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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 01:32:00

Architect Thomas W. Lamb called it a palace for the average man, and Columbus raised two million dollars in under a year to stop the wrecking ball taking it. The Ohio Theatre at 39 East State Street, across from the Statehouse, is the official State Theatre of Ohio. The opening belonged to the movie-palace golden age: built by the Loew's chain with United Artists, the Spanish Baroque house premiered on 17 March 1928 with Greta Garbo's silent The Divine Woman, its own orchestra, and a Robert-Mor...