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1. cinematreasures.org › theaters › 7460Embassy Theatre in Cleveland, OH - Cinema Treasures

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   The Embassy Theatre was opened October 16, 1938 with Robert Young & Lana Turner in “Rich Man, Poor Girl”. The Embassy Theatre in downtown Cleveland also continued to show movies long after the Allen Theatre, State Theatre, Ohio Theatre, and Palace Theatre had closed. Like the Hippodrome Theatre, the Embassy Theatre courted a largely ...

2. www.cleveland.com › entertainment › 2016Vintage Cleveland theaters: From the 1850s to Playhouse Square

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   Apr 21, 2016 · It opened Sept. 6, 1875, and was demolished in 1922. It was the original East Fourth Street entertainment hotspot. Cleveland's most popular theater prior to Playhouse Square was a luxurious ...

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3. www.cleveland.com › life-and-culture › g66l-2019Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival: shining light on black ...

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   Sep 12, 2019 · Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival: shining light on black indie movies, building community . Published: ; Sep. 12, 2019, 12:39 p.m.

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4. www.cleveland.com › entertainment › 2016Vintage photos of Cleveland movie theaters: A look back at ...

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   Mar 11, 2016 · Vintage photos of Cleveland movie theaters: A look back at yesteryear ... | Published: Mar. 11, 2016, 11:55 a.m. By . Nathan Paige, cleveland.com; CLEVELAND, Ohio - When I was a child of ...

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   Feb 28, 1980 · Location. Metadata. Top. Eighteen months of planning and preparation preceded the opening of the massive Hippodrome Theater on December 31, 1907, with seating for 3,548 and the world's second largest stage. Architect John Eliot of Knox and Eliot designed the building to span the lot at 720 Euclid Avenue through to Prospect Avenue to the south.

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6. www.thearchive.tv › feature › century-black-cinemaCentury of Black Cinema, A - The Archive

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   Century of Black Cinema, A. 1:40:19 / United States / 2003 / PG. This film highlights moments in the long and rich African American cinema history in relation to social and political events, and how it affected black viewers of the time. Categories. Documentary.

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   How many movie theaters were there in Cuyahoga County in 1995?

   • Movie listings in 1995 yielded only 27 theater locations within Cuyahoga County, but among them they harbored a total of 145 screens. Serious film buffs also had the alternative venues of the Cedar-Lee Theater, the CLEVELAND INTL. FILM FESTIVAL and the CLEVELAND CINEMATHEQUE.

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   What is a Cleveland theater based on?

   • Modeled after the Hippodrome in New York, Cleveland’s version reflected developer Max Faetkenheuer’s dream of a theater that could house any size of production and staging. The central area in front of the stage held a pool which splashed the orchestra when horses paraded past.

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   When did Cleveland get its first movie theater?

   • According to the dean of local movie critics, W. WARD MARSH, Cleveland got its first movie theater in 1903, when The Great Train Robbery began showing at the American Theater on Superior Ave. near E. 6th St. It was operated by Samuel Bullock, who endeavored to give his house respectability by paying women to enter the darkened auditorium.

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   What happened to the Cleveland theaters in 1921 & 1922?

   • The Cleveland theaters, which were built in 1921 and 1922, were almost demolished like so many other theaters of their era. However, their successful restoration is a happy ending - and a lesson for future preservationists. (Gus Chan, The Plain Dealer)

   Vintage Cleveland theaters: From the 1850s to Playhouse Square

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   What is Cleveland known for?

   • One of the last of the great neighborhood houses, the COLONY THEATER at SHAKER SQUARE, offered Cleveland one of its finest Art Deco interiors. Specialty houses also made their appearance. The city's first art theater, the Little Theater of the Movies, opened at Chester Ave. and E. 9th St. in 1927 with the Russian classic Potemkin.

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   When was the Cleveland Play House built?

   • The Cleveland Play House was built and opened in 1953 during remodeling of the Euclid- East 77th Theater\. It occupied its Euclid Avenue complex, the largest regional theater complex in the country, from 1927 to 2011, when it relocated to Playhouse Square.

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8. case.edu › ech › articlesMOVIE THEATERS | Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case ...

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   When Hoyts Tower City Cinemas opened in 1991, it gave downtown 11 movie screens where none had existed for years. Movie listings in 1995 yielded only 27 theater locations within Cuyahoga County, but among them they harbored a total of 145 screens. Serious film buffs also had the alternative venues of the Cedar-Lee Theater, the CLEVELAND INTL.