Vine Theatre
E. Vine Street,
Mount Vernon,
OH
43050
E. Vine Street,
Mount Vernon,
OH
43050
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News about the Vine Theatre appeared in Moving Picture World of May 14,1937: “Harry Smoots is now sole owner of the Vine Theatre, Mount Vernon, Ohio, having purchased the interests of F. J. Harris. The partnership of Harris and Smoots has existed for nine years with Harry Smoots active in the management of the theatre to which he has devoted all his time since March, 1926, when he sold other business interests to give his whole heart to the theatre activity. While there will be, Mr. Smoots announces, no change in the personnel of the theatre staff, there are to be a number of improvements.”
I think this has probably been demolished. There are only two old buildings on E Vine, and one is from 1876. 15 E Vine might be closer to the right age, but it really doesn’t look like a theater.
Grant Smith built the Vine Theatre in 1915 and it was the first theater in the city to be built for motion pictures competing then against the Grand Theatre. In 1916, it was sold to Fred J. Harris. William T. Buxton next purchased the theater in 1917. It had a grand re-opening to announce Paramount movie contracts among others in October of 1917.