Cinema X

716 Monmouth Street,
Newport, KY 41071

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rivest266
rivest266 on June 15, 2022 at 12:50 am

This reopened as Cinema X on December 18th, 1970. Grand opening ad posted.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 21, 2009 at 8:57 pm

This is a February 1996 item from the Kentucky Post:

According to the Newport City Directory in 1939 the address at 716 Monmouth St., which would become the site of the State Theatre was formerly the location of Broering Brothers Refrigeration Apparatus. The same directory directory listed the owners as Joseph A. Broering and Bernard G. Broering.

Earlier, in the 1920s, the same site had housed W. W. Dowell & Co., which sold umbrellas and parasols. William W. Dowell and A. E. Meyer were the company owners.

hanksykes
hanksykes on November 15, 2008 at 10:15 pm

This Cinema X in Newport,Kentucky ,is often confused with the Cinema X in Cincinnati,Ohio on Race Street. The Kentucky venue ran much longer than its Ohio neighbor.

meheuck
meheuck on May 10, 2008 at 2:23 pm

A different site states the theatre closed a month earlier:

“…Cinema X [closed] on February 3, 1982 after hosting the double feature ‘Sex Boat’ and ‘Hot Channels.’ The theater closed as part of a negotiated agreement with the commonwealth of Kentucky taking over the building in exchange for fines against the cinema. Later that year, the state gave the building to the city of Newport so that it could be demolished for a parking lot. Demolition began on March 1, 1983 and a sign now designates the spot as the Historic Taylor’s Landing public parking lot.”

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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 9, 2008 at 1:08 am

Scroll down for the photo and the date:
http://tinyurl.com/6zhtq8

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 9, 2008 at 12:42 am

According to this site, the Cinema X closed in March 1982:
http://tinyurl.com/6hw6vc