Lee Theatre
3819 W. 13th Street,
Little Rock,
AR
72204
3819 W. 13th Street,
Little Rock,
AR
72204
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The Lee Theatre was located on W. 13th Street at S. Pine Street. The theatre was opened in 1940, with seating listed in the article at 902. During the 1940’s it was operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. through their subsidiary Ed Rowley. Still open in 1950, no time line for closing was listed.
The theatre building is still standing vacant and boarded up when the article was written.
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Information for this theatre obtained from the Arkansas Historical magazine.
The Lee must have been expanded or replaced at some point. The Lee is listed in 1940 and 1945 with 300 seats. By 1950 it is listed with 902 seats.
There were two theaters at this location. The first, called the Highland Theatre, was a 300-seat, single-floor house that was demolished to make way for the much larger Lee Theatre. An article about the Lee appeared in Boxoffice, March 30, 1940.
The Lee Theatre was designed by Jack Corgan, of Corgan & Moore. The Boxoffice article claimed that the Lee had 950 seats, with 750 on the main floor and 200 in the segregated balcony. The art moderne style of the interior was achieved largely through paint effects in this budget project costing $25,000.
The Highland was not at the same exact location as the Lee Theatre, the address for the Highland was at 3811 W. 13th St. It was demolished along with three other buildings so that the larger Lee Thatre could be built. The actual entrance of the new Lee Theatre at 3819 W. 13th St. is where the Cohen Taylor & Alterations Shop was located.
Described in this 1940 trade article: Boxoffice