Paramount Theatre
314 N. Washington Avenue,
Marshall,
TX
75670
314 N. Washington Avenue,
Marshall,
TX
75670
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The Paramount opened with Buddy Rogers in “Young Eagles” along with Laurel and Hardy in “Brats”, the color short “In Old Madrid”, and Paramount News.
The Paramount Theatre closed around New Year’s Day 1978 and was last operated by Gulf State Theatres.
Grand opening ad:
The Paramount is one of the 24 theaters featured in my new book, “After the Final Curtain: The Fall of the American Movie Theater,” which is available on Amazon or your local bookstore
Link
Such a shame to see photos of a once great movie theatre.
I recently had the chance to photograph the Paramount. Here’s a link to my photos along with some history of the theater – Paramount Theatre
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/y74jfdk
The Paramount apparently opened in 1930. An item in the May 12, 1958, issue of Boxoffice magazine contains the following line: “Dahmer joined Jefferson Amusement Co.-East Texas Theatres in 1930 as an usher at the opening of the Paramount Theatre in Marshall, Tex….”
A 1949 item in Boxoffice’s “From the Boxoffice Files (Twenty Years Ago)” feature said that West Texas Theatres had purchased a lot at Washington and Burleson in Marshall and would build a theater on the site.
Exquistely bored…you have some great pictures on flickr. I enjoy all your theater stuff. Keep up the great work.
Whoa – the bidding war must be on at the theater’s eBay listing. I’m getting tons of visits today (my link is the one listed above).