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Revision as of 18:37, 22 September 2022

Lyric Theatre
Type Motion Picture and Sound Recording defunct
Industry Information
Fate Dissolved
Successor(s)
Founder(s) E. P. Mott
Headquarters Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations 211 E. Liberty St., Wooster, Ohio
Key people E. P. Mott Proprietor
Owner(s) Dr. J. J. Kennedy
Lyric Theater
Alternative names Successor's: Schine's Wooster Theater, Wooster Theater
General information
Type Theater
Location where Whites Jewerly and west was part of original Lyric
Address 211 E. Liberty St., Wooster, Ohio
Town or city Wooster, Ohio
Country United States
Completed Original, between 1911-1912
Relocated Larger theater between 1931-1932
Demolished 1999

Tidbit about the old Lyric some people might remember were: "Bank Nights" held during the depression days of the early 1930s. On Bank Nights there were drawings for a cash prize held at the theater that ranged in the hundreds of dollars. If your name or number was called for the prize you had to be there to claim it. If the money was not claimed, the cash prize grew by a substantial amount for the following week's drawing. Bank Night drew throngs of people to Wooster and the theater was packed to the rafters and people stood outside from Buckeye to Bever standing for hours waiting for the moment of the drawing.[1]

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Comprehensive History

Tidbit about the old Lyric some people might remember were: "Bank Nights" held during the depression days of the early 1930s. On Bank Nights there were drawings for a cash prize held at the theater that ranged in the hundreds of dollars. If your name or number was called for the prize you had to be there to claim it. If the money was not claimed, the cash prize grew by a substantial amount for the following week's drawing. Bank Night drew throngs of people to Wooster and the theater was packed to the rafters and people stood outside from Buckeye to Bever standing for hours waiting for the moment of the drawing.[2]

Showing

  • Betty Bronson - Tuesday, February 16, 17 1926

Slogans

  • 1927 - "Utmost in Pictures" [3]

Historical documents

  • Harry McClarren has good history about Ed Mott who ran theater.
  • 1927 - Wooster High School annual [4]

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Gallery

Business Letterheads

Business Photos

Maps

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1917

1918

1919

1920

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References

  1. The Daily Record, 1992-DEC-03, 'Bank Nights' At Lyric Are Now Just A Fond Memory by Elinor Taylor.
  2. The Daily Record, 1992-DEC-03, 'Bank Nights' At Lyric Are Now Just A Fond Memory by Elinor Taylor.
  3. The Tatler of 1927" Wooster High School annual. Wooster, Ohio
  4. The Tatler of 1927" Wooster High School annual. Wooster, Ohio
  5. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-01-02, p. 6
  6. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-01-03, p. 6
  7. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-01-04, p. 6
  8. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-01-08, p. 6
  9. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-01-16, p. 6
  10. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-01-25, p. 6
  11. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-06-27, p. 6
  12. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-06-29, p. 3
  13. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-07-05, p. 6
  14. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-10-19, p. 3
  15. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-10-19, p. 6
  16. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-02-14, p. 6.
  17. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-03-30, p. 8.
  18. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-04-21, p. 6.
  19. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-05-15, p. 6.
  20. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-06-04, p. 6.
  21. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-07-02, p. 6.
  22. Wooster Daily News. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-09-12, p. 3.
  23. Wooster Daily News. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-09-12, p. 6.
  24. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-09-19, p. 6.
  25. Wooster Daily News. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-10-01, p. 3.
  26. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-10-31, p. 5.
  27. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-10-31, p. 6.
  28. Wooster Daily News. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-11-24, p. 3.
  29. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1917-12-22, p. 8.
  30. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-01-03, p. 6
  31. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-01-07, p. 6
  32. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-02-20, p. 6
  33. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-04-19, p. 2
  34. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-04-19, p. 6
  35. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-07-03, p. 6
  36. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-07-09, p. 6
  37. Wooster Daily News. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-01-02, p. 3.
  38. Wooster Daily News. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-02-11, p. 3.
  39. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-03-30.
  40. Wooster Daily News. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-03-30, p. 3.
  41. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-04-22.
  42. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-04-22.
  43. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-07-02, p. 6.
  44. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-09-19, p. 6.
  45. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-11-25, p. 6.
  46. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-06-24, p. 6
  47. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-11-24, p. 6
  48. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-01-02, p. 6.
  49. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-02-14, p. 6.
  50. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-04-21, p. 6.
  51. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-05-15, p. 6.
  52. Wooster Daily News. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-06-04, p. 2.
  53. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-06-04, p. 6.
  54. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-06-21.
  55. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-08-08, p. 6.
  56. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-09-12, p. 6.
  57. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-11-24, p. 6.
  58. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-12-22, p. 8.
  59. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-16, p. 3
  60. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-19, p. 3
  61. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-20, p. 3
  62. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-21, p. 3
  63. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-23, p. 3
  64. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1920-01-02, p. 6.

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