Rose Theater

102 E. Jefferson Avenue,
Bastrop, LA 71220

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dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on December 17, 2024 at 11:10 pm

Charles J. Goodwin grand opening ad on April 5, 1926 with Colleen Moore in “Orchids and Ermine” supported by Hedda Hopper in “The Mona Lisa” and organist Ruby McMathe at the console of the Etsey Pipe Organ in photos. Reboot ad under Gulf States as the Rose Cinema on November 10, 1967 with “The Dirty Dozen” in photos.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on March 9, 2022 at 9:50 pm

Additional history credit Jerry Raymond.

“The Rose Theater (named after the wife of C J Goodwin the builder) is a Arts & Crafts style venue that opened on the square in Bastrop, Louisiana on April 5, 1927 intended to accommodate traveling vaudeville shows and feature current SILENT films according to this picture from the Morehouse (parish) Enterprise ! It closed in the 70’s and was REBORN in a community restoration project in 1985 and placed on the National Register of Historical Places on September 8, 1987.”

CSWalczak
CSWalczak on January 12, 2010 at 10:22 pm

Here’s a recent article about the Rose Theatre: View link