Bailey Theatre
132 E. Main Street,
Ville Platte,
LA
70586
132 E. Main Street,
Ville Platte,
LA
70586
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Previously operated by: Southern Amusements
Architects: John Milton Gabriel
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The Baily Theatre opened on October 31, 1935 with Jack Oakie in “The Big Broadcast of 1936. It was still open in 1957. It was closed on December 17, 1955 with Philip Carey in "Wyoming Renegades” & Fred MacMurray in “Pushover”. The long ago forgotten & abandoned home of the Bailey Theatre, a nondescript brick building remains intact & standing in Ville Platte as of May 2016.
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Don Lewis / Bill Smith
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The Archives and Special Collections Department of Frazar Memorial Library at McNeese State University contains a collection of drawings by architect John Milton Gabriel. Among them are drawings relating to alterations made to the Bailey Theatre in Ville Platte in 1953. The house was at that time being operated by the Southern Amusement Company. It had earlier been operated by regional exhibitor Robert Lee Bailey, who also had theaters at Bunkie and Tallulah.
This is not an image of the Bailey theater in Ville Platte, La but rather an image of the Platte Theater…
Hello ccfuse: Do you happen to have any info at all on what you believe to be the Bailey such as an address, general location, advertisement or photo?
This opened on September 15th, 1935 per:
The newspaper said it was at the site of the old National Bank, but you know small-town papers, they expect every to know where it was.
The Bailey Theatre launched October 31, 1935 with “The Big Broadcast.” The Bailey closed at the end of a 20-year lease with “The Wyoming Renegades” and “Pushover” on December 17, 1955.