DeSoto Theatre
528 Broad Street,
Rome,
GA
30161
528 Broad Street,
Rome,
GA
30161
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The Desoto had its share of horror movies like Dec.1 1961 and “BRAINWASHED” is showing. In the Seventies it was a Chris McGuire Cinemas.
Here is another 1986 photo.
1986 photo of the De Soto Theatre.
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Another shot of the theatre Marquee.
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A few more photos are here.
The Lam Amusement Company was based in the De Soto building in the early 1960s. Lam had houses in Cedartown, Hogansville, La Grange, Newman, Rockmart and Rome, all in GA, at that time.
And I plan to check out all of the theatres listed to see if they are all on CT…I’m sure most of them are CT listed, but if not they will be soon thanks to fellow members.
Lost: YES! This is the article..thanks for posting it for all to read in regards to the Fox Theatre Institute and what they are doing for other theatres across the Peach State! If only other States were doing this (perhaps they are)!
Do you mean this article? LOL
If that link doesn’t work, here is a cached version of that article.
Lost: Your March 27th photo was in a recent Atlanta Constitution article where I have further commented about on the Rylander Theatre CT site.
This website has some additional history of the DeSoto Theater.
This is another recent photo of the DeSoto Theater.
Here is a resent photo of the DeSoto.
Here is a photo of the marquee:
http://tinyurl.com/f9pof
The DeSoto Theatre seated 1020 people when it was a movie theatre.