Ogden Theater
3021 Government Street,
Baton Rouge,
LA
70806
3021 Government Street,
Baton Rouge,
LA
70806
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1954 photo added credit Frances Palmer, pictured.
According to the August 20, 1961 Sunday Advocate article, the theater closed in 1960. It was built by Gordon Ogden. His sons, Gordon, Jr. and J. Randolph, managed the Gordon and Varsity Theaters in town.
The Ogden Theater can be seen in this photo from the Baton Rouge Public Librray’s digital collection
Gulf States Theaters, Inc., of McComb, Miss, T.G. Solomon, President, had 90 theaters in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas.
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