Paramount Theatre
1114 Main Street,
Kansas City,
MO
64105
1114 Main Street,
Kansas City,
MO
64105
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Located in downtown Kansas City, this theater was formerly known as the Newman Theatre when it opened in June 1919. It originally had an Austin pipe organ and later in 1925 this was replaced by a Wurlitzer style 260. A 3 Manual 15 Rank organ with real 32ft Diaphones. The organ is currently in a private home in Zanesville, Ohio.
In the 1940’s it was operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. and was re-named Paramount Theatre after 1945. From 1969, it was briefly known as the Towne Theatre after it had been converted into a 4-screen cinema.
It was torn down in 1972.
Contributed by
William Hamilton, Robert Maes
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Interesting. Thanks.
The Newman Theatre witnessed the world premiere in 1920 of cartoons drawn by young starving artist named…..Walt Disney. The then 18/19-year old Disney drew advertising cartoons for that theatre’s “Newman’s Laugh-O-Grams”.
1955 photo of the Paramount Theatre.
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Here is a 1925 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/l8h67u
Just curious, shouldn’t this theatre be listed as the Towne Theatre aka Newman, Paramount. The Toene was the last name the theatre had before its closing. Don’t we usually list them with the last known name and then aka’s?
Vintage shot from the J.K. Redmond archives -
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Here is a Boxoffice ad featuring the Paramount in June 1952. I have never heard of this film.
http://tinyurl.com/ycu9zml
“3 For Bedroom C” Warner Brothers, released June 26, 1952.
From the 1920s a postcard view of $2,000,000.00 Newman Theatre in Kansas City.
Thanks for posting the photo Don.