Comments about Milo Theatre in Cleveland, OH

Joe Vogel on March 12, 2012 at 7:54 pm

The Milo Theatre was located on the lot at the northeast corner of Miles Avenue and East 100th Street, which is about a mile west of the place where the Google map is currently displaying its pin icon.

Joe Vogel on March 12, 2012 at 8:51 am

The Milo Theatre was built in 1915. The January 15, 1916, issue of The Moving Picture World included it on a list of new theaters built in Cleveland the previous year.

On January 19, 1916, a telegram from the Milo’s operator, Adolph Mahrer, protesting a proposed Federal censorship bill, was entered into the records of the Federal Motion Picture Commission. This is the text of Mr. Mahrer’s telegram:

“I, Adolph Mahrer, individually, and as the representative of Milo Theater, One hundredth Street and Miles Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, respectfully protest against the enactment of a Federal censorship bill in any form. I urge and advocate the amendment of section 245 of the Federal Criminal Code so as to make it unmistakably applicable to motion pictures.

“I represent an investment of $40,000 in the exhibiting branch of the motion picture industry. My interests employ 10 employees.”

hanz on January 29, 2011 at 9:53 pm

This theatre was demolished.

Bill Eichelberger on August 23, 2010 at 6:57 am

Google now shows an empty lot.

kencmcintyre on June 13, 2008 at 11:09 pm

That’s an interesting photo. You can expand it and move the view around to see more of the building. Doesn’t look much like a theater, though, with all the windows.

kencmcintyre on June 13, 2008 at 9:58 pm

I think the address may have been 10009 Miles Avenue. That’s where the Arslanian business was located. Here is a site that discusses th Arslanians moving into the old theater. Incidentally, 10000 Miles Avenue is a cemetery, so I assume the carpet warehouse is across the street.
http://tinyurl.com/65jfu9

AuWren on May 17, 2007 at 6:10 pm

On May 14, a fire destroyed the carpet warehouse. . Is this Milo?
Or is the business housed in the old theater? I haven’t been by there in quite awhile. My recollection says the theater was to the East.

Below is the news report with a shot of the burned out warehouse (theater?)

http://tinyurl.com/3ynm65

Ken Roe on October 5, 2006 at 10:47 am

Listed in the 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook with a seating capacity of 700.

Toby on October 1, 2006 at 5:33 pm

Drove by the Milo today, the marquee was removed but the carpet cleaning business is still there.

Milo Theatre

1000 Miles Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44105

1000 Miles Avenue,
Cleveland, OH 44105