Ohio Theatre
428 S. Main Street,
Franklin,
OH
45004
428 S. Main Street,
Franklin,
OH
45004
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Previous Names: Franklin Cinema
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The Ohio Theatre was located in downtown Franklin, Ohio. It was owned by a very small theatre circuit, the Semelroth Theatre Circuit, located in Dayton. Ohio.
In a business mainly run by men this theatre chain was operated by Mary Semelroth. She was the general manager and film buyer. In the 1970’s it was renamed Franklin Cinema.
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Open ~1935-~1955? Care to verify the exact dates?
Need more info and photos.
I would like to make a correction to Chuck’s comment. The theater actually closed sometime in the late 60’s or early 70’s. My father was a projectionist there until the late 50’s and I can remember as a married adult in the late 60’s that the theater was open. In fact, it was only a half-block from where I lived. My best (or worst) memory of the theater was when they got their 3D projector and dad took me to the theater to test it out. I was about 7 or 8 and of course, with nobody in the theater, I sat in the front row. There I was with those goofy cardboard glasses on when the movie fired up. The very first thing was a leopard leaping at me out of the screen. I was out of my seat and up in the projection booth in 3 seconds flat. It scared the ever lovin buJesus out of me. Those were the days.
In the ‘70s, this venue was known as the Franklin Cinema, and was owned/operated by Clarence “Pete” Gall and his Malibu Inc. company, which also operated the Cinema Malibu in Hamilton (formerly the Linden), and most infamously, the Guild Cinema in Cincinnati.