Joy Theatre
701 Main Street,
Woodville,
MS
39669
701 Main Street,
Woodville,
MS
39669
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The Fern Theatre was built on the site of a Planters Mercantile garage, and opened its doors on May 30, 1938 with Tony Martin in “Kentucky Moonshine” along with an unnamed comedy and a newsreel, featuring Motiograph projection and an original capacity of 500 seats (with 350 seats in the orchestra pit and 150 in the balcony for colored patrons).
Not demolished, at least as of 2014. It’s on the south side of Main, 700 block. White plastered brick with 4 weird ‘spikes’ on the front. A scar is just visible where the marquee is missing. Looks long abandoned, marquee was already gone by 1981 when the state did a historic survey.