The first movie theaters in Cleveland consisted of converted storefronts with sawed-off telephone poles substituting for chairs and bedsheets acting as screens. In 1905; Clevelanders marveled at moving images at Rafferty�s Monkey House while dodging real monkeys and raccoons that wandered freely through the bar. By the early 1920s; a collection of marvelous movie palaces like the Stillman Theater lined Euclid Avenue; but they survived for just two generations. Clevelanders united to save the State; Ohio and Allen Theaters; among others; as wrecking balls converged for demolition. Those that remain compose one of the nation�s largest performing arts centers. Alan F. Dutka shares the remarkable histories of Cleveland�s downtown movie theaters and their reemergence as community landmarks.
2016-05-13 2016-05-13File Name: B01FMKURAK
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