Loew's State Theatre
2543 State Road,
Cuyahoga Falls,
OH
44223
2543 State Road,
Cuyahoga Falls,
OH
44223
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Previously operated by: Loews, Sony Theatres
Architects: George A. Ebeling, Hans Teichert
Functions: Church
Styles: Streamline Moderne
Previous Names: State Theatre
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This particular Loew’s State Theatre is named because it was located on State Road in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. The theatre opened as the State Theatre on June 22, 1950 with Betty Grable in “Wabash Avenue”. It was under independent management. Wall murals in the lobby were the work of interior decorator Hans R. Teichert Co. Upstairs above the entrance was a 50-seat television room. All seating in the auditorium was on a single floor.
It was taken over by Loew’s in 1968. It was twinned on June 25, 1974. The theatre closed on July 16, 1995 with Natasha Henstridge in “Species” & Karan Ashley in “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers”. A week later it was taken over by a church, Community of Believers.
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I think the Loews Falls was closer to downtown Cuyahoga Falls-that theatre, I think, also was advertised as the “Loews New Falls”, then just “Falls”. The Falls Theatre was off Portage Trail, and was an old single screen that once had a Cinemascope screen-I think the Falls closed in the early 1990’s, and is, I think, still in use by a community theater group, but am uncertain offhand.
I think the Loews Falls was closer to downtown Cuyahoga Falls-that theatre, I think, also was advertised as the “Loews New Falls”, then just “Falls”. The Falls Theatre was off Portage Trail, and was an old single screen that once had a Cinemascope screen-I think the Falls closed in the early 1990’s, and is, I think, still in use by a community theater group, but am uncertain offhand.
I think the Loews Falls was closer to downtown Cuyahoga Falls-that theatre, I think, also was advertised as the “Loews New Falls”, then just “Falls”. The Falls Theatre was off Portage Trail, and was an old single screen that once had a Cinemascope screen-I think the Falls closed in the early 1990’s, and is, I think, still in use by a community theater group, but am uncertain offhand.
The State Theatre (its original name) was opened in 1950, before November 4, when an article about it, written by decorator Haans Teichert, appeared in Boxoffice Magazine. Designed by Cleveland architect George Ebeling and decorated by Rex M. Davis of the Teichert Studios, the State Theatre was originally operated by the Cuyahoga Falls Amusement Company, headed by Moe Horowitz of the Washington circuit. The Loew’s circuit did not acquire the State until 1968, according to an item in Boxoffice, March 17, 1969.
George Ebeling designed numerous theaters in Ohio between the late 1930s and his sudden death in 1951, and was for a time a member of the advisory board of Boxoffice Magazine’s Modern Theatre Planning Institute. Among theaters he designed were the Lake Theatre in Painesville, the Yorktown Theatre in Cleveland, the Mapletown Theatre in Cleveland, and the Mentor Drive-In at Mentor, Ohio.
Must be the first Loews State that was named State before they took it over.I have had people ask me about the Loews State and I always have to say which one?
This article is a retrospective piece on the history of this theater: http://www.ohio.com/news/96776809.html
June 21st, 1950 grand opening ad in photo section.
June 25th, 1974 grand opening as a twin cinema in photo secton.
Replacing an earlier comment which suffered linkrot:
Hanns Teichert’s November 4, 1950, Boxoffice article about the State Theatre can be seen here.
The State Theatre opened its doors on June 22, 1950 with Betty Grable in “Wabash Avenue” with no extras. Loew’s Inc. took the theater over in 1968 and was twinned on June 26, 1974. It was later operated by just simply Loews and was renamed “Loews State Twin”.
It was last operated by Sony Theatres who closed it on July 16, 1995 with “Species” in Screen 1 and “Power Rangers” in Screen 2. Exactly one week later, a local church group bought the former theater and was converted into a church.