Paramount Theatre

4717 50th Street,
Red Deer, AB T4N

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ScreenClassic
ScreenClassic on July 8, 2019 at 12:57 pm

One more note to add – the Paramount should now be listed as Demolished, as its former site is now the location of the Red Deer Remand Centre.

ScreenClassic
ScreenClassic on July 8, 2019 at 12:19 pm

New photo of the Paramount added in the photo section. The movie listed on its marquee (partially obscured by the Safeway store sign in front of it) is Lawrence of Arabia, indicating that the photo was taken around 1962, the year of the movie’s release.

ScreenClassic
ScreenClassic on July 8, 2019 at 11:59 am

The Paramount’s address was 4717 50th Street (originally known as Ross Street, as listed in the 1975 grand opening ad posted by Mike Rivest).

rivest266
rivest266 on July 7, 2019 at 2:11 pm

The Paramount opened on November 21st, 1955 and reopened as a twin cinema on January 22nd, 1975 and closed in 1985. Grand opening ads posted. Paramount twin openingParamount twin opening Wed, Jan 22, 1975 – 26 · Red Deer Advocate (Red Deer, Alberta, Canada) · Newspapers.com

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on October 5, 2007 at 5:24 pm

Thw 1963 IMPA shows the Paramount as part of Purnell & Sons, headquartered in Red Deer. Purnell also ran the Red Deer Drive-in at that time.