Royal Theatre

125 E. Front Street,
Hattiesburg, MS 39401

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Functions: Bank

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Royal Theatre

The Royal Theatre was open by 1944. Seating was listed at 399. This theatre was operated by Associated Theatres and later Royal Theatres until it closed.

The Royal Theatre closed on March 23, 1957. The building is still standing in use as a bank.

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ThomasGentry
ThomasGentry on May 1, 2016 at 9:15 pm

The theater building is now an art studio occupied by Charles Price. I spent many hours there watching the Cecil De Mille bible movies and the war movies that dominated the film industry during the late 1940s and early 1950s. There were three theaters in the old town part of Hattiesburg during that period: The Royal; the Rebel; and the Saenger. None exists as a film theater there now. The

robboehm
robboehm on May 2, 2016 at 9:07 am

Thomas, there is no entry for the Rebel on Cinema Treasures. Could it, perhaps, be one on the site but without a reference to an alternate name?

ThomasGentry
ThomasGentry on February 16, 2018 at 1:14 pm

The Rebel occupied the building next to Sackler’s Furniture store, just a block west of the U.S. Post Office on Pine Street. Tickets were a dime. There were literally rats in the theater. BTW,the Saenger DOES still exist, but not as a motion picture theater. There was a LOMO theater across the street U.S. Post Office in the Magnolia Building in the 1930s. I think it closed in the late 40s.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on September 4, 2020 at 9:17 pm

Found references to the Rebel Theatre possibly moving from one location to another in this group. Once I can sort it out I’ll set up a page for it as they have a couple pics.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/200559253336329/search/?q=theater

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on July 22, 2021 at 9:28 am

Lloyd Royal, Sr., of the Royal Circuit was operating here in 1932 and closed permanently at the end of a 25-year leasing agreement on March 23, 1957 after a double feature of “The Proud Ones” and “Tiger Claw.” The building was retrofitted for a bank in 1958.

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