Cozy Theatre
3105 S. 3rd Street,
Louisville,
KY
40208
3105 S. 3rd Street,
Louisville,
KY
40208
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Architects: William L. Pereira, Walter C. Wagner
Styles: Streamline Moderne
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This was the 2nd Cozy Theatre to operate in Louisville, KY (the 1st Cozy Theatre has its own page on Cinema Treasures). This Cozy Theatre was opened January 15, 1938 with Jack Benny in “Artists and Models”. It was closed on November 15, 1965 with Joan Crawford in “I Saw What You Did” & James Garner in “The Art of Love”. It was soon demolished.
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In the early to mid 1950s my parents drove my sister and me to the Cozy Theater almost every Saturday. As button-wearing members of the Roy Rogers Riders Club, we could see a Roy Rogers double feature and two great cartoons for 25 cents. On Saturdays, every one of the 480 seats were full from opening to closing.
The link has changed for LM’s photo above:
http://tinyurl.com/3cv2q7
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Demolished 1965.
Compare the photo above with this one-they are supposed to be the same building. Some major remodeling maybe?
http://tinyurl.com/yejewcf
Here’s another shot
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The photo which shows the fish fry next door is how I remember the Cozy from the mid-late 1940’s; we attended every Monday evening. We lived near 6th & Bluegrass, not too far away from the theater.
This opened on January 15th, 1938. Grand opening ad in photo section.
There were two different Cozy Theatres (as pictured). The first opened in 1917 likely on a 20-year lease. While still in operation in 1937, a new Cozy was built just south of the operating Cozy.
The second Cozy was a new build theater at this address designed in 1937 by Walter C. Wagner and was the first building in the cit with a Macotta facing. At its opening on January 15, 1938, Mayor Joseph D. Scholtz addressed the gathered and then they saw Jack Benny in “Artists and Models.”
In 1964, the Alhambra and Cozy were sold in forced sale procedures. The winning buyer decided to have the Cozy join the ranks of the parking lot brigade demolishing the venue. The Cozy stuck it out until November 15, 1965 closing with.a double feature of “I Saw What You Did” and “The Art of Love.”