Vogue Theater
3727 Lexington Road,
Louisville,
KY
40206
3727 Lexington Road,
Louisville,
KY
40206
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Previously operated by: Associated Theatres
Architects: Walter C. Wagner
Styles: Art Deco
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The 800-seat Vogue Theater opened on December 22, 1939. It closed in September 1998, after nearly sixty years as a movie house.
Remembered by many for its 24-year run of the “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”, the Vogue Theater was the last single screen, privately-owned theater in Louisville. The Vogue Theater, which specialized in independent, foreign and art house film, was the only theater of its kind in the city.
After bleeding money for several years, the theater was finally shuttered, despite the support of it devotees who now visit the theater only in their memories. The closing movie on September 12, 1998 was “Your Friends and Neighbors” starring Amy Brenneman.
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Here is a day photo.
Vogue Theatre, Saint Matthews
Theater has been redeveloped as retail space; looks like they kept the facade and the neon. Here is a daytime photo.
My daytime photo from April 2010:
http://www.agilitynut.com/10/4/voguet.jpg
A night photo from 2009:
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It was the “Theater of tomorrow” with RCA Television Sound and the largest free parking in Kentucky. December 22nd, 1939 grand opening ad in photo section.
When I worked for Associated Theatres, owned by Henry Saag, the Vogue had been operated by Associated for decades.
Multiple photos added via Mike Swayze. It appears the building was completely gutted, including the facade. Only the vertical sign appears to have been repurposed for the retail spaces. The horizontal marquee is pictured as having been demolished circa 1998. So the current one is a replica.
Closed on September 12, 1998 with “Your Friends & Neighbors”.
Originally opened with Motiograph projection, but was replaced with Simplex XL projection in November 1953 in connection of CinemaScope, which was installed months later.