Tower Theatre (Salt Lake City)

The Tower Theatre, located in the 9th and 9th neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah, is a historic film theater operated by the Salt Lake Film Society.

The theater (with the Broadway Centre Cinemas, also owned by the society) screens classic and independent films, and hosts a movie-rental library. The theater became a venue for the Sundance Film Festival in 1992.

The theater closed in March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Salt Lake Film Society purchased the Tower Theater building in December 2022, and plans to renovate it.

History
The theater was built by Samuel Campbell in late 1927 and opened January 8 or 10, 1928. The Tower Theater is the oldest movie theater in the Salt Lake Valley that still operates today, and was the first air-conditioned movie theater in the city. Its original façade resembled the Tower of London, but this was removed in 1950. It was equipped with a Kilgen organ during the silent film era. The theater converted to sound films in 1930 and became known as "Tower Talkies."

The theater closed in 1988 and remained vacant until it reopened on July 26, 1991. In 2001, the Tower Theater was saved from demolition, and the nonprofit Salt Lake Film Society was established to manage the theater.