Center Theater
407 Main Street,
Little Rock,
AR
72201
407 Main Street,
Little Rock,
AR
72201
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Another theater photo that I found is the Center Theater in Little Rock, Arkansas. Click the link below for the photo.
The Royal Theater was opened in 1910. It was remodeled in 1917 to the plans of local architect T.M. Sanders, and again in 1949 to the plans of architects Ginocchio & Cromwell, when it reopened as the Center Theater.
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Here is a 1954 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/qnooaj
When the Center Theatre opened it was known as the Royal Theatre.
A Reuter organ was installed in a Royal Theater in Little Rock in 1920. Maybe it was this theater.
LM, The article in the magazine said that it opened at the Royal and later in life aftr a remodel it became the Center, so I am assuming that the Royal is just an AKA for the Center. At the time of the magazine it said the Center was stil standing so that is not quite right by today’s time factor. They also have two photos in the magazine of the auditorium, quite striking. Too bad they are in B&W.
Opened as the Royal Theatre in 1920, became the Center Theatre in 1950. Was operated by Rowley United until it closed as a movie theatre in 1975.
The last time I passed by the Center in May 2009, the theater was still there. The buildings immediately across the street had just been demolished and might have been confused for the Center. During my formative years in the 60’s, I saw a number of Elvis and Disney movies there; they also played the Bond films there.
The google street view shows the Center Theatre is still standing. Boarded up but still standing.
I am fairly certain it is completely gone now.
So sad. Saw lots of good movies, there. The first one I remember is ‘Zulu’, with Stanley Baker, and Michael Caine, in 1964, when I was 9. Also saw ‘Patton’, there, in ‘70, 'Big Jake’, in ‘71, and 'The Exorcist’ in ‘73, and many, many others.
The Royal Theatre dates from around 1910. The June 21, 1917, issue of Engineering News-Record said that the Royal Theatre was to be rebuilt at a cost of about $150,000. Plans for the rebuilding were being prepared by local architect T.M. Sanders.