State Theatre

1630 Curtis Street,
Denver, CO 80202

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Previously operated by: Fox Inter-Mountain Theaters Inc.

Previous Names: Strand Theatre, Fox Strand Theatre

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State Theatre

Built on the site of the Isis & Strand Theatre’s. The Strand Theatre was opened September 4, 1915. It was later renamed Fox Strand Theatre. Following a remodel it reopened September 18, 1925 as the State Theatre. Seating was provided for 1,150. It was closed around 1952 and was demolished.

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dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on April 2, 2017 at 6:46 pm

The new Strand Theatre was built for $175,000 in 1915 on the lot occupied by the original Isis Theatre and the original Strand Theatre likley on a ten-year lease. It launched on September 4, 1915. During its run, it would be known as the Fox Strand as William Fox played his top films there.

It was closed briefly at the end of its first lease for remodeling and reopened on September 18, 1925 as the “new” State Theatre with “Hell’s Highroad”. The theatre lasted into the TV age by not to widescreen closing in 1952. The Colorado National Bank acquired the building at demolished it for a bank in 1952.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on June 11, 2019 at 4:06 am

1926 photo added via Rudy Davila.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on November 20, 2019 at 8:56 pm

Motion Picture Herald, May 9, 1953: “Norman Probstein, owner of the State, has taken over the Isis from Fox Inter-Mountain Theatres, and will tear down the State to make a parking lot, which he will operate.”

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