David Falk Memorial Theater
428 W. Kennedy Boulevard,
Tampa,
FL
33606
428 W. Kennedy Boulevard,
Tampa,
FL
33606
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thanks Guys,Great NEw stuff.
A recent article about this theater with a picture from 1963, a year after it was taken over by the University of Tampa and renamed:View link.
Nice photos..thanks Andy. Would have loved to have gone to The Park in it’s heyday. I wonder if the booth is still equipped for 35mm and if the university ever runs movies here.
Here are my pictures from November 2010.
The description of this undated photo reads: “Auditorium at the University of Tampa.” This is almost certainly the auditorium of the David Falk Memorial Theatre when it was known as the Park Theatre. The absence of a CinemaScope screen probably dates this in the 1940s or early 1950s.
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Nice interior shot of the Park/Falk
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2010 photo of the Falk Theatre.
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Beautiful theatre. CLINT EASTWOOD was in “TARANTULA”.
Nice evening shot shows a glowing marquee. This photo not dated but my guess would be the 1930s:
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The Park Theatre plays “The Vigilantes Return” in 1947:
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I drove by this theater yesterday on my way to pre-screen ‘Machete’ at the AMC Westshore 14…I knew it’d be listed on this great site with a bit of history!
You both are gentlemen and you are both welcome! tlsloews: I think I may have been misspelling your name as tisloews instead of tlsloews. If so my apologies. My eyesight isn’t what it once was even with eyeglasses. lol!
A little trivia: this is the theatre where my aunt saw “Tarantula” in 1955. At that time it was known as the Park Theatre. I never did see a movie here but Charlie worked here several times. He said it was a very nice theatre.
My Dad and Mom thought me that,thank them.
You are such a gentleman,always thanking everyone.The world needs MORE of it.
I did not know we were in a race.Thanks Nick!
I will beat TLSLOEWS and say Thanks Nick.
Here’s a photo dated 8/13/59 of the Park Theatre when “Love Is My Profession” with Brigitte Bardot was playing:
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The date given for this photo is February of 1945.
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There is a photo at this link.
A Page theater organ was installed in the Park Theater in 1928.
This story explains who David Falk was.