Paseo Theatre
8100 The Paseo,
Kansas City,
MO
64133
8100 The Paseo,
Kansas City,
MO
64133
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Previously operated by: United Theater Enterpises Inc.
Architects: Charles A. Smith
Styles: Art Deco
Previous Names: Marlborough Theatre
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The Marlborough Theatre was located at E. 81st Street and The Paseo. It opened in 1924. It was renamed Paseo Theatre on April 4, 1931 with Marie Dressler in “Reducing”. It was remodeled on June 17, 1941 with Bud Abbott & Lou Costello in “Buck Privates” & Errol Flynn in “Footsteps in the Dark”. It was destroyed by fire on January 25, 1943.
It was rebuilt to the plans of architect Charles A. Smith and reopened on March 29, 1945 with Vera Ralston in “Lake Placid Serenade” & Walt Disney’s animated feature “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. It was gutted by fire on December 8, 1950, the last movies, screened on December 7, 1950 were Bud Abbott & Lou Costello “In the Navy” and Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy in “Saps at Sea”.
The four walls survived, and a US Toy Company occupied the space. That was gutted by a fire on November 27, 1957.
By 2018 only the facade and lower walls of the former auditorium survive.
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The Paseo was also known as the Marlborough.
This Paseo Theatre was a replacement for an earlier house of the same name which was destroyed by fire on January 25, 1943. The July 8, 1944, issue of Boxoffice Magazine said that a permit to rebuild the theater had been issued and contracts were to be let within a month. Both the new and old houses had 750 seats. The architect of the rebuilt Paseo was Charles A. Smith.
The new Paseo opened in 1945, and was the subject of an article in the May 26 issue of Boxoffice that year. This article says that architect Smith had designed the original Paseo, which had been built in an existing, pre-1920 building in 1940. The article does not make clear whether or not the existing building had ever been a theater.
This reopened as Paseo on April 4th, 1931. Grand opening ad in the photo section. It opened as the Marlborough in 1924
Correct address is 8100 The Paseo.
Under new management, the remodeled venue had a grand reopening of the New Paseo Theatre held on June 17, 1941 with “Buck Privates” and “Footsteps in the Dark.” That theater burned on January 25, 1943. The new New Paseo Theater relaunched on March 29, 1945 with “Lake Placid Serenade” and “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.”
That Paseo also was gutted by fire on December 8, 1950 making its last films December 7, 1950 with a triple feature of “In The Navy” and “Saps at Sea” supported by a Three Stooges short, “Malice in the Palace.” This time, the theatre’s walls stood tall and the venue was replaced by a wholesale location for the U.S. Toy Company. The building was then gutted by a major fire there on November 27, 1957 destroying what once was the auditorium of the theater. The building’s original facade is pretty much in place with the back of the building truncated.