Roxy Theater
280 N. Broadway Street,
Blackfoot,
ID
83221
280 N. Broadway Street,
Blackfoot,
ID
83221
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This theater once shared the first-run fare with its competitor, the Nuart Theater, a block away.
Today, the building is completely unrecognizable as it once was. The marquee has been removed and the front of the building faced with very dark bricks.
It has through the year been used for different businesses but in the summer of 2002 it was found empty. Most Blackfoot residents probably pass this theater everyday not knowing that it once housed a theater. If they do know, they are admitting their age.
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Ron Pierce
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It is amazing how many theatres are named ROXY in imitation of the once famous name of the New York City panjandrum of the movie palace: Samual Lionel Rothapfel = “Roxy”. His namesake was the famous ROXY THEATRE in NYC, which outlasted him by only 25 years when it was demolished in 1960. The whole story is in that landmark book “The Best Remaining Seats: The Story of the Golden Age of the Movie Palace” by the late Ben M. Hall in 1961. Various editions of it are sometimes available from www.Amazon.com, but only the first edition contains the color plates.
The building is not empty, it is Paunies Dancing school and has been for many years. Many of the people in Blackfoot know it was once a movie theater, but not when it was, or what it was called. The outside is not covered with dark bricks, but with lava rock.
In 1955 the Roxy Theater had 625 seats.
It was a dancing school in 2004. Does anyone have information on the current occupant?
When you Bing the address it comes up Paunie School of Dance and Gymnastics.
The Idaho Falls Post-Register noted on January 3, 1954 that on the previous New Years Eve the Roxy had their first 3-D showing, a western in color. It was said that patrons refused to be turned away for the first show and waited patiently for the second and third showings. (The film may have been ‘Fort TI,’ the first released 3-D western).
Actually, the Chief Theatre in Pocatello was the first theater in Idaho to present 3-D with the short ‘A Day in the Country’ narrated by Joe Besser (Yes, Stooge fans, that Joe Besser) on April 16, 1953. On May 21, 1953 the Chief had the Idaho premiere of ‘House of Wax.'
The Twin Falls Orpheum began their entry into the third dimension when 'Bwana Devil’ opened on May 6 and ‘House of Wax’ on June 4.
I show an address of 329 N Broadway for this theatre in the 1955 FDY.
er thats 329 S Broadway
The address is N. Broadway and it was a block away from the Nuart located on the corner of N. Broadway W. Idaho St.