Palace Theatre

2 East Avenue,
Lockport, NY 14094

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LouB
LouB on September 11, 2019 at 12:54 pm

According to the Facebook page for the Historic Palace Theatre restoration work has uncovered artwork from 1925.

LouB
LouB on October 22, 2016 at 7:15 pm

Saw Deepwater Horizon on the big screen at the Palace. Always a treat seeing a movie here.

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on November 11, 2015 at 6:14 am

The $300,000 Lock Cities Theatres Circuit house launched July 18, 1925 and was leased by Famous Players-Lasky for booking Paramount films there and Keith vaudeville acts were also there at the outset. Architected by Leon H. Lempert & Son with John Moon & Co. as contractor, the storage area had 42 sets for the live vaudeville shows. At opening, it had a $25,000 Wurlitzer Hope-Jones Organ with Bobby Demming at the keys and Joseph Pomeranz as the conductor.

1,100 of the seats were on the main floor with Wilton carpeting underneath the Haywood-Wafefield seating. 500 seats in the balcony and 125 loge seats made up the 1,725 seat theatre at its launch. A curtain at the 40'x25' proscenium had a mural painted by Lusk Studios of Rochester. George T. Cruzen was the opening manager.

hammerglenn
hammerglenn on December 15, 2013 at 6:36 pm

Saw the restored A STAR IS BORN here in the mid-eighties.

LouB
LouB on October 5, 2012 at 11:03 am

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This link shows the newly renovated marquee.

LouB
LouB on September 25, 2012 at 2:01 pm

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The above link shows the upgrade being made on the marquee.

LouB
LouB on August 26, 2012 at 2:52 pm

newspaper article

The above newspaper article expands on the Palace’s plight to go digital.

LouB
LouB on August 3, 2012 at 12:20 pm

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This link deals with the theatre’s plan to convert to digital projection.

LouB
LouB on March 4, 2012 at 11:30 am

Vandals have not deterred activity at this theatre. Check out upcoming films and live performances at:

www.lockportpalacetheatre.org/

LouB
LouB on February 27, 2012 at 6:02 pm

http://www.buffalonews.com/city/communities/lockport/article740043.ece

An update on the theft at the theatre is found above.

LouB
LouB on July 15, 2011 at 2:45 pm

A great place to watch a film. Plenty of leg room, an enormous screen,fresh popcorn at a reasonable price and the charm of a historic theatre.

Buffalo International Film Festival
Buffalo International Film Festival on November 18, 2010 at 1:55 pm

The PALACE / PARAMOUNT Mystery

According to these sources (and others)

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the Lockport Palace Theatre is based in some mysterious way upon the design of the Paramount Theatre in New York City.

What is particularly mysterious about this is that the Paramount Theatre in NYC was built one year AFTER the Palace.

The Lockport theater was designed by Lempert who doesn’t seem to have had anything to do with the NY theater.

Can anyone cite the source of this notion?

Thank you.

LouB
LouB on October 15, 2010 at 9:45 pm

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The above article deals with the Palace turning 85.

LouB
LouB on July 11, 2010 at 4:39 pm

I went by the theatre today and noticed the first run film Eclipse and a play by a local theatre group both running at the same time.

It is nice to see the theatre is being used.

LouB
LouB on May 22, 2010 at 8:17 pm

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The above article deals with the plight of the Palace as they try to stay active in the movie business.

Don Lewis
Don Lewis on October 5, 2008 at 7:16 pm

A 1996 view of the Palace Theater in Lockport here and a 2008 view here. Enlarged views here and here.

LouB
LouB on September 21, 2008 at 3:41 pm

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The above website deals with a fundraising challenge undertaken by the directors of the Palace.

Patsy
Patsy on February 18, 2008 at 11:25 am

My husband saw NT, but not in an historic theatre which would really make viewing that Nicholas Cage movie special.

LouB
LouB on February 18, 2008 at 8:46 am

I recently saw the movie National Treasure:Book of Secrets here. Seeing this film on the Palace’s big screen with its elegant surroundings certainly made this special.

Patsy
Patsy on December 25, 2007 at 4:38 pm

LOUB: Yes, it’s nice when theatres do both…films and live entertainment!

LouB
LouB on December 24, 2007 at 9:38 pm

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In the article above the author talks about seeing a movie on the big screen and how it differs from viewing it on TV. I couldn’t agree more.

I’m glad the Palace didn’t abandon showing films when they added live entertainment to the venue.

growl
growl on May 3, 2007 at 6:39 pm

Its nice to see that a community cares about its history.
Im from Olean NY and they tear everything down here :(
We once had a beautiful Palace Theatre (its now an Eckerd Drug Store and a parking lot)
When Im in the Buffalo area, Im going to make sure to come into Lockport. Great Job on the Palace!

Patsy
Patsy on April 8, 2007 at 3:42 am

I just meant that some theatres do feature the classic movies for those over 50, I guess…like myself! LOL!

Karen Colizzi Noonan
Karen Colizzi Noonan on April 7, 2007 at 6:47 pm

Unfortunately, we don’t get to choose “history” Patsy! While none of us would ever consider the first duplex or triplex “historic theaters” – they indeed are part of the evolution of the history of motion picture exhibition. And it really irritates me to see that movies that I saw the FIRST TIME AROUND are now popping up on AMC or being remade! How can they be “movie classics”.. isn’t that reserved for OLD movies??!! If they are “old movies”… then what am I??

: O

Patsy
Patsy on April 7, 2007 at 2:45 pm

Nice to see a classic listed…Jailhouse Rock though I don’t put that one in the same category as a classic like any of the Hitchcock movies, Cary Grant movies or the MGM musicals and Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers movies.