Ogden Theatre
935 E. Colfax Avenue,
Denver,
CO
80218
935 E. Colfax Avenue,
Denver,
CO
80218
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Ogden Theatre (Official)
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Previously operated by: Fox Inter-Mountain Theaters Inc., Landmark Theatres (USA)
Architects: Harry W. J. Edbrooke
Functions: Concerts
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
303.832.1874
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The Ogden Theatre opened as a movie theatre on September 6, 1917 with Douglas Fairbanks in “Wild and Woolly”. It was equipped with a Kimball theatre pipe organ. It was still open in 1950 when it was operated by Fox Intermountain Theaters Inc. It was later operated by Landmark Theatres.
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The Ogden is alive and well as a concert venue (Billy Idol is playing there tonight, August 9, 2006). It was a great movie theatre; I saw more midnight showings there of “Rocky Horror” than I care to remember back in 1985-1987. It’s a shame that it no longer shows movies, but I’m happy that the old building is being put to good use.
Here is a 1968 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/gdh7q
Here is a photo taken prior to the grand opening in 1917:
http://tinyurl.com/f27wn
Another building with great architecture design and special tile roof without the 1968 marquee that just doesn’t look as nice as it covers up the tile area with the word…OGDEN.
The Ogden Theatre at one time was operated by Fox Intermountain Theatres, Inc.
When the Ogden was a Landmark house in the early 1980s it was the principal venue for the Denver International Film Festival. I was their Programming Consultant then and can remember introducing famed British director Michael Powell before a packed matinee crowd for the 1940 “Thief of Bagdad”. Also Lillian Gish after a screening of “Broken Blossoms”.Those were the days!
Glad to see my old friend Paul O'Malley is still carrying the torch for Denver movie theatres!
Randy Man
Photo of the Ogden Theatre – early 1900s
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Here’s to David Snow, Ogden projectionist during most of its Parallax/Landmark days and part of the fun during Rocky Horror shows.
when I moved to denver in the seventies, it was showing American Theater series of films, basically filmed plays. I didn’t have a TV so I saw every film. Later on this was the first theater at which I saw Pink Flamingoes. Many other films. At one time this was a great movie theater.
Grand opening ad posted.