Palace Theater
26 Main Street,
Lake Placid,
NY
12946
26 Main Street,
Lake Placid,
NY
12946
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Built in 1926, the Palace Theater is still showing films, though it has been divided into four screens.
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Here is a recent 2006 photo of the Palace Theater.
Not a big fan of this design. If you tore the marquee off it could easily be a bank or city hall.
This site has some nice photos of the Palace Theater.
Here is a 2008 photo.
Another 2008 photo can be seen here.
I spent Labor Day weekend in Lake Placid and was so pleasantly surprised when I saw the marquee of this theater lighting up the main street. It’s truly amazing what impact an operating theater has on the “liveliness” of a streetscape. Though time did not allow me to visit the theater (I was hoping for a rainy afternoon/didn’t get it) it appeared that the theater was doing well. It was great to see.
The year given for this photo is 1983.
Here is a 2009 photo.
I worked with Ray Durkee to restore the organ in 1970, although Ray did the brunt of the work. He and I took turns playing it before shows. The theatre had a huge old American flag with 48 stars, almost as large as the screen. I forget if it was suspended in front of or behind the screen. We would always culminate our pre-show organ recital with the National Anthem as a spotlight illuminated the flag. Such fun!
I remember seeing “Harold and Maude” at the Palace before it opened widely. It may have been a sneak preview. Also “Myra Breckenridge” while sitting in the balcony in front of a row of teenage boys from the Northwood School who seemed rather enamored of Racquel Welsh.
In 1955 a cinemascope screen was installed at the Palace. It was a “Raytone Silver Screen”, the same type as in the NYC Paramount.