I found this site by googling when a neighbor mentioned that there was a drive-in where my home is now. It’s been fun contributing. Thanks to all who make it possible.
it is mentioned here that “Birth of a Nation” kicked off the summer season at the Nixon in July 1915. Obviously Memorial Day was not the start of summer as that holiday hadn’t been invented yet. http://tinyurl.com/y9o2dva
In April 1913 the LA Times reported that 246 S. Broadway had been leased to the California Post Card Co. I didn’t see any mention of the Cecil around that time, unless it only lasted three years.
Here is an aerial view from a few years ago. The building at the northwest corner of 30th and Main is new as it doesn’t show up in aerial photos from the 1940s and 1950s. The remaining three buildings have been there going back to the 1940s. I’m not sure which one was the theater building at this point. http://tinyurl.com/ybhctum
Postcard here:
http://tinyurl.com/y8o7aog
Here are two 1983 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/yc593ee
http://tinyurl.com/y9cbv2o
I drove past there a few months ago-same impression. It looks the same as it did in 1983.
Funny you should ask, Mike. I added it this afternoon. It should show up tomorrow.
The law firm is at 910 Race. 909 Race is the Yum Yum restaurant, but it looks a little small to be a theater.
http://tinyurl.com/yaenm9b
I found this site by googling when a neighbor mentioned that there was a drive-in where my home is now. It’s been fun contributing. Thanks to all who make it possible.
If you map it as 141 S. 20th, the theater shows up.
http://tinyurl.com/y8omlfv
The Old Mill is discussed in this 1915 edition of Moving Picture World:
http://tinyurl.com/yb4mex6
Here is a 1968 aerial photo. Drive-ins.com has this theater in Sharonville, which I guess is a suburb of Cincinnati.
http://tinyurl.com/ydkbqtm
This theater has been demolished.
There is a Rite Aid at the location now. No trace of the theater or its adjacent buildings on Grand, as seen in the 1931-32 photo.
Here is a 2006 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/y9o69re
This 1951 photo is incorrectly labeled as being in NYC:
http://tinyurl.com/yc4v8jf
it is mentioned here that “Birth of a Nation” kicked off the summer season at the Nixon in July 1915. Obviously Memorial Day was not the start of summer as that holiday hadn’t been invented yet.
http://tinyurl.com/y9o2dva
The 1915 item about the robbery lists the theater at 1121:
http://tinyurl.com/y9j97b2
The function should be changed to retail.
Here are more photos beginning in 1971:
http://tinyurl.com/y859vnd
http://tinyurl.com/y8eoqgy
http://tinyurl.com/ydxpqcd
http://tinyurl.com/ydhqfqo
Here are photos from 1981 and 1987:
http://tinyurl.com/yabum88
http://tinyurl.com/yej67qh
Status should be changed to closed/demolished.
In April 1913 the LA Times reported that 246 S. Broadway had been leased to the California Post Card Co. I didn’t see any mention of the Cecil around that time, unless it only lasted three years.
In October 1955, the owner of the Bonham put a live model over the box office to promote “Rear Window”:
http://tinyurl.com/yep28og
What is the status of the renovation? Any new information?
Here is the website for the discount theater. Status should be open and function should be “movies-second run”.
http://www.brookhurst4.com/
There is a reference to the Bell in this July 1915 issue of “Moving Picture World”:
http://tinyurl.com/ybyqj9n
Here is an aerial view from a few years ago. The building at the northwest corner of 30th and Main is new as it doesn’t show up in aerial photos from the 1940s and 1950s. The remaining three buildings have been there going back to the 1940s. I’m not sure which one was the theater building at this point.
http://tinyurl.com/ybhctum