After several thousand man-hours invested by members of the non-profit Pikes Peak Area Theatre Organ Society of Colorado Springs, the 1923 Wurlitzer organ, now relocated in its original home, the Fox Theatre, has recently hosted a concert played by organist Bob Flinn of Colorado City. The event took place on Sunday, July 26, 2015.
Hhc632: The multiplex at the mall belonged to General Cinema Corporation (GCC). They sold all their Colorado theatres several years ago. I worked at several in the Denver area from 1976-1978.
My first movie at the Cooper Cinerama was in 1965, “Its a Mad Mad World”. I was with my high school senior class on the senior class trip from the San Luis Valley to the big city.
The last movie I saw there was “Gettysburg” on Thanksgiving Day, 1993. Shortly after that, the theatre was closed and then demolished.
See Boxoffice magazine for August 30, 1971, for more details in the Modern Theatre Section beginning on page 12. This is for the Cooper 1,2,3 Theatre complex.
The Hippodrome “opened July 22, 1919 with the feature The Knickerbocker Buckeroo starring Douglas Fairbanks…The building survived several fires, a tornado in 1947, and interior alterations. The retention of the original pre-neon sign is particularly remarkable…The Hippodrome…is listed in the State Register of Historic Properties.” (from Colorado History/NOW, “Do you know this building?”)
After several thousand man-hours invested by members of the non-profit Pikes Peak Area Theatre Organ Society of Colorado Springs, the 1923 Wurlitzer organ, now relocated in its original home, the Fox Theatre, has recently hosted a concert played by organist Bob Flinn of Colorado City. The event took place on Sunday, July 26, 2015.
Hhc632: The multiplex at the mall belonged to General Cinema Corporation (GCC). They sold all their Colorado theatres several years ago. I worked at several in the Denver area from 1976-1978.
My first movie at the Cooper Cinerama was in 1965, “Its a Mad Mad World”. I was with my high school senior class on the senior class trip from the San Luis Valley to the big city.
The last movie I saw there was “Gettysburg” on Thanksgiving Day, 1993. Shortly after that, the theatre was closed and then demolished.
See Boxoffice magazine for August 30, 1971, for more details in the Modern Theatre Section beginning on page 12. This is for the Cooper 1,2,3 Theatre complex.
The Hippodrome “opened July 22, 1919 with the feature The Knickerbocker Buckeroo starring Douglas Fairbanks…The building survived several fires, a tornado in 1947, and interior alterations. The retention of the original pre-neon sign is particularly remarkable…The Hippodrome…is listed in the State Register of Historic Properties.” (from Colorado History/NOW, “Do you know this building?”)