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47 years later, Denton Affair fans still shudder with antici…

The Esquire Theatre has been a centerpiece of the Cincinnati art scene since it opened in 1911. Originally operating as the Clifton Opera House, the then single-screen theater showed silent films and hosted stage shows until 1927, when it transitioned to new-fangled “talkie” shows. The stage-show element hasn’t left the Esquire entirely, though. On any given Saturday night, you can still see a living piece of Cincinnati cultural history play out in front of your…