Academy Theatre

Provo, UT

56 N University Avenue

, Provo, UT, United States

(map)

Status:	Closed
Screens:	Single Screen
Style:	Unknown

Function:	Unknown
Seats:	752
Chain:	Unknown

Architect:	Unknown
Firm:	Unknown

Recent exterior view of the Academy

Photo courtesy of Grant Smith

The Academy Theatre was built in the late 1930s by Joseph L. Lawrence and David K. Edwards, who also built the Villa, Southeast, and Murray theaters in the Salt Lake area.

The building may have been a skate rink or the main office of a utility company before it became a theater. Carmike Cinemas closed the theater on September 10, 1998 after opening a new 12-plex in the same general area.

Contributed by Grant Smith

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The Academy Theatre seated 752 people.

posted by William on Dec 6, 2003 at 3:21pm

The Academy Theatre has also been demolished. I hadn't been to Provo in 15 years and visited today and saw that both the Academy and the Paramount around the corner (which I used to manage) are gone.

posted by utahguy on Feb 21, 2005 at 6:29pm

I am a student in Provo researching early movie theaters in Utah County. Was Academy the first theater, or does anyone have more detailed information?

posted by kristy on Mar 5, 2005 at 7:44pm

The Academy was not the first movie theatre in Provo. The now-demolished Pantages/Paramount Theatre was built in 1914 but I don't when it first started showing movies.

posted by utahguy on Mar 6, 2005 at 1:17pm

The Paramount and the other one in the same block(Uinta?)had a lot more personality than the Academy,now all three are gone.How sad.the mini-wharehouses keep winning.I also went to the Art City in Springville and the old Grove in Pleasant Grove.There was or is a nice old place in American Fork too.During my way-too many years at BYU,I loved going up to SLC,with movie palaces lining State and Main Sts.Almost all gone.When the LDS church destroyed the "Promised Valley"place,it was a sad day.That was a beautiful facilty that SHOULD HAVE BEEN,AND COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED(pure greed by Zion Securities).The only remaining question is the fate of the UTAH THEATER.

posted by ghamilton on Mar 7, 2005 at 4:58pm

The Paramount and Uinta were both in the 100 East block of Center St.

posted by ghamilton on Jun 11, 2005 at 3:45pm

Sorry to hear the Academy is no more...here's a view from 1995:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34152329@N06/3474331010/in/set-72157617054310351/

posted by Kevin Dennis on Apr 25, 2009 at 2:03pm

Here are some 1983 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/dz5bvt
http://tinyurl.com/d39bgn

posted by ken mc on Apr 25, 2009 at 4:48pm

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