It wasn't so very long ago that the city of Denver boasted more than 66 movie theaters within its city limits, including the huge cluster on Curtis Street that became known as, Denver's Great White Way.
![View of the art-deco style Paramount Theater building, designed by Temple Hoyne Buell, at 16th (Sixteenth) and Glenarm Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked nearby. Signs in the window read: "Richard Barthelmess Dawn Patrol Tabor Theater [...]" and "New Home Colorado Chiropractic University."](https://history.denverlibrary.org/sites/history/files/cdm_36067_0.jpg)
![Men in suits perform stunts on a trampoline near the Paramount Theater designed by Temple Hoyne Buell at 16th (Sixteenth) and Glenarm Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. A woman in costume and spectators stand nearby. Signs on the building read: "Paramount," "Basil Rathbone 'The Black Sleep' Lon Chaney [...]an Donlevy 'The Creeping Unknown' Margia Dean," "Akim Tamiroff, John Carradine, Bela Lugosi," "All New Double Shock S Horror Show," "It's Cool Inside," and "Look Gave 'Trapeze' a 6 Page Story."](https://history.denverlibrary.org/sites/history/files/cdm_36113_0.jpg)
Denver Movie Theaters: A Look Back