Comments about Calhoun Theater in Anniston, AL

Marcel on September 3, 2011 at 7:44 pm

What a shame. One beautiful theatre. Its plain but I love the marquee. Is it still standing?

Joe Vogel on November 22, 2010 at 7:32 am

The public library of Henderson County, North Carolina, has published a book titled “Buildings as History” which is about the works of Hendersonville architect Erle G. Stillwell. The Calhoun Theatre in Anniston, Alabama, is listed as one of the many theaters he designed.

kencmcintyre on April 24, 2010 at 5:13 pm

Here is a b&w photo:
http://tinyurl.com/297tl9j

lostmemory on June 18, 2009 at 9:55 am

Another 2008 photo is here.

lostmemory on April 23, 2009 at 11:49 am

Here is another 1983 photo.

lostmemory on December 4, 2008 at 10:50 pm

This is a more recent photo. No change.

lostmemory on April 30, 2008 at 12:06 pm

Here is a 2008 shot of the great looking Calhoun marquee. :(

Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen on March 2, 2008 at 11:50 pm

1218 NOBLE STREET is the address of this theater.

“THE SHOW STARTS on the SIDEWALK” by Maggie Valentine

lostmemory on September 27, 2007 at 7:22 pm

This is another recent photo of the Calhoun Theater.

lostmemory on June 8, 2007 at 10:21 pm

This is a 2007 photo of the Calhoun Theater.

lostmemory on January 17, 2007 at 10:40 am

Here is another photo of the Calhoun Theater.

JackCoursey on September 25, 2006 at 6:53 pm

Here is a vintage photo of the Cahoun Theatre in its prime.

JackCoursey on September 23, 2006 at 9:19 am

The complete address for the Calhoun is 1218 Noble Street, Anniston, AL 36201. The theatre is still standing, albeit just barely. It appears that some efforts were started to restore the theatre but were never completed. Starting here and going through here are photos of the Calhoun as of September 22, 2006.

kencmcintyre on February 10, 2006 at 7:28 pm

More info:

Calhoun Theatre
Opening date: 1942/02/20

First movie shown: Look Who’s Laughing

The Calhoun Theatre was opened on Friday, February 20, 1942 by Alabama Theatres, Inc. (which also operated the Ritz, the Noble, and the Cameo). The movie shown on opening night was Look Who’s Laughing, shown with the color cartoon, All This, and Rabbit Stew. Don Randolph from Montgomery was the first manager. It was located on Noble Street, and still exists in a run-down condition. It seated 1091 and was an entirely new building on a site formerly occupied by the Garden Theatre, which was erected during World War I. The theatre appears to have closed between July 1982 and July 1984.

lostmemory on October 15, 2005 at 12:12 pm

Lets see if this link works any better.

lostmemory on September 21, 2005 at 6:57 pm

One more photo of the Calhoun Theater can be seen here.

beardbear31 on September 14, 2005 at 4:53 pm

A few photos of the Calhoun can be found toward the bottom of the page at http://www.swankpad.org/places/bama/us431.htm

lostmemory on September 11, 2005 at 3:09 pm

Here is a small photo of the former Calhoun Theater.