Articles of Interest

Here is a collection of historical articles, advertisements, and other items pertaining to the Ohio Theatre. Click on the image to get a much larger version of the document.
Below is a full page collage of ads from the Columbus Dispatch on March 16, 1928, the day before the theater opened. The scan is divided in the middle so click on either the top or bottom to get a closer view.
Columbus Dispatch - March 16, 1928
Columbus Dispatch - March 16, 1928

Here's another article about the upcoming opening, also in the March 16, 1928 edition of the Columbus Dispatch. Note that the opening organist for the theater was a guest organist rather than a "resident organist". Henry B. Murtaugh was one of the premiere organists of the day. Also note that the center photo misidentifies the Greta Garbo flick as "The Diving Woman" instead of "The Divine Woman".

Columbus Dispatch - March 16, 1928

Here's the ad in the Columbus Dispatch on March 16, 1928. I remember my grandmother saying that it cost a quarter to get in the theater, and sure enough the ad confirms this!


Columbus Dispatch - March 16, 1928 ad		 Here's the ad in the Columbus Dispatch on March 18, 1928, the day after the theater opened. Note that this ad mentions the organist by name but the other did not.


Columbus Dispatch - March 18, 1928 ad

This small article appeared in the Columbus Dispatch on March 18, 1928. I find the part about the people admiring the rooms and not entering the theater itself to be interesting. Even today, people wander around the building admiring the architecture.

Columbus Dispatch - March 18, 1928


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