Western Plaza Theater
3655 Warsaw Avenue,
Cincinnati,
OH
45205
3655 Warsaw Avenue,
Cincinnati,
OH
45205
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The owners and operators of the Western Plaza throughout its history were apparently Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Weinig. The earliest mention I’ve found of the house in the trade journal Boxoffice is an item from 1942, and M. Weinig was mentioned in it, but a 1965 item about the closing implies that the Weinigs built the place.
The item in the Cincinnati news column of Boxoffice, December 6, 1965, says this: “Western Plaza, long a local theatre landmark, was closed by Mrs. M. M. Weinig. The Weinigs were among the pioneer exhibitors and Western Plaza was one of the early leading suburban houses. The theatre is to be torn down, the property having been bought in an expansion move by the Kroger Co.”
Who owned the western plaza theatre?
Ed J
Listed at 3641 Warsaw in the 1961 city directory.
According to the book STEPPING OUT IN CINCINNATI, the theatre was demolished in 1965.
My wife has advised me, as well as a number of other local residents, that the Western Plaza was open well into the 60’s, so it couldn’t have closed permanently in 1950. She recalls seeing movies there around 1960 and 1961.