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  Stanford Theatre

  221 University Avenue
  Palo Alto, CA 94301

  Phone: 650-324-3700   |   Official Website

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  Street parking is available but hard to come by. There are two large public parking structures within two blocks of the theatre. One is on Bryant Street, in the first block north of University Avenue. The other is on High Street, in the first block south of University Avenue.

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• • Current Events

    02/03/12- 04/15/12

    Classic Films at the Stanford Theatre - Winter Season Stanford Theatre Classic Films at the Stanford Theatre - Winter Season Presented by Stanford Theatre at Stanford Theatre February 3-April 15, 2012 The Stanford Theatre first opened in 1925, and it served for decades as Palo Alto's premiere movie house. In its current incarnation, an organist often performs between screenings of classic movies. Movie titles, dates and times for this season's screenings are listed below.   Fri-Mon, Feb 3-6 All About Eve 7:30 (plus 3:10 Sunday matinee) Orchestra Wives 5:40, 10:00   Tues-Thur, Feb 7-9 Camille (1936) 7:30 A Night at the Opera ...

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Current &
Upcoming Events

• Current Events

  02/03/12- 04/15/12

  Classic Films at the Stanford Theatre - Winter Season Stanford Theatre Classic Films at the Stanford Theatre - Winter Season Presented by Stanford Theatre at Stanford Theatre February 3-April 15, 2012 The Stanford Theatre first opened in 1925, and it served for decades as Palo Alto's premiere movie house. In its current incarnation, an organist often performs between screenings of classic movies. Movie titles, dates and times for this season's screenings are listed below.   Fri-Mon, Feb 3-6 All About Eve 7:30 (plus 3:10 Sunday matinee) Orchestra Wives 5:40, 10:00   Tues-Thur, Feb 7-9 Camille (1936) 7:30 A Night at the Opera ...

• Upcoming Events

  There are no upcoming events at this time.

