Scoop Theatre

416 W. Muhammad Ali Boulevard,
Louisville, KY 40202

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on October 4, 2010 at 3:30 am

Trade journal The Moving Picture World for August 2, 1913, had this to say about the conversion of the Walnut Theatre into a movie house:

“The Walnut Theater, Louisville, will shortly open as a moving picture theater, according to a recent announcement. The Gus Sun Theatrical Company, of Cincinnati, is the power behind the project, it is said. Twenty-five and fifty cents will be the fees, and the way In which this announcement is received by the Louisville public will be watched with a good deal of interest by exhibitors and others interested in the business. It is the plan of the Sun people to show only high class feature films, running from five to seven reels in length. This also is an Innovation in Louisville. Whether the public prefers the lengthy subjects to the short single reels has been a subject of discussion among exhibitors for some time, and the reception accorded the Walnut policy will be noted carefully. Women as ushers, cashiers, ticket-takers and other employees will be a feature, and about the only man around the theater will be the manager. The attaches will be attired in natty uniforms.”

lostmemory
lostmemory on August 6, 2008 at 4:23 pm

A few more photos are here.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on June 28, 2008 at 12:41 pm

Here are some photos on a real estate site. I think the renovations are finished.
http://tinyurl.com/6l7kkz

lostmemory
lostmemory on June 6, 2008 at 2:35 pm

Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978

Walnut Street Theater (added 1978 – Building – #78001370)
416 W. Walnut St., Louisville
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
Architectural Style: Late Victorian
Area of Significance: Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function: Theater
Current Function: Commerce/Trade, Social
Current Sub-function: Civic

lostmemory
lostmemory on June 6, 2008 at 1:56 pm

The year given for this photo of the Drury Lane is 1936.

kamiel
kamiel on April 17, 2007 at 2:37 pm

According to a Courier-Journal story, the Scoop was closed in the late 1940s and converted to convention space for the nearby Brown Hotel.

Jimmills
Jimmills on February 25, 2007 at 2:01 pm

My father, Lloyd M. Mills, was the Scoop Theater manager from 1949 to 1953. During this time the theater was plagued by an ongoing strike. The Scoop was the scene of frequent vandalism during this period including the release of several stench bombings. By 1953 the cumulative effect of these attacks lead to a drop off in attendance and the Scoop closed. During this time the Scoop was an “Art” theater playing many foreign films plus a few older American movies. I have many fond memories of this period and the many films that I saw there as a grade school and high school (Flaget) student.

barkas4
barkas4 on January 1, 2007 at 5:49 am

My mother’s step sister/mother was a singer in vaudeville in Louisville in the 20’s. Are there any records for entertainers that appeared there? She was Galena Wade/Piemontesse/other. She was very young and I do have a picture of her on stage of some theater. My grandfather and grandmother also might have been in the theater as musicians: Oreste Natiello and Pauline (Winscott) Hamlin.

KenRoe
KenRoe on May 12, 2006 at 1:27 am

The Walnut Street Theatre was renovated and re-named the Drury Lane Theatre in 1933. In use as a live theatre, the opening production was “Candle Light” by P.G.Woodhouse performed by a new stock company.

Incidently, in editions of Film Daily Yearbook’s that I have the seating capacity of the Drury Lane is given as 500 (closed) in both 1941 & 1943. As the Scoop Theatre in 1950 the F.D.Y. lists a seating capacity of 700.