Loews, Dayton Ohio Theatre "The Way You Look Tonight"

[titusquire]

I spent 14 months (1969-70) working for Loews Downtown and the Loews Ames. I was 17-18 years old and met some awesome people there. Carl Rogers was the manager from 1951-1970 and had some great promotions like the 50th anniversary in 1968. As the crew began to prepare to tear her down, I was allowed to walk through the theatre, places I hadn't explored when working there. It had a full working stage. That was 35 years ago and still remains a parking lot. A very lost memory.

[garygadjet]

@titusquire That was a great story, I spent many, many enjoyable hours in those great old theatres watching movies or an occasional live show. The sound was awsome in those grand and huge old theatres.

[momlinc]

in response to radiogaga74, according to my dictionary you can spell theatre the way garygadjet spelled it. Here is what my dictionary said. Origin late Middle English

(originally as [ theatre ] ), from Old French, or from Latin theatrum, from Greek theatron, from theasthai 'behold.'

[BouldinBoys]

I remember seeing many great films at the Lowes (and at the Victory across the street). When I was teenager we sneaked into the Lowes a couple of times going up the steps from the alley between Lowes and Rikes, through an open door into the balcony. We never got caught.

[radiogaga74]

You spell the theater name wrong!!!

It was LOEWS. It's even shown in your video.

[garygadjet]

@radiogaga74

You're Right, it pays to proofread

[zipperfoot1]

Love your smooth tasteful playing style; please post more! Thanks for bringing attention to these magnificent structures that have already been lost. Hopefully, this will help save the few that remain.

[Larsky1010]

Lovely video with a heart-wrenching closing scene. What a shame! I had an early Rialto with the dual external Leslies [101 & 102?]. Very nice ensemble sounds. In the early '80s I could no longer keep it in good repair.

[emptyrealo]

it was a grand old lady. saw many movies there in my youth, including the first run of A Hard Day's Night and as I believe Goldfinger. Sad.

[oldsounds]

Thanks for the video. I went to Lowes and other Dayton theaters on Saturdays back in the '50s and early '60s. I really hated to see them go.

[cc213t]

Did the organ go down with the theater?

[garygadjet]

The organ was sold, and some of it was included in Werkmeister's Carriage House organ. If you listen to my videos you will hear sounds from the Lowes Dayton O. Moeller Organ

[epergrem]

Thanks for posting the video. I worked at Lowes as an usher during part of my senior year.

At that time movies ran back to back, with only a short intermission. This video is probably the first time that I ever saw the theater lit!

[garygadjet]

All the grand movie palaces downtown showed movies back to back. I was always hoping for a bright spot in the movie so I could look around and see the theatre. They were fantastic buildings.

[Riverscape]

Enjoyed seeing this...thanks.