City - Cincinnati, OH - The Royal Theater 1939 - Side by Side
by Mike Savad
Title
City - Cincinnati, OH - The Royal Theater 1939 - Side by Side
Artist
Mike Savad
Medium
Photograph - Colorized Photo
Description
Colorized photo from 1939
Original title: Theater
Photographer: John Vachon
Location 709 Vine St, Cincinnati, OH
This is the Royal Theater, opened in 1910, demolished in 1979. Over the years they had bad reviews of how crazy the outside looked. Large overly decorated stone work, with a large ornate pretty butterfly on top.
Over the years they changed the design, adding that awning, changing the toppers on the columns. There was a chain link decoration that draped over the columns. And oddly the butterfly type kept changing over the years. It seems to have started out as a swallowtail of some kind, then had spots, and at least in this image, seemed to me like it was a blue morpho. I liked the thought of a large blue something, as it would totally catch the eye.
The wings used to be set further back. It seems at some point they added sheet metal over them making them look much flatter, as they were recessed more. Both versions however are covered in lights. Stuff opening up in the early 1900's, loved to show off their new light bulbs and were often saturated in lights. This one only has ornate sockets.
I was able to find the Paramount poster, the exact one. And the for the moves, I found a few references, which I used the colors on. But not the exact match.
I also cloned out the wires, they served no purpose, and were distracting. Normally I remove wires when shooting my own pictures.
That building on the right, I think spells Bantam Tavern, there is a rooster on the top, I colored it for a Bantam Rooster. But I couldn't find any info online about it, or not that one anyway.
All the buildings in the background still exist. The theater and that one next to it, don't. It's a parking lot now.
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April 16th, 2022
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