Bon Ami Theater
Court Street,
Opelousas,
LA
70570
Court Street,
Opelousas,
LA
70570
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The Bon Ami Theater had opened by 1911 and was listed in The Moving Picture World that year.
It was also listed in the African-American Theater Buildings: An Illustrated Directory.
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Uploaded image of an ad which appeared in the Opelousas Daily World. Wonder what the special inducements were.
On the Rex site Joe Vogel cites a September 19, 2019 article in the Opelousas Daily World indicating that sometime before 1914 the building was expanded providing a second entrance on Landry Street. Later the theatre was renamed the Princess. Then, in 1916, when a new owner took over, he closed the theatre after building a new Princess down Landry Street.
Since the Bon Ami began life as an African American theatre one can theorize that it’s status also changed when it was rebranded as the Princess.