Ute Theatre
126 E. Pikes Peak Avenue,
Colorado Springs,
CO
80903
126 E. Pikes Peak Avenue,
Colorado Springs,
CO
80903
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The Pueblo Deco former Ute Theatre was a fixture of downtown Colorado Springs for decades, with its distinctive Native American-inspired blade marquee overlooking Pike’s Peak Avenue. Just down the street was the Chief Theatre, which has since been razed.
The Ute was dismantled and rebuilt after it closed in 1968 and moved to a new location nearby where it was rebuilt as a steakhouse, which it still serves as today.
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I doubt that the Ute Theatre ever presented vaudeville, or at least not as a regular policy. It looks to me like a purpose-built cinema, and by the time it opened in either 1936 or 1937, vaudeville was dying out except in the biggest cities.
Here is an exterior photo of the Ute Theater. Date given with photo is 1951. The movie title on the marquee, Against All Flags was made in 1952. So much for the 1951 date.
Here are several more images of the interior. The first shows the large painting on the left wall of the auditorium. The second is of the Grand Foyer. The third displays the lounge area, including (at left) “Ye Old Indian Wishing Well,” which had a fountain with changing color effects.
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My dad was in the army reserves and when he had to go to Camp Carson for two weeks one summer in the late 40’s, he took our family with him (from California). We stayed near some lake (can’t remember the name)while he went “soldiering”. I remember we went to the Ute but can’t remember what we saw. However, I remember watching “Rosanna McCoy” at the Chief.
1950s Street Photo
1984 Photo
Here is a 1962 postcard:
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The Ute on the right in this Colorado Springs street scene from 1945:
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From 1953 a photo postcard that captured a view of the Ute, Peak and Chief Theaters.
From 1930 a picture postcard showing the Ute and Chief Theaters.
And from the early 1900s a photo of the Rialto Theater before it became the Ute.
The above picture is for the UTE 70 Theatre, not the above UTE theatre.