Uptown Theatre
Broadway Avenue and E. Abriendo Avenue,
Pueblo,
CO
81004
Broadway Avenue and E. Abriendo Avenue,
Pueblo,
CO
81004
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Previously operated by: Cooper Foundation, Paramount Pictures Inc.
Previous Names: Palace Theatre, Cinema 7
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The 900-seat Uptown Theatre was opened prior to 1937. In 1941 the Uptown Theatre was operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. through their subsidiary Joe Cooper. By 1943, still operated by J.H. Cooper Ent., it began screening Spanish language movies. Listed in the Film Daily Yearbook of 1950 as seating 775. On September 24, 1977 it was renamed Palace Theatre. It was closed in 1981.
It reopened on May 1, 1981 as the Cinema 7 screening Christian films.
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Boxoffice, Dec. 15, 1956: “Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Kelloff have taken over the 800-seat Uptown in Pueblo and will operate it. The house has been operated the past 25 years by the Cooper Foundation Theatres.”
Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph, Aug. 11, 1968: The Rialto there was reopened by “Mitchell Kelloff, owner of the Uptown theatre in Pueblo and the Valley theatre in Fowler. … Kelloff has owned the Uptown theatre in Pueblo since October 1956.”
This closed as Uptown in 1981 and reopened as Cinema 7 showing Christian films on May 1st, 1981.
Cinema 7 reopening at old Uptown 10 Apr 1981, Fri Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, Colorado) Newspapers.com
Reopened as Palace on September 24th, 1977 as a discount theatre. Grand opening ad (colorized) posted.