Tivoli Theater

If Walls Could Talk: Tivoli Theater Was “The Temple of the Arts”

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Tivoli Theater (photo by Flickr user dbking)

You can’t walk past the Tivoli Theater in Columbia Heights and not admire it, imagining what the surrounding streets were like in the late 1920s. The arrival of Harry Crandall’s new theater was a big deal for the area and let’s not forget that just a couple of years earlier, his Knickerbocker Theatre was the … Read more

Grace Coolidge Attends the Tivoli Theater Girl Scouts Benefit in 1925

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J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan by Paramount Pictures (1924)
Grace Coolidge at the Tivoli Theater Girl Scouts benefit (1925)
Grace Coolidge at the Tivoli Theater Girl Scouts benefit (November 7th, 1925)

Michelle Obama isn’t the only first lady to set foot in Columbia Heights. Grace Coolidge took the drive up 14th St. to attend a benefit for the Girl Scouts at the Tivoli Theater. The Washington Post reported the event on October 31st, 1925.

MRS. COOLIDGE will be the guest of honor of the children of Washington this morning at the inaugural performance of the second season of selected programs for children in the Tivoli theater. The film will be Sir J. M. Barrie‘s “Peter Pan,” …

Mrs. Coolidge, who is the honorary president of the Girl Scouts of America, will aid their drive by attending the benefit performance Saturday morning, November 7, in the Tivoli theater, which will open the week of the drive, and will wear her uniform.

This was the first film adaptation of Barrie’s play, originally released in December 1924. I found a great clip on YouTube, so check that out below.

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