Cameo Theatre

1445 Washington Avenue,
Miami Beach, FL 33139

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Mike (saps)
Mike (saps) on August 28, 2004 at 11:40 pm

Wow! Excellent collection of ticket stubs. Neat graphic.

305cubegleamer
305cubegleamer on August 28, 2004 at 8:20 pm

In the 80’s the Cameo was the punk rock mecca. I grew up going to shows there. From 1986-1992 I was there almost every weekend. The Cameo played a huge roll in the development of the Miami Undergound scene. Check out some of my concert tickets. http://home.att.net/~grapplewookie/go_sk8.htm

woody
woody on May 10, 2004 at 3:27 am

I was in South Beach recently and was forced to go clubbing, to my delight we were taken to CroBar, the exterior is wonderful and beautifully restored, the lobby area is still fairly as it was but sadly not a single vestige of the auditorium remains, it has been stripped back to the bare brick walls and roof beams.

bbin3d
bbin3d on December 11, 2003 at 12:15 pm

The Cameo theatre (located on Washington Avenue in Miami Beach) was originally owned by Womecto who had a theatre chain in Florida and which included the beautiful Carib Theatre (sadly demolished) on Lincoln Road as Wometco’s flagship house in Miami Beach. The Cameo usually played second run engagements in the 1950s but went first run for the premiere engagement in Miami Beach of DIARY OF ANNE FRANK.

Bob

William
William on November 25, 2003 at 1:52 pm

The Cameo Theatre seated 1061 people when it was a movie theatre.

RichardFowler
RichardFowler on February 3, 2003 at 8:55 am

This cinema has had many owners; at one point the city was unsure who the real owner was in the late 1980’s. The last use as a cinema was as a last run cinema. we removed the projection equipment which was used in an art cinema in Coral Gables, Florida. The floor was leveled and the screen area removed and has been a club ever since.