Forum Theatre

115 E. Monroe Avenue,
Jonesboro, AR 72401

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bcoop716
bcoop716 on March 2, 2018 at 5:47 pm

Hello, I am part of a school group, and we are going to do a video over the Forum Theater and it’s history. I am wondering if any of you would be interested in sharing some of your experiences. You can e-mail me at

AlanR1
AlanR1 on August 6, 2017 at 8:45 am

Are there no pictures of the old Strand theatre? I remember a giant lighted overhanging Marquee. It didn’t look like this restored version. I collected bottle caps for the price of admission to Saturday matinees when I was a kid. I loved this place.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on November 24, 2012 at 11:16 am

The January 11, 1927, issue of The Film Daily said that Universal had opened the Strand at Jonesboro, a $110,000 house seating 1,262.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on October 3, 2012 at 2:47 pm

The current official web site is at this link.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on October 3, 2012 at 2:39 pm

This item from the May 30, 1925, issue of The Reel Journal might have been about the Strand Theatre:

“$100,000 JONESBORO THEATRE.

“D. J. Wolpert, architect. Jonesboro, Ark., has finished plans for the new house for the Jonesboro Amusement Company, of which E. Y. Collins is manager The structure will cost $100,000 and will be two stories high. It will contain a parquet, balcony and gallery. There will also be a full sized stage, ten dressing rooms, two restrooms and two offices. It will be Spanish in type and be of re-inforced concrete brick and terra cotta construction.”

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on March 14, 2005 at 1:09 pm

The Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 list the seating capacity of the Strand Theatre as 1,147.

It was operated by Paramount Theatres Inc. through a sudsidiary company Malco Theaters Inc. (M.A. Lightman, President and General Manager)

teecee
teecee on March 14, 2005 at 12:38 pm

Small color photo on this link (don’t try to expand without a password:
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