Joy Theater
623 Texas Street,
Shreveport,
LA
71101
623 Texas Street,
Shreveport,
LA
71101
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An article about this theater is posted on www.TexasEscapes.com
In 1953 Shreveport had the following theaters:
Downtown – Strand, Majestic, Don, Joy, Saenger
Neighborhood – Rex, Centenary, Broadmoor, Glenwood, Davis (Bossier),
West End, Grove, Venus, Star, Ritz (the last two for
Blacks only)
Drive-Ins – Don, Joy, Leo, King’s Hwy, Barksdale, Sunset
From the 1940s, a newsprint photo of the Joy Theater in Shreveport with a parade passing by.
From 1947, a newspaper ad for a Laurel and Hardy movie at theJoy Theater in Shreveport.
No big surprize,it was owned by Joy’s Theatres out of New Orleans.