As with most American cities, Cincinnati lost a lot of remarkable architecture during the urban renewal phase. Yet, some pieces were saved and found new homes elsewhere. The RKO Albee Theater ...

With the decline of vaudeville, Moss retired and sold the theater in 1928 to the newly formed Radio-Keith-Orpheum (also known as RKO Pictures). The Hamilton was then converted into a motion ...

Joe Goetz, manager of the RKO Shubert Theater, knew he had to come up with a baseball-themed act. Joe was known for engaging in some wild and crazy gimmicks to get publicity. A few years back, he had ...

The B.F. Keith’s Theatre ... the motion picture studio RKO. The week of Dec. 13, 1914, the Four Marx Brothers – Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Gummo – made their Cincinnati debut at B.F. Keith ...

With its 2,000 pipes that produce the notes of 31 instruments, this particular 1927 organ dazzled silent moviegoers in Cincinnati’s RKO Albee Theatre until the domination of sound movies. Clark Wilson ...

Vaudeville had come back to its greatest and last stand, Manhattan’s Palace Theater. Had it come to stay? With the movie box office sagging, the RKO theater chain —parent of the Palace ...