Grand Theatre
31 S. Park Place,
Newark,
OH
43055
31 S. Park Place,
Newark,
OH
43055
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Small movie theatre located on the south side of the Courthouse Square. The 400-seat Grand Theatre was opened by 1919. Closed approximately 1954 and the space in the building was turned into a bar. It has since been demolished.
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The Grand was Newark’s oldest operating theater at the time it closed, as noted in the June 19, 1954 issue of Boxoffice. The recently closed house had been purchased by Charles Price in 1919, and had been operated by his family until closing.
The Grand Theatre is credited with being the first venue in Newark to show a “talkie,” “The Jazz Singer.”
The Grand was personally managed by a member of the Price family, Floyd Price. Some ads even referred to the venue as “Floyd Price’s Grand Theatre.”