Vogue Theatre
3444 Broadway Boulevard,
Kansas City,
MO
64111
3444 Broadway Boulevard,
Kansas City,
MO
64111
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Architects: James F. Terney
Styles: Streamline Moderne
Previous Names: Broadmour Theatre, New Broadmour Theatre, LaSalle Theatre
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Located on Broadway Boulevard at W. Armour Boulevard. The Broadmour Theatre was opened on November 14, 1912 with Amleto Novelli in “The Lion Tamer’s Revenge”. It was equipped for sound in 1929, but closed in 1930. New operators reopening it as the New Broadmour Theatre on March 29, 1932, but it closed again in 1933. It briefly reopened as the LaSalle Theatre.
On April 17, 1938 following alterations to the plans of architect James F. Terney it reopened as the Vogue Theatre, with Wallace Beery in “Bad Man of Brimstone” & Richard Arlen in “No Time to Marry”. It was closed in 1960 and has been demolished.
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3444 Broadway was the address given for a house called the Broadmour Theatre, mentioned in the February 2, 1924, issue of The Reel Journal. The item said that operator A. M. Eisner had closed the Broadmour Theatre for a few days to install a new heating plant.
The Broadmour Theatre was also mentioned in the November 19, 1913, issue of The Moving Picture World.
Also, it’s obvious from Street View that the Vogue has been demolished. The midcentury modern building now on the site looks to date from the 1950s.
This opened on April 17th, 1938. Grand opening ad in the photo section. It closed in 1960.
Iliad Amusement Company opened the Broadmour Theatre on November 14, 1912 with “The Lion Tamer’s Revenge.” Joseph H. Gilday was in charge of both it and the Iliad Theatre on Troost Avenue. Two years later, Dominick Donnici took on the venue. The Broadmour made the transition to sound in late 1929 going dark on May 3, 1930.
Under new management, the theatre relaunched as the New Broadmour on March 29, 1932. That was short-lived and the theatre returned to closed and offered for sale in 1933. The theatre re-emerged very briefly as the LaSalle Theatre. The theatre was redesigned to the plans of architect James F. Terney in 1938 relaunching as the Vogue Theatre on April 17, 1938. It rebranded as the Vogue Art Theatre in 1952. It closed as the Vogue Art Theatre with “War and Peace” in 1956 then transitioned back to discount double feature sub-runs as the Vogue Theatre. It closed on February 2, 1957 with Humphrey Bogart in “Oklahoma Kid” and George Montgomery in “Huk!”
The venue reopened one final time as the Vogue Theatre in October of 1959 closing for good on February 28, 1960 with Gary Cooper in “They Came to Codura” and Jane Wyman in “Holiday for Lovers.”