Bailey Theatre
132 E. Main Street,
Ville Platte,
LA
70586
132 E. Main Street,
Ville Platte,
LA
70586
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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.
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.
This opened on September 15th, 1935 per:
Baily theatre opening Sat, Aug 3, 1935 – 1 · The Ville Platte Gazette (Ville Platte, Louisiana, United States of America) · Newspapers.com
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 is not an image of the Bailey theater in Ville Platte, La but rather an image of the Platte Theater…
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.