Federal Theater

3830 Federal Boulevard,
Denver, CO 80211

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AiYume on August 26, 2011 at 2:31 pm

I used to go to the Federal Theater in the 80s. It had reopened as a second run theater to try to compete with the newly opening discount theaters in the Denver area.

The first movie I remember seeing there was Tron toward the end of summer in 1982. The last movie I remember seeing there was Pretty in Pink in the spring of 1986.

In contrast to the article at Westword linked earlier, I have no recollection of the Federal showing porn. The neighborhood seems like it would have been unsuited to such a theater.

lostmemory on June 12, 2009 at 6:14 pm

A 2009 b/w photo is here. Function should be church.

lostmemory on June 9, 2009 at 6:53 am

This is another photo of the Federal Theater building.

lostmemory on May 2, 2009 at 6:01 pm

Here is a photo of the Federal Theater when it was a carpet store.

lostmemory on April 27, 2009 at 5:20 pm

lostmemory on September 17, 2008 at 6:18 pm

A September 2008 photo can be seen here.

lostmemory on July 16, 2008 at 7:30 pm

Here is a 2008 close-up view.

lostmemory on June 3, 2008 at 7:08 pm

This is a 1927 photo of the Federal Theater.

CSWalczak on June 3, 2008 at 5:43 pm

An artist’s impression of the Federal Theater is here:

and an article about closed Denver theaters that mentions the Federal’s history after closing as a theater is here: