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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Mississippi » Vicksburg » Saenger Theatre

Saenger Theatre

Vicksburg, MS
1209 Walnut Street
, Vicksburg, MS 39183 United States
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Seats: Unknown
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The Saenger Theatre in Vicksburg opened in 1922. It was destroyed by a tornado in 1953.
Contributed by Bryan

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A photo of the ruined Saenger in 1953 can be seen here.
posted by Bryan Krefft on Oct 19, 2004 at 5:15pm
I found an old Vicksburg article about the tornado and the address given for the Saenger Theatre was 1209 Walnut St. This was a real tragedy. The tornado struck on Dec. 5,1953. Five children died when the balcony in this theater collapsed. There was a childrens birthday party being held there at the time and the movie playing for the adults was "Botany Bay" starring Alan Ladd.
posted by Lost Memory on Dec 21, 2004 at 7:35am
The exact address for this theater was:
1209 Walnut St
Vicksburg, MS 39183

There are alot of articles and photos from the Vicksburg Post that are in Adobe format. If you don't have the Adobe reader installed on your computer, don't click the link.
http://www.vicksburgpost.com/1953Tornado.pdf
posted by Lost Memory on Dec 21, 2004 at 10:15am
The Saenger was originally known as The Walnut. The organ
was a 2 manual 8 rank Robert Morton. The organist was
Maimo Minter.
posted by Barry Henry on Feb 21, 2007 at 6:11pm
The Saenger is on the right in this 1936 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/5mktyj
posted by ken mc on Apr 19, 2008 at 6:51pm
In 1950 the Saenger Theater had 450 seats.

posted by Lost Memory on Nov 16, 2008 at 6:34pm
Same picture as above.. larger format..
http://www.shorpy.com/node/6026?size=_original
posted by Local619 on Apr 28, 2009 at 8:54am
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