre as I was just talking to a N. Olmsted resident and he did not recall this theatre so will tell him it is a bank location now.