Liberty Theatre
1203 Commercial Street,
Astoria,
OR
97103
1203 Commercial Street,
Astoria,
OR
97103
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Liberty Theatre, Astoria (Official)
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Architects: John Bennes, Herman Herzog
Functions: Live Performances, Performing Arts
Styles: Italian Renaissance
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
503.325.4191
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A replacement of an earlier Liberty Theatre. The Liberty Theatre opened on April 4, 1925 with Harold Lloyd in “Hot Water”. It was equipped with a Wurlitzer organ. This theatre underwent a restoration and renovation project in 2000. While the Liberty Theatre was once a movie house, it is now a venue for peforming arts and live entertainment.
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Liberty Theater has a web site at http://www.liberty-theater.org
There was another Liberty Theater in Burns, OR, as seen in this photo from 1941:
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Here is a link for the Astoria theater:
http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/2202.html
I was let into the Liberty for a five-minute look by a gracious box office employee last week. The interior is every bit as ornate and fanciful as the facade over the entrance.
I have been told that arrangements are underway to acquire and install a theatre pipe organ.
A few 2011 photos can be seen here and here.
The Liberty Theatre was recently featured on Travel Channels Ghost Adventures show. Zac Bagans and his Ghost Adventurers entered through a lower level door of the theater that took them into the tunnels that run beneath the town.
The Liberty Theatre had a temporary precursor, noted in the March 10, 1923 issue of Moving Picture World:
Opened on April 4, 1925 with Harold Lloyd in “Hot Water” along with Portland resident Heri A. Keates playing the Wurlitzer Organ. This was also a replacement of an earlier Liberty.
Once known as Fox Liberty Theatre while being operated by Fox West Coast Theatres during the early sound era.
Later operated by JJ Parker Theatres.