The Family Theater opened at 524 Vine Street in 1857. By 1904, it was a vaudeville house and, by the 1920s, a second-run moving picture theater: This week in 1930, patrons could see The Divorcee, starring Norma Shearer; The Texan, with Gary Cooper and Fay Wray; last year's hit General Ginsburg; and Movietone News. Ticket prices were 40¢ for floor seats and 25¢ for the balcony. (Photograph by W. T. Myers and Company; courtesy of Bill Myers.)
In the early 20th century, much of downtown Cincinnati was populated with buildings constructed before the Civil War, like the Gazley Building, which housed the Family Theater. This week in 1928, folks caught continuous performances of stage shows alternating with screenings of Tropic Madness, starring Leatrice Joy and Albert Valentino. The Emerson Shoe Company shared the first floor, and a clothing store operated on the second floor. (Photograph by W. T. Myers and Company; courtesy of Bill Myers.)
The Family became the Western in the 1940s, showing triple features of action films and westerns. In 1951, Wake Island, Operation Havlift, and Gun Law Justice showed on the screen. When the old Lyric Theater was razed in 1952, the Western was remodeled and renamed the New Lyric and opened in January 1953 as a second-run house. It closed on November 25, 1953, and was torn down four years later. (Photograph by Ben Rosen; courtesy of www.cincinnatihistory.com.)
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