Old Trail Theatre

The theater was closed in 1951 and became a bowling alley. It was originally called the Old Trail Lanes, but became the Winko Lanes in 1957. The bowling alley closed in March, 1988.

Circa-1950/51, I recall busing on a Sunday afternoon to the faraway, westside Columbus theatre the Old Trail for a reissue double feature of “A Thousand and One Nights”and Abbott and Costello in “Pardon My Sarong.” Outside, I observed the 40 x 60 poster for “Nights” did not say Technicolor. I asked the girl in the ticket booth, “Isn’t this in color?” She pointed to the Columbia credit on the poster and replied, “This is a Reprint.” Inside, the storybook credits on the screen had black bars superimposed on the two for Technicolor.
A great afternoon for a kid at a 1,300-seat theatre that lasted only from 1948 – 1951. This must have been one of its final shows.