Savannah Theatre
222 Bull Street,
Savannah,
GA
31401
222 Bull Street,
Savannah,
GA
31401
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The Savannah Theatre is the oldest continuously operating theatre site in the country. The first theatre on the Savannah’s site opened in 1818 and was destroyed by fire in 1906.
In 1948, yet another theatre was built—this time as an Art Moderne movie house. Despite local support, the theatre struggled through the 1970’s and was sold in 1981 to the Savannah Theatre Company.
After 20 years of operation, the group is now foundering under mounting financial pressure and plans to sell the building to another, unnamed, theatre organization. So far, groups from across the country have inquired about buying the former movie palace, whose price in the surging Savannah real estate market is expected to be around $1 million.
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Ross Melnick
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1981 close-up photo
Here is a December 1957 ad.
The September 11, 1948, issue of Boxoffice ran an article about the intention of Fred G. Weis to rebuild the Savannah Theatre. It said that Weis, son of impresario Albert A. Weis, had been operating the Savannah since 1920. This item also named Robert E. Collins and Carl E. Helfrich as the architects for the project.
I don'tr believe that the photo link on 9/15/05 is this Savannah Theatre. The Savannah was located on the corner and the photo posted that date was in the middle of the block.
Here is another photo fo the Savannah Theatre courtesy
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Here are my pictures from December 2010.
Was this one of Albert Weis' theatres?At one time in the seventies he had nearly the whole city,
This 1936 issue of Boxoffice has a history and photo.
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thanks Guys.
Cool looking movie theatre..Really like the ticket island.
what was the original seating capacity of this version of the theater. Facade implies if was a lot more than 350.