Mimi Ohio Theatre
1511 Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland,
OH
44115
1511 Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland,
OH
44115
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Here are some photos of the former Loew’s Ohio –
the red one is aprx 1971, after vandals broke in and set off the standpipes and damaged the plaster. the other two are the lobby and auditorium when it opened in 1921.
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When I visited the Loew’s Ohio booth in the 60s I found 3 Philips/Norelco 35/70mm projectors, Peerless Hycandescent lamps, and Simplex Sound.
This was a “roadshow house” at this time.
BTW, the original seating capacity of the Loew’s Ohio was 1800, today it is possibly less, since modern theatre seats are wider than seats manufactured in 1921.
The former Loew’s Ohio has had the auditorium restored as mentioned above, however the lobby here is not the original design. While Loew’s was still operating it as a movie house in the early 1960s, there was a fire in the lobby completely destroying the Thomas Lamb design. It was rebuilt in a sleek modern design, I remember red walls, 1x1 acoustic tile ceiling, hi-hat light fixtures and no trace of the ornamentation left from the Lamb design. At the time of the post-fire repairs Loew’s spray-painted the entire auditorium, dome, procenium and all, red. It had suffered only smoke damage but was otherwise intact. The lobby after the 1980s renovation is of a similar style as Lambs was, but not nearly as grand. The auditorium remains Lambs design, restored from the damage that occured after Loew’s closed it down, but possibly a different color scheme.