Now on the market and in danger of being redeveloped: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10210488057131839&set=a.1085508452071.2015419.1057193065&type=3
Renovations are complete and the theatre re-opened today. A small ceremony was held last night to light the new marquee for the first time: http://ow.ly/JK3fE
One of the Dunes' last films shown may have been the 1974 sci-fi flick: “Dark Star”. Until this year, a tangled mess of film containing the final few seconds or so (“THE END OF DARK STAR”) could be found scatted about the projection room.
Deerbrook Mall article, with photos of the theater in demo: https://jonrev.com/2017/05/10/deerbrook-mall/
Slated for demo, to be replaced by apartments. http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2018/01/sale_of_dilapidated_kenner_mov.html
Now on the market and in danger of being redeveloped: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10210488057131839&set=a.1085508452071.2015419.1057193065&type=3
This theater – along with the mall interior – is now in demo.
Demolished sometime in the first half of 2016.
Renovations are complete and the theatre re-opened today. A small ceremony was held last night to light the new marquee for the first time: http://ow.ly/JK3fE
Demolished in October of 2014.
One of the Dunes' last films shown may have been the 1974 sci-fi flick: “Dark Star”. Until this year, a tangled mess of film containing the final few seconds or so (“THE END OF DARK STAR”) could be found scatted about the projection room.