A & G Theatre
Beach Boulevard,
Bay Saint Louis,
MS
39520
Beach Boulevard,
Bay Saint Louis,
MS
39520
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Built in Spanish Colonial style, the A & G Theatre was listed as open in 1941 with a seating caopcaity of 600. It closed sometime in the 1970’s. For sometime after its closing there was a snow ball stand set up in the box office. The theatre was partially destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
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This is a photo of the former A & G Theater after hurricane Katrina.
Here is the A & G Theater building in 2005 before hurricane Katrina.
A Louisville theater organ opus 533 was installed in the A & G Theater in 1928.
The former A&G was still standing as of Sat 20 October but it’s in really bad shape. The adjacent building – seen in Lost Memory’s photo from 11 Aug 07 – was even more devastated.
This is another photo taken right after Katrina.
The architect for this theater was William T. Nolan of New Orleans. The original drawings are located in his collection at Tulane University’s Southeastern Architectural Archive.
The A&G Theatre (Ames & Gaspard)was built in 1927 at a cost of $60,000. The building was fire proof and was “the last word in motion picture theatre building” according to the local paper.
The A&G Theatre was featured in a scene of the movie “This Property Is Condemned” with Natlie Wood and Robert Redford in 1966.
During the 1940’s this theatre was operated by Affiliated Theatres and then followed by Theatre Service Co. until it closed.
I just searched Google Earth for the A & G Theatre. It seems that as of January, 2010, the theatre is not only standing but appears to have been repaired. The Google Earth image shows the building in better shape than before the storm.