Fremont Theatre

226 Fremont Street,
Las Vegas, NV 89101

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Previously operated by: Nevada Theatre Corporation

Architects: Douglas Burton

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August 1960.

The Fremont Theatre was attached to the famous casino/hotel of the same name. It opened on May 29, 1946 with Franchot Tone in “Lost Honeymoon”. It was owned by Earle C. Strebe, and operated by George Ingram. The auditorium had a raised stadium section at the rear.

It was still open in 1981, but was later been closed and demolished.

Contributed by Scott Zimmerman

Recent comments (view all 25 comments)

jamestv
jamestv on July 30, 2015 at 4:53 am

Breaking The Sound Barrier was a British film from around 1952—-Natalie Wood and Karl Mauldin were in Bombers B-52 in 1957.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on October 24, 2015 at 4:45 pm

Another March 1956 photo added, photo credit Credit Las Vegas News Bureau. Copy via the Nevada Armored Transport, Inc. 1946-1984 Facebook page.

CharlesR
CharlesR on July 19, 2016 at 6:52 am

The Fremont, along with the El Portal, are visible in the 1958 photo here: http://www.shorpy.com/node/21139

Embosso
Embosso on July 20, 2016 at 12:04 am

I was the doorman of the Fremont and the afternoon manager of the Huntridge for most of 1959. New mr. Katz and Mr. Zumar.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on January 19, 2017 at 6:13 pm

August 1960 photo added. Photo credit Edythe and Lloyd Katz Collection via the UNLV Libraries Digital Collections.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on October 17, 2017 at 4:02 am

Link with several partial marquee photos.

http://vintagelasvegas.com/tagged/Fremont-&-3rd

rivest266
rivest266 on September 13, 2019 at 10:36 pm

This opened on May 29th, 1946. Grand opening ad posted.

Backseater
Backseater on October 14, 2019 at 4:07 am

I saw several movies at the Fremont on various trips to downtown Las Vegas: “The Owl and the Pussycat” (Barbra Streisand and George Segal, 1970); “Sleeper” (Woody Allen and Diane Keaton, 1973); and “Galaxy of Terror” (Erin Moran, Robert Englund, Edward Albert, and Ray Walston, 1981). So it was open at least that late. After it was demolished I believe it was assimilated by the Fremont hotel-casino. Resistance was futile…. Cheers.

JimPerry
JimPerry on October 20, 2021 at 4:35 am

Just reading the past posts - somebody mentioned that they saw “Dawn Of The Dead” here. Unfortunately, the poster got the Fremont confused with the Cinemas 1-2-3 which did run the movie - in 1978. As others pointed out, the Fremont “closed up shop” in 1974. Also - it was a single screen theatre - not a triplex like the Cinemas.

Another thing about the Fremont that made it different from the other Vegas movie theatres - it had, during it’s “heyday”, a true loge (to today’s movie goers, what is known as “stadium seating”), and a “waterfall curtain” in front of its screen. (At the other indoor theatres, their curtain{s} would just open - one to the left & one to the right. (These days, with multiplexes everywhere, it seems none of them have any curtains in front of their screens.)

As for why the theatre closed, a pretty DUMB MOVE on the part of that friggin' hotel - “Oh - we need the space to expand our operations!” Then again, that’s how Vegas was & is - A FRIGGIN' TOTAL LACK OF RESPECT ON IT’S HISTORY!

jwmovies
jwmovies on October 10, 2022 at 10:17 am

Correction to the above comments. It’s Karl Malden Oscar winner for A Streetcar Named Desire (well deserved), On the Waterfront and Patton. Reminder to kiddies playing at home: MALDEN WAS HÃŒS TRUE FIRST NAME! Don’t mess this one up! Factoid: I almost met him as a extra on The Streets of San Francisco. But alas it wasn’t meant to be! I did get to meet the late great Richard Hatch! So there you have it folks! Rant and TV history off! 😘😘

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