Paramount Theatre
713 Congress Avenue,
Austin,
TX
78701
713 Congress Avenue,
Austin,
TX
78701
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Here is another photo from 2006:
http://tinyurl.com/yrcxp2
Today is the P’s 91st birthday.
Here is a link:
http://tinyurl.com/ewhv
The Majestic Theatre opened on October 11th, 1915.
Recent color photos of this theatre can be found on the site: “America’s Stunning Theatres” by photographer and stagehand Noah Kern at: http://www.pbase.com/affablebeef/theatres Comments and information may be left there without registration; such can be public view or only to Mr. Kern. Scroll down the page to find the name, and then click on the sample image above it to be taken to the page of photos of it.
The original organ was a Estey Pipe Organ, opus 1378, installed in 1915.
The virtual tour of the Paramount is great!
film-tech.com has some great photos of the theater.
This theater was outfitted with a 70 mm projection system for the premiere of the movie “Ed TV” several years ago. If memory serves, the system was paid for with generous donations from director Ron Howard and actor Matthew McConaughey. They play 70 mm prints there when they get the chance. This is a great theater.
Hello, guys. I attended your presentation at the League of Historic American Theatres conference. I’ve been running the Paramount in Austin for the last 16 years. We’ve got a pretty nifty website, if I do say so, at www.theparamount.org, if you’d like to link us. — pb