Joy Theatre
623 Texas Street,
Shreveport,
LA
71101
623 Texas Street,
Shreveport,
LA
71101
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Circa 1952 photo added courtesy of Bill Kelder.
This opened on March 27th, 1941. Its grand opening ad can be found in the photo section for this theatre.
No big surprize,it was owned by Joy’s Theatres out of New Orleans.
From 1947, a newspaper ad for a Laurel and Hardy movie at theJoy Theater in Shreveport.
From the 1940s, a newsprint photo of the Joy Theater in Shreveport with a parade passing by.
In 1953 Shreveport had the following theaters:
Downtown – Strand, Majestic, Don, Joy, Saenger
Neighborhood – Rex, Centenary, Broadmoor, Glenwood, Davis (Bossier),
West End, Grove, Venus, Star, Ritz (the last two for
Blacks only)
Drive-Ins – Don, Joy, Leo, King’s Hwy, Barksdale, Sunset
An article about this theater is posted on www.TexasEscapes.com