Palace Theatre

The Palace Theatre closed at the end of lease on April 6, 1967 with Tempest Storm in “Mundo Depravados” and Karen Drake in “The House of Cats” and a live burley show starring Miss Naja and here $100,000 wardrobe along with six comics and five exotics. The Palace’s Saints and Sinners Grand Finale had been staged on February 28, 1967 but that was followed by an encore month of shows thereafter. Legendary operator Dewey Michaels found a new place to move the operation to for the next ten years while the original Palace was demolished soon thereafter to make way for the Church Street Extension project that was previously known as the Elm-Oak Arterial Highway.

It closed 1977 as an adult cinema.

When the Palace was taken over by Michaels Theatrical Enterprises in 1926, the March 13 issue of Moving Picture World said that the “…first-run picture hose was built a decade ago by the late Mitchell H. Mark and associates….” It added that “[t]he Palace was the second high-class picture house to be built in Buffalo.” The house probably opened in early 1915, as the February 6 issue of The Buffalo Times mentioned that an organist had been hired for “…the new Palace Theatre which will open soon in Buffalo.”

This theater was located on Main Street (near North Division) at Shelton Square. Photos of this theatre can be seen at wnyheritagepress.org, by clicking on “Shelton Square” on the “Downtown Buffalo” list. The Palace can be seen behind the bus shelter. In one photo, only a partial glimpse can be seen at the extreme left. A postcard shot can be seen by clicking on “Iriquois Hotel”. Scroll down and there is a postcard of Main Street which shows the full facade of the Palace, to the right.