Cameo Theatre
558 S. Arlington Street,
Akron,
OH
44306
558 S. Arlington Street,
Akron,
OH
44306
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The first ads for the Cameo Theater at 556-558 S. Arlington appear in 1925 but it likely dates back prior to then. The theater’s owner M.M. Federhar turned the basement into a free TV lounge with a 7' by 9' screen. The fun may have ended on May 20, 1951 with “Three Guys Named Mike” and “Branded.”
The venue became home to the Faith Tabernacle as a house of worship that October followed by the Akron Revival Center in 1953 to 1955. It was then retrofitted for a surplus store later in 1955 and then the Lea Drug Store in 1957. The Lea Drug Store then ran a classified ad in July 1968 with everything in the building and supporting the building for free. The building was razed soon thereafter.
I’m trying to find information on the Roxy Burlesque in Cleveland in the 1930’s and 1940’s. Joe DeRita, the “last” third stooge of the Three Stooges, was featured there for 32 weeks in late 1935, and married a dancer/chorus girl there, Bonnie Brooks. The Three Stooges Fan Club is trying to find out whatever happened to Bonnie Brooks
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