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Stanford Theatre

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Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto California

Location
221 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94022
Type
Indoor theatre
Website

http://www.stanfordtheatre.org/

The Stanford Theatre is a classical independent movie theater in Palo Alto, California. It was designed and built in the 1920s as a movie palace styled in neoclassical Persian and Moorish architecture. Today it specializes in films produced between 1910 and 1970 and seasonal programs typically include film festivals for various genres, directors, and actors, such as Alfred Hitchcock, Bette Davis, and Cary Grant. The Stanford Theatre frequently accounts for as much as twenty-five percent of all classic film attendance in the United States.[1]


The Theatre has a "The Mighty Wurlitzer Organ" theatre organ made by Rudolph Wurlitzer Company. The organ is played live during intermissions, as well as to accompany silent films typically shown on Wednesdays.[2]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 See also


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





History


Designed by architects Weeks and Day, the theater was built at a cost of USD $300,000 and opened in 1925. It was purchased in 1987 for $7.7 million and restored by David and Lucile Packard Foundation at an additional cost of $6 million for a 1989 grand opening of The Wizard of Oz.[3][4][5] It is currently operated by the Stanford Theatre Foundation, led by David Woodley Packard, the son of Hewlett-Packard co-founder David Packard.[6]



See also



  • California Theater

  • David and Lucile Packard Foundation

  • Packard Humanities Institute



References





  1. ^ The Palo Alto History Project, "The Stanford Theatre: As Time Goes By," by Matt Bowling (retrieved on September 4, 2017).


  2. ^ The Mighty Wurlitzer Organ


  3. ^ The Stanford Theatre, "The Stanford Theatre: History,"(retrieved on January 11th, 2015).


  4. ^ Palo Alto Online - Big crowd delays Varsity decision


  5. ^ Palo Alto Online - Twenty-five years of community news coverage


  6. ^ Stanford Theatre at Cinema Treasures




External links



  • Official website


  • The Stanford Theatre at Palo Alto History website


Coordinates: 37°26′42″N 122°09′46″W / 37.44507°N 122.16270°W / 37.44507; -122.16270







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