Claire Theatre
332 Simmons Street,
Elba,
AL
36323
332 Simmons Street,
Elba,
AL
36323
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The New Theatre was opened around 1937. Around 1955 it was renamed Brackin Theatre. It was operated by Brackin Theaters, who also operated the towns' Elba Theatre. It was later renamed Claire Theatre.
By 2014 it was owned by the Covenant Community Church. The building has been renovated and is used as the JustFolk Coffee House and Arts Center.
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Ken Roe
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The November 1, 1947, issue of The Film Daily said: “Walter Brackin has opened his new Claire theatre in Elba, Ala., with a seating capacity of 250.”
The 1958 FDY lists the Claire and Elba Theatres as Brackin houses, but then the FDY was notoriously unreliable at updating its circuit listings. The Claire was apparently closed by then. This line is from an article about Covenant Community Church of Elba in the October 22, 2008, issue of The Elba Clipper:
I am wondering if the ‘New Theatre’ of ca.1937 was not actually a new location for the Elba Theatre? The Elba was listed in the 1927 FDY with 250 seats, but the building it is in now is twice the width of the Claire’s building, so must have had more seats than the Claire.As of 2024 The Claire Theatre is now a restaurant called Ms. Linda’s.