Cine Royale Theatre
912 Canal Street,
New Orleans,
LA
70112
912 Canal Street,
New Orleans,
LA
70112
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The Cine Royale Theatre had a tall vertical sign attached to the front of the building spelling out the name along with a flat box shaped marquee that said “Cine Royale” across the front.
It was closed in 1997.
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Don Lewis
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Hi Don:
The Walgreens at 900 Canal St. did get damaged in the hurricane, but from what a relative who still lives in New Orleans tells me, it’s back open, and all of the nostalgic neon sign is lit again.
Here is a link to a photo of the Cine' Royale in the late 70’s.
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Thanks for the good news and photo link. That is my favorite area of New Orleans.
Here’s an ad for a the Center Theatre in 1963:
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Here’s a very nice photo of the Center:
http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/u?/CLF,6009
Here’s an ad for the Cine Royale from 1976:
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I can remember visiting drive-in-mike at the Cine back in the late 70s. Mike and I have been friends since the seventh grade and our friendship has endured into our 50s.
Announcing a book about New Orleans Movie Theaters
THEREâ€\S ONE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
The History of the Neighborhood Theaters in New Orleans
is being written by 89-year-old Rene Brunet, the dean of the motion picture industry in Louisiana, and New Orleans historian and preservationist Jack Stewart. The 160-page,coffee table book will be released in November and is being published by Arthur Hardy Enterprises, Inc. Attention will be focused on 50 major neighborhood and downtown theaters, culled from a list of nearly 250 that have dotted the cityâ€\s landscape since the first “nickelodeon†opened in 1896 at 626 Canal Street. The book will be divided by neighborhoods and will open with a map and a narrative about each area. Each major theater will feature “then and now†photographs, historic information, and a short series of quotes from famous New Orleanians and from regular citizens who will share their recollections.
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED
We are trying to acquire memorabilia and additional photos of this theater for this publication. (deadline July 1.) You will be credited in the book and receive a free autographed copy if we publish the picture that you supply. Please contact Arthur Hardy at or call 504-913-1563 if you can help.
The name of this theatre should be the CENTER theatre, just as the State Palace should be under LOEWS or Loews State. Those are the names that most people would recognize these theatres.
Before the Center Theatre went to sleazy adult entertainment, I remember seeing “The Atomic Kid” starring Mickey Rooney there. That movie was from 1954, but I think it wasn’t a first run at the Center, so it could have been a few years later.
This opened on April 18th, 1968. The grand opening ad has been uploaded in the photo section.
Mike, that is the grand opening ad as the Cine Royale but the theatre was open prior to that as the Center.