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221 University Avenue, Palo Alto, California (650) 324-3700. More …. The Stanford Theatre Foundation is dedicated to bringing back the authentic movie-going experience of Hollywood's Golden Age. Classic Hollywood directors never intended you to watch their pictures on a video screen in your living room (or while jogging).
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The Stanford Theatre is located at 221 University Avenue in...
- Film Archives
The Stanford Theatre Foundation is actively involved with...
- Theatre History
The Stanford Theatre first opened in 1925, and it served for...
- Wurlitzer Organ
He studied theatre organ with famed San Francisco area...
- Stanford Theatre Movie Guide ~ Special Interim Program
It's full of romance, that old place. 221 University Ave,...
- Hitchcock
(Theatre closed April 17-18) April 19-21. The Man Who Knew...
- James Stewart
Theatre is closed Mondays & Tuesdays. Schedule is subject to...
- Fall 2002
It's full of romance, that old place. 221 University Ave,...
- Calendar
Previous Festivals Additional movie information links...
- Winter 2009 Film Series
Winter 2009 Film Series. Added program: John Wayne...
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Specialties: Classic movies in a restored 1925 movie palace, Wurlitzer organ every night between great double features Established in 1925. The Stanford Theatre was opened in 1925. In 1989, the theatre was complete restored to the way it was when it first opened. We have a balcony, a great Wurlitzer organ which plays every night during intermission. We show all classic movies in 35mm film.
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The Stanford --- or New Stanford as it was then known --- was built in 1925 for $300,000, replacing its predecessor as part of the Peninsula Theatre Company chain. It was immediately billed in the local papers as “The pride of the Peninsula…the last word in theatre construction.”. As one of the finest movie houses in California in its ...
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 ...
- 221 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94022
- Weeks and Day
- June 9, 1925
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Feb 8, 2024 · For almost a century now, the Stanford Theatre has inhabited downtown Palo Alto. It’s watched shops and decades emerge—and then dissolve. It’s listened as the gravel-y rattle of boxy Ford Model Ts on the street outside gave way to the revving rumble of tailfinned Cadillacs, then to the silent whisper of sleek Teslas.
Jul 10, 2022 · Bay Area's 97-year-old Stanford Theatre makes a triumphant return By Amanda Bartlett Updated July 10, 2022 3:52 p.m. Hundreds lined up for the return of the storied Stanford Theatre in Palto Alto.
Feb 22, 2018 · Opened on June 9th, 1925, the Stanford Theatre premiered its first film — I’ll Show You The Town — and quickly established itself as an illustrious venue in downtown Palo Alto. Built in the ...