Grand Theater
21 Lamar Avenue,
Paris,
TX
75460
21 Lamar Avenue,
Paris,
TX
75460
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The Grand Theater closed for the final time on December 1, 1997 with “Men In Black” in Screen 1 and “Most Wanted” in Screen 2.
The New Grand Theatre in Paris, Texas, launched September 23, 1937 with “Toast of New York.”
In August 2018, the Paris City Council meeting unanimously voted to give the Paris Grand Theater Project a 30-year lease to revive the moribund theatre which would include the removal of asbestos among a number of other daunting challenges ahead.
Grand opening ad as a twin December 5th, 1980
Good news! Repairs will be proceeding. The Paris city council has unanimously agreed that this building must be repaired, and the exterior restored to how it looked in 1937!
Bad news: The Grand Theater’s roof has collapsed. http://theparisnews.com/news/front_page/article_34ab81d6-15ed-11e1-ad2e-001cc4c03286.html
Some history
Photos of the Grand Theater Here and Here from Paris TX.
From 1943 a photo taken in front of the Grand Theater in Paris. The man in the photo is almost certainly Claude Musselman. The unassuming Mr Musselman was a big player in the movie theater business.
I hope the plans include ‘de-twinning’ and restoring to its original state and remove the stucco fake front. If not, expect no help from most area folks. Can’t understand why the sign was repaired and remounted to a crumbling facade that should have been removed. More of it fell onto sidewalk on 3/6/10. Two rules of thumb need to apply to restoring/repairing anything about this building.
(1) Do it correctly.
(2) Do it quickly.
If plans are to be half hearted then so will be donations & support. Such interest wains fast in this town.
On the Google maps photo the marquee says “Help me”. Depressing.
Here is an August 1979 article from the Paris News. Cineplex bought the Grand and announced plans to twin it.
http://tinyurl.com/okx6ju
Does anyone remember two employees
of The Grand Theatre in Paris, Texas,
who were twins and nicknamed the Popcorn
Twins? The Paris News did a piece on them
about 50 years ago. I need to know exactly
or close to exactly what month/year it was in.
A 1990 photo of the Grand Theater in Paris.
www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/2207344460
I like my picture better.
My photograph of the GRAND View link
The Grand Theatre was listed as seating 809 people and was part of the Paramount Publix chain during the mid 40’s.
Direct link to the photo:
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2004 picture of the GRAND @ www.vanishingmovietheaters.net