Tupelo Community Theatre
200 N. Broadway,
Tupelo,
MS
38802
200 N. Broadway,
Tupelo,
MS
38802
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The August 26, 1916 Moving Picture World mentions the Comus Theatre in Tupelo. The Comus was listed in the 1912-1913 Cahn guide with 900 seats plus 12 boxes. It was also listed in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory. The July 6, 1922 issue of Manufacturers Record reported a $100,000 loss from a fire at the Comus Theatre, Tupelo. The house had been under lease to the Hatcher Amusement Company.
1919 map calls it the Comus, 1924 map calls it the Strand.
There’s an old Tupelo legend that Elvis had his first kiss in the Lyric Theater’s balcony. Can’t vouch for this, for obvious reasons, but there you go.
On this 75th Anniversary of Elvis’s birth I wonder if he actually ever attended this theatre as a boy or performed on its stage. Anyone know?
The community playhouse formerly known as the Lyric – a rainy day in Tupelo, summer 1996:
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