Champion Theatre

1064 E. Livingston Avenue,
Columbus, OH 43205

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rivest266
rivest266 on November 10, 2021 at 10:55 pm

The first ad appeared on July 6th, 1924.

Ron Newman
Ron Newman on June 5, 2011 at 5:32 am

Thanks. Where did you find the closing date?

Mark_L
Mark_L on June 1, 2011 at 11:28 pm

I have a closing date for that theatre of 8/31/1953.

Thanks for those links to those interviews.

Ron Newman
Ron Newman on June 1, 2011 at 8:42 pm

The Columbus Jewish Historical Society has a number of oral history interviews of people who went to the Champion Theatre back when this was a Jewish neighborhood:

http://www.columbusjewishhistoricalsociety.org/oral_histories/Interviews/HTML/kanter_bernard.htm

http://www.columbusjewishhistoricalsociety.org/oral_histories/Interviews/HTML/shkolnik_fannie.htm

http://www.columbusjewishhistoricalsociety.org/oral_histories/Interviews/HTML/levy_arthur.htm

http://www.columbusjewishhistoricalsociety.org/oral_histories/Interviews/HTML/greenberg_marty.htm

http://www.columbusjewishhistoricalsociety.org/oral_histories/Interviews/HTML/goldston_sanford.htm