Driving down Alamitos Avenue today, near Third Street, I saw what was clearly a theater at one time. The facade has been repainted, but the building doesn’t appear to be in use. As the Ebell is a few blocks away, I ruled that out. If anyone has info about this theater, please let me know.
One-reel moving pictures that gave birth to the short-lived film institution, the nickelodeon, which existed only a few years before multi-reel pictures took over.
“Father of the nickelodeons in Canton was A.H. Abrams, whose 5-cent theater at 225 E. Tuscarawas St. was at the Penny Arcade under the Johnson Dancing School,†wrote Heald.
The Palace Theatre on Market Avenue N is the most well-known of Canton’s many movie houses.
But, others were equally popular to movie-goers in their day. For those who went in the ’50s and ’60s, even a partial list must include the Loew’s, Valentine, Dueber, Ohio, Alhambra and Strand.
It was the biggest thing, quite literally, to hit films in Canton â€" the wide screen.
Loew’s Theater showed “The Caddy,†starring Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. The Ohio Theater installed its wide screen shortly after, and both accompanied the huge screens with another movie innovation.
Stereophonic sound.
The silliest-looking audience ever to watch a movie in Canton gathered at Loew’s Theater in February 1953.
Rows of bespectacled film viewers stared in earnest at the screen. In Canton, 3-D movies had arrived.
The caption said Paramount Miami FL. There could have been another theater with the same name, but given the monopoly held by the studios in the 20s and 30s, I doubt they would have been in business very long.
I drove by this theater a few weeks ago. I have a digital photo, but I’m still working on transferring those here. The ground floor was retail, including a Chinese resturant, if I recall correctly. The neigborhood was not that great.
I’ll justify the addition of this photo by pointing out the Warner marquee at the far end, but I enjoyed the rest of the photo much more: http://tinyurl.com/ofrmb
It looks you did fine.
Driving down Alamitos Avenue today, near Third Street, I saw what was clearly a theater at one time. The facade has been repainted, but the building doesn’t appear to be in use. As the Ebell is a few blocks away, I ruled that out. If anyone has info about this theater, please let me know.
You can add theaters relatively easily. Just follow the instructions. I won’t have time for the next week or so.
The Ohio and the Loews were adjacent on N. Market:
http://www.cityofcanton.com/imagehst/marching.jpg
This is from www.cantonrep.com:
Movies and more
“Father of the nickelodeons in Canton was A.H. Abrams, whose 5-cent theater at 225 E. Tuscarawas St. was at the Penny Arcade under the Johnson Dancing School,†wrote Heald.
But, others were equally popular to movie-goers in their day. For those who went in the ’50s and ’60s, even a partial list must include the Loew’s, Valentine, Dueber, Ohio, Alhambra and Strand.
Loew’s Theater showed “The Caddy,†starring Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. The Ohio Theater installed its wide screen shortly after, and both accompanied the huge screens with another movie innovation.
Stereophonic sound.
Rows of bespectacled film viewers stared in earnest at the screen. In Canton, 3-D movies had arrived.
The caption said Paramount Miami FL. There could have been another theater with the same name, but given the monopoly held by the studios in the 20s and 30s, I doubt they would have been in business very long.
This is a 1924 interior photo, assuming that there was only one Paramount in Miami at that time:
http://tinyurl.com/gxkzd
Sorry about that.
This must have been close to the opening in 1927:
http://tinyurl.com/h3xey
This is a 1929 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/hc4ao
Here is another photo from 1932:
http://tinyurl.com/f8rgy
The MGM traveling theater in 1933:
http://tinyurl.com/eth8v
This is a 1935 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/jqr9z
I drove by this theater a few weeks ago. I have a digital photo, but I’m still working on transferring those here. The ground floor was retail, including a Chinese resturant, if I recall correctly. The neigborhood was not that great.
Here is a 1939 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/mwjqw
I’ll justify the addition of this photo by pointing out the Warner marquee at the far end, but I enjoyed the rest of the photo much more:
http://tinyurl.com/ofrmb
Here is a 1944 photo. The Strand is on the right:
http://tinyurl.com/q3kwz
Here is a 1939 photo showing the Orpheum and the Capitol:
http://tinyurl.com/rfhua
I thought this photo was interesting as it shows the theater and its surroundings in 1941:
http://tinyurl.com/rkm5p
I went to Shep’s Deli once in the mid 80s, then years later I saw it was gone. I think it was east of Overland on the south side of Pico.
Interesting photos. Thanks.
There are some photos on these two pages:
http://tinyurl.com/rv333
http://tinyurl.com/ovkcc
Same theater, 35 years later:
http://tinyurl.com/n5bhb
Here are the photos from the Wisconsin Historical Society, to augment the members' above contributions:
http://tinyurl.com/ma8rw
http://tinyurl.com/p35r7
There are some nice photos on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/ma8rw