Past
Events

• Past Events

  10/12/11- 12/24/11	Classic Film Series - Stanford Theatre Stanford Theatre
  07/14/11- 09/22/11	Summer Film Series - Stanford Theatre Stanford Theatre
  07/02/11- 07/04/11	Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) & Footlight Parade (1943) Stanford Theatre
  06/29/11- 07/01/11	Stowaway (1936) & Curly Top (1935) Stanford Theatre
  06/25/11- 06/27/11	Rhapsody in Blue (1945) & Night and Day (1946) Stanford Theatre
  06/22/11- 06/24/11	Three Smart Girls (1936) & Song of the Open Road (1944) Stanford Theatre
  06/18/11- 06/20/11	An American in Paris (1951) & Daddy Long Legs (1955) Stanford Theatre
  06/15/11- 06/17/11	Road to Rio (1947) & Road to Utopia (1946) Stanford Theatre
  06/11/11- 06/13/11	My Fair Lady (1964) Stanford Theatre
  06/08/11- 06/10/11	The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) & International House (1933) Stanford Theatre
  06/04/11- 06/06/11	A Star is Born (1954) Stanford Theatre
  06/01/11- 06/03/11	42nd Street (1933) & Babes in Arms (1939) Stanford Theatre
  05/28/11- 05/30/11	Singin' in the Rain (1952) & The Pirate (1948) Stanford Theatre
  05/21/11- 05/23/11	Kiss Me Kate (1953) & Brigadoon (1954) Stanford Theatre
  04/16/11- 04/18/11	A Place in the Sun (1951) & Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) Stanford Theatre
  04/14/11- 04/15/11	Giant (1956) Stanford Theatre
  04/12/11- 04/13/11	The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) & A Date With Judy (1948) Stanford Theatre
  04/09/11- 04/11/11	Father of the Bride (1950) & Father's Little Dividend (1951) Stanford Theatre
  04/06/11- 04/08/11	Ivanhoe (1952) & Little Women (1949) Stanford Theatre
  04/01/11- 04/05/11	National Velvet (1944) & Lassie Come Home (1943) Stanford Theatre
  03/26/11- 03/28/11	Jezebel (1938) & The Petrified Forest (1936) Stanford Theatre
  03/24/11- 03/25/11	Satan Met a Lady (1936) & The Golden Arrow (1936) Stanford Theatre
  03/19/11- 03/21/11	One Hour With You (1932) & The Merry Widow (1934) Stanford Theatre
  03/17/11- 03/18/11	It's Love I'm After (1937) & That Certain Woman (1937) Stanford Theatre
  03/12/11- 03/14/11	Cleopatra (1934) & Shanghai Express (1932) Stanford Theatre
  03/10/11- 03/11/11	Kid Galahad (1937) & The Big Shakedown (1934) Stanford Theatre
  03/05/11- 03/07/11	The Wicked Lady (1945) & Caravan (1946) Stanford Theatre
  03/03/11- 03/04/11	The Seventh Victim (1943) & Curse of the Cat People (1944) Stanford Theatre
  02/26/11- 02/28/11	The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) & Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) Stanford Theatre
  02/24/11- 02/25/11	Bordertown (1935) & Housewife (1934) Stanford Theatre
  02/19/11- 02/21/11	The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) & The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) Stanford Theatre
  02/17/11- 02/18/11	Bedlam (1946) & The Body Snatcher (1945) Stanford Theatre
  02/12/11- 02/14/11	Heaven Can Wait (1943) & The Gang's All Here (1943) Stanford Theatre
  02/10/11- 02/11/11	Marked Woman (1937) & The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935) Stanford Theatre
  02/05/11- 02/07/11	Dinner at Eight (1933) & You Can't Take It With You (1938) Stanford Theatre
  02/03/11- 02/04/11	The Leopard Man (1943) & The Ghost Ship (1943) Stanford Theatre
  01/29/11- 01/31/11	The Mark of Zorro (1940) & The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) Stanford Theatre
  01/27/11- 01/28/11	Dangerous (1935) & Special Agent (1935) Stanford Theatre
  01/22/11- 01/24/11	Cat People (1942) & I Walked With a Zombie (1942) Stanford Theatre
  01/20/11- 01/21/11	Ex-Lady (1933) & Front Page Woman (1935) Stanford Theatre
  01/15/11- 01/17/11	Of Human Bondage (1934) & Fog Over Frisco (1934) Stanford Theatre
  12/24/10	It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Stanford Theatre
  12/21/10- 12/23/10	The Shop Around the Corner (1940) & The Wizard of Oz (1939) Stanford Theatre
  12/18/10- 12/20/10	Sun Valley Serenade (1941) & Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940) Stanford Theatre
  12/16/10- 12/17/10	Charulata (1964) & Mahanagar (1963) Stanford Theatre
  12/11/10- 12/13/10	Random Harvest (1942) & The Philadelphia Story (1940) Stanford Theatre
  12/09/10- 12/10/10	Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) & The House on 92nd Street (1945) Stanford Theatre
  12/04/10- 12/06/10	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) & In a Lonely Place (1950) Stanford Theatre
  12/02/10- 12/03/10	The Big Heat (1953) & Secret Beyond the Door (1947) Stanford Theatre
  11/27/10- 11/29/10	The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) & Topper (1937) Stanford Theatre
