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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 02:04:00

The first film shown here starred Jean Arthur and a baseball; a blind pianist improvised the score. The Screenland Armour at 408 Armour Road opened on 6 September 1928 as the Armour Theatre, North Kansas City's first community theatre building, designed by Kansas City architects Keene and Simpson in Spanish Revival style with 650 seats and a vaudeville stage. The silent era gave the house its best origin story: local pianist George Newell, blind from birth, accompanied the pictures while his wi...