The tower piece of the Tower Theatre prior to demolition; 213 E 12th St.; Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-061.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Tower Theater manager, S. Bernard Joffee.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-062.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Marquee advertising the film "Doctor Bull" at the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-063.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Crowd lined up to see the film "Claudia"; outside the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-064.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Marquee advertising the film "Crazy House" at the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-065.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Marquee advertising the film "Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man" at the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-066.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Marquee advertising the film "Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man" at the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-067.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Uptown Theater on the day of the world premiere of the film "Stormy Weather"; 37th and Broadway at Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-068.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Employee Simon D.J. Collins poses with a cut-out of Betty Grable advertising the film "Coney Island" (the cut-out was later stolen and replaced) at the Uptown Theater, 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-069.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Chained cut-out of Betty Grable advertising the film "Coney Island" (the cut-out was previously stolen and replaced) at the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-070.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Promotional billboard advertising the film "Coney Island" at the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway; Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-071.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
A "Hurdy-Gurdy" pianola jukebox advertising the film "Coney Island" at the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-072.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Marquee advertising the film "White Savage" at the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-073.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Marquee advertising the film "Crash Dive" at the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-074.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Uptown Theater Kiddie Show at the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-075.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Crowd lined up to see the film "The Egg and I" outside the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-076.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Group of children lined up with Joseph Redmond dressed as Santa for "Santa Claus in August" outside the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-077.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Group of children lined up for "Santa Claus in August" (Joseph Redmond as Santa) outside the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-078.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Joseph Redmond dressed as Santa and an unidentified clown greeting children as they exit a bus to participate in "Santa Claus in August" at the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-079.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
George Baker, Joe Neger, and Earl Jameson (left to right) distribute candy to children following a showing of the film "Bambi" as part of "Santa Claus in August" in the lobby of the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-080.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Representatives of the Motion Picture Association of Kansas City with unidentified theater employees and children attending "Santa Claus in August" at the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-081.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Two thousand children seated in the auditorium for "Santa Claus in August" at the Uptown Theatrer at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-082.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Joseph Redmond dressed as Santa with a group of children lined up to see the film "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" as part of "Santa Claus in August" outside the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-083.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Uptown Theater manager, Stanley Chambers.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-084.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Uptown Theater manager, Stanley Chambers.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-085.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Roy Cato, Uptown Theater manager.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-086.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Unidentified man dressed as gravedigger standing behind a glass display in front of a crowd at a United Artists Theatre to promote the film "The Premature Burial".
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-087.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Unidentified man and horse-drawn hearse in front of a United Artists Theatre to promote the film "The Premature Burial".
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-088.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Marquee advertising "Cabaret Girl" at the Willis Wood Burlesque Theater at 11th & Baltimore, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-089.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Cabaret Riviera hostesses greeting Tony Bennett at the Downtown Airport in Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-090.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Jack Benny, with a violin, and a group of unidentified people at the KMBC studio at 11th and Central, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-091.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Ararat Shrine Temple (later served as the American Red Cross building; then the Victoria, Capri and Lyric Theatres) on 11th and Central, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-002.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
American Red Cross building (once the Ararat Shrine Temple; later the Victoria, Capri and Lyric Theatres) at 11th and Central, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-003.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Victoria Theater in the KMBC-TV building (later the Capri and Lyric Theaters) at 11th and Central, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-004.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Marquee advertising an appearance by "The Mouseketeers" at Victoria Theatre in the KMBC-TV building (later the Capri and Lyric Theatres) at 11th and Central, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-005.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Marquee advertising "Brush Creek Follies" at the KMBC-TV Playhouse (once the Ararat Shrine Temple and then the Victoria Theatre and Capri Theatre; later the Lyric Theatre) in the KMBC-TV building at 11th and Central, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-006.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Marquee advertising "South Pacific" at the Capri Theatre (once the Ararat Shrine Temple and then the Victoria Theatre; later the Lyric Theatre) in the KMBC-TV building at 11th and Central; Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-007.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Marquee advertising "Ben-Hur" at the Capri Theatre (once the Ararat Shrine Temple and then the Victoria Theatre; later the Lyric Theatre) in the KMBC-TV building at 11th and Central, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-008.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Aerial shot of building and marquee advertising "Ben-Hur" at the Capri Theatre (once the Ararat Shrine Temple and then the Victoria Theatre; later the Lyric Theatre) in the KMBC-TV building at 11th and Central, Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-009.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Crowd lined up to see Irving Berlin's "Alexander's Ragtime Band" outside the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. Note attached to photo: 57 years ago today, August 19th, on my 25th birthday, I opened a new, downtown movie theater, the Fox Esquire with the historic, 20th Century-Fox musical, "Alexander's Ragtime Band". Opening day ticket line was a block long! Women wore hats then... even in the summertime! (so did some men).
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-010.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Constance Moore, Frank Albertson, Andy Devine performing at Esquire Theatre
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-011.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Street promotion for the film "Brigham Young" featuring a trail wagon, an unidentified male employee dressed as Brigham Young, and nine unidentified female employees carrying suitcases reading "Mrs. Brigham Young"; outside the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-012.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Street promotion for the film "Convoy" featuring unidentified men in uniforms and three vehicles with promotional banners; outside the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-013.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Marquee advertising "How Green Was My Valley" at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-014.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Marquee advertising the film "Moontide" at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-015.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Marquee advertising the film "The Pied Piper" at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St; Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-016.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Marquee advertising the film "Arabian Nights" at the Esquire Theater, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-017.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Group of soldiers (all white men) lined up to see the film "Immortal Sergeant" outside the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-018.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Two unidentified men standing near marquee advertising the film "Immortal Sergeant" at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-019.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Interior of the Esquire Theatre lobby, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-020.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Marquee advertising the film "Hello, Frisco, Hello" at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-021.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Marquee advertising the film "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-022.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Marquee advertising the film "The Meanest Man In The World" at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-023.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Marquee advertising a 1946 re-release of the film "Rose of Washington Square" (originally released in 1939) at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-024.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Marquee advertising a 1948 re-release of the films "The Grapes of Wrath" and "Tobacco Road" at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-025.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Joseph Redmond standing with three unidentified people in Western dress for the world premiere of the film "I Shot Jesse James" outside the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-026.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Esquire Theatre redecorated as an Old West building for the release of the film "I Shot Jesse James"; 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-027.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Esquire Theatre redecorated as an Old West building for the release of the film "I Shot Jesse James"; 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-028.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Fox Fairway Theater at 2820 W. 53rd St., Fairway, Kan.; writing on photo (top): Fairway then, opened about 1940, Wolferman's now. Writing on photo (marquee): Once was a great theatre - now a grocery store! Writing on photo (bottom): picture taken 1947.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-029.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
Fox Theatres' manager, Frank Ritter.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_redmond_photo-030.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0007