  11/20/10- 11/22/10	Show Boat (1936) & Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) Stanford Theatre
  11/13/10- 11/15/10	Kings Row (1942) & The More the Merrier (1943) Stanford Theatre
  11/06/10- 11/08/10	The Great McGinty (1940) & Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) Stanford Theatre
  10/16/10- 10/18/10	To Be Or Not To Be (1942) & Notorious (1946) Stanford Theatre
  09/25/10- 09/27/10	Anna Karenina (1948) & We Live Again (1934) Stanford Theatre
  09/18/10- 09/19/10	War and Peace (1956) Stanford Theatre
  09/11/10- 09/14/10	Anna Karenina (1935) & Queen Christina (1933) Stanford Theatre
  09/08/10- 09/10/10	Shall We Dance (1937) & The Sky's the Limit (1943) Stanford Theatre
  09/04/10- 09/07/10	The Woman in the Window (1944) & The Dark Mirror (1946) Stanford Theatre
  09/01/10- 09/03/10	Bells Are Ringing (1960) & The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956) Stanford Theatre
  08/28/10- 08/31/10	Funny Face (1957) & Love in the Afternoon (1957) Stanford Theatre
  08/25/10- 08/27/10	The Scarlet Empress (1934) & Kismet (1944) Stanford Theatre
  08/21/10- 08/24/10	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Stanford Theatre
  08/18/10- 08/20/10	Easter Parade (1948) & Holiday Inn (1942) Stanford Theatre
  08/14/10- 08/17/10	Murder on the Orient Express (1974) & Indiscreet (1958) Stanford Theatre
  08/11/10- 08/13/10	The Enchanted Cottage (1945) & Claudia (1943) Stanford Theatre
  08/07/10- 08/10/10	Friendly Persuasion (1956) & Pride of the Yankees (1942) Stanford Theatre
  08/04/10- 08/06/10	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) Stanford Theatre
  07/31/10- 08/03/10	Light in the Piazza (1962) & Come September (1961) Stanford Theatre
  07/28/10- 07/30/10	Silk Stockings (1957) & The Belle of New York (1952) Stanford Theatre
  07/24/10- 07/27/10	Rear Window (1954) & Harvey (1950) Stanford Theatre
  07/21/10- 07/23/10	Royal Wedding (1951) & Yolanda and the Thief (1945) Stanford Theatre
  07/17/10- 07/20/10	North by Northwest (1959) & I'm No Angel (1933) Stanford Theatre
  07/14/10- 07/16/10	Desire (1936) & City Streets (1931) Stanford Theatre
  07/10/10- 07/13/10	Vertigo (1958) & Destry Rides Again (1939) Stanford Theatre
  07/07/10- 07/09/10	The House of Rothschild (1934) & The Working Man (1933) Stanford Theatre
  07/03/10- 07/06/10	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) & Niagara (1953) Stanford Theatre
  06/30/10- 07/02/10	You Were Never Lovelier (1942) & Three Little Words (1950) Stanford Theatre
  06/26/10- 06/29/10	Casablanca (1942) & Singin' in the Rain (1952) Stanford Theatre
  06/16/10- 06/18/10	Morocco (1930) & The Devil is a Woman (1935) Stanford Theatre
  06/12/10- 06/15/10	The Spiral Staircase (1945) & Hangover Square (1945) Stanford Theatre
  06/09/10- 06/11/10	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) & The Late George Apley (1947) Stanford Theatre
  06/05/10- 06/08/10	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) & It Came from Outer Space (1953) Stanford Theatre
  06/02/10- 06/04/10	Libeled Lady (1936) & After the Thin Man (1936) Stanford Theatre
  05/29/10- 06/01/10	Stagecoach (1939) & High Noon (1952) Stanford Theatre
  05/26/10- 05/28/10	Wake Up and Live (1937) & Follow Thru (1930) Stanford Theatre
  05/22/10- 05/25/10	A Tale of Two Cities (1935) & If I Were King (1938) Stanford Theatre
  05/19/10- 05/21/10	Cabin in the Sky (1943) & The Clock (1945) Stanford Theatre
  05/15/10- 05/18/10	Love Me Tonight (1932) & Trouble in Paradise (1932) Stanford Theatre
  05/12/10- 05/14/10	Genevieve (1953) & Green for Danger (1946) Stanford Theatre
  05/08/10- 05/11/10	Only Angels Have Wings (1939) & Gunga Din (1939) Stanford Theatre
  05/05/10- 05/07/10	Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) & Twentieth Century (1934) Stanford Theatre
  05/01/10- 05/04/10	Gilda (1946) & Gun Crazy (1950) Stanford Theatre
  04/28/10- 04/30/10	Lady for a Day (1933) & Flying Down to Rio (1933) Stanford Theatre
  04/24/10- 04/27/10	It's a Gift (1934) & She Done Him Wrong (1933) Stanford Theatre
  04/21/10- 04/23/10	The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) & Every Girl Should Be Married (1948) Stanford Theatre
  04/17/10- 04/20/10	Unfaithfully Yours (1948) & The Palm Beach Story (1942) Stanford Theatre
  04/14/10- 04/16/10	The Ghost Breakers (1940) & Road to Morocco (1942) Stanford Theatre
  04/10/10- 04/13/10	The Talk of the Town (1942) & Adam's Rib (1949) Stanford Theatre
  04/07/10- 04/09/10	Dodsworth (1936) & Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) Stanford Theatre