Paramount Theatre
E. Washington Street,
Greenwood,
MS
38930
E. Washington Street,
Greenwood,
MS
38930
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With the launch of the Paramount, this was Publix’s 1,500th theater to be opened.
The Greenwood Theatre launched with a live play, “The Love Affair” on January 16, 1913. It became the Paramount on July 21, 1930 with “The Unholy Three.” The theatre was segregated up to and during the Civil Rights Movement. At the end, however, the theatre was home to Blaxploitation films. Its final film was “Three the Hard Way” with Fred Williamson and Jim Brown with “Battle of Amazons.
The Paramount was converted to a disco called the Paramount Disco which burned down on November 11, 1980.
This reopened as Paramount on July 21st, 1930 article and ad
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