Louisville Palace Theatre
625 S. Fourth Street,
Louisville,
KY
40202
625 S. Fourth Street,
Louisville,
KY
40202
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One of the greatest of John Eberson’s theatres and considered to be “the finest Theatre in the South” when opened on September 1, 1928, as the Loew’s United Artists Theatre. The original seating capacity was for 3,273. From around 1950, it had been renamed Loew’s Palace Theatre.
Now operating as the Louisville Palace Theatre since 1994. Seating capacity is today 2,800. The Palace Theatre offers a wide variety of contemporary entertainment and Broadway touring productions as well as the local Symphony Orchestra’s Pops series.
This theatre has had four renovations, all prior to 1974: in 1953, a new wide screen was installed; in late-1954, it was bought and renamed United Artists Theatre; in 1963, the balcony was blocked off and a second floor screen was installed and renamed the Penthouse Theatre (since returned to a single auditorium). In 1964, the Wurlitzer organ was renovated.
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Jack Van Leer, Bob Marx
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This theater is listed in the 1955 Film Daily Yearbook as the Loew’s State with 3,273 seats and an address of 625 S. Fourth Street.
A huge atmospheric Eberson theatre with over 3,000 seats! I hope to see this atmospheric next summer with friends who live in nearby Lexington.
Very cool, will have to drive up to see it soon.
How lucky we are to still have this beautiful edifice to enjoy.
The Louisville Palace theatre is absolutely magnificent.
A guided tour of the Louisville Palace is part of the itinerary for the 2010 “Hoosier Heartland Conclave” being held in June by Theatre Historical Society of America. More details can be found here: http://www.historictheatres.org/
According to this blog entry: View link the Cinerama screen that was installed in the Rialto Theatre which was once across the street was moved to this theater with the intent of using it there to screen D-150 films.
However, this may not be accurate if the the information on Roland Lataille’s Cinerama site concerning the Louisville Palace is accurate. The information there indicates that after Cinerama runs, a flat screen was installed at the Rialto, and then a D-150 screen. If a screen was moved from the Rialto to the Palace, it may have been this D-150 screen.
Here are my pictures from November 2010, including a short video of the marquee.
Those are great photos Andy.
Creation of the Penthouse described in this 1963 trade article: Boxoffice
Can’t seem to find a CT listing for the Cherokee Theatre described in this 1914 trade article: archive