Tivoli Theatre
744 Flagler Street,
Miami,
FL
744 Flagler Street,
Miami,
FL
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This theatre on Flagler Street and 7th Avenue was a primary Spanish language house for the Cuban immigrant and exile community during the Fifties, Sixties and Seventies. The interior was not impressive but the canopy had an impressive blinking neon design and the concession stand served both the inside and the line waiting outside at once.
The house ran double feature first runs mainly from Spain, Mexico and Argentina. Stage shows were common with child stars Marisol, Joselito and Rocio Durcal appearing live between movies.
Our family went every Sunday without knowing what was showing. Cantinflas films played for weeks so we often saw the same film again.
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Al Alvarez
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I never heard of it either. I don’t have an address for the Dramatic Theater. The WurliTzer was installed in 1925. Its possible that the Dramatic Theater closed soon after that or possibly changed its name. Other than it being on the organ list, I haven’t found any other information for a Dramatic Theater.
I have not heard of the Dramatic either but it could have been a legit house.
There were also a number of silent downtown Miami theatres that closed after the big mid-twenties hurricane when the city was almost wiped off the map.
The organ list doesn’t specify if the theater was a movie theater or not. It could have been a live theater as you mentioned Al. Or the Dramatic Theater could have been destroyed in a fire or by a hurricane.
The Tivoli opened in 1927 and closed in 1988.
1987 photo of the Tivoli here.
Wow! You’ve hit a gold mine of rare Miami theatres images, Harvey!
I did! I followed a few links posted at the Paris and 79th Street Art by ken mc, so credit needs to be given where credit is due. Thanks ken mc!
1981 Photo
According to an April 6, 1940 issue of Boxoffice magazine, the Tivoli was involved in the Paramount Consent Decrees whereby the management claimed that Paramount refused to allow the Tivoli a sub-run on their product until five months after first-run and after lower priced Paramount Theatres had already played out the films in the area. The Tivoli was forced to give Paramount a half interest in its profits in exchange for reduction in the clearance time.
This opened as a playhouse on January 31st, 1927. Ad being posted here.