Grand Theater
21 Lamar Avenue,
Paris,
TX
21 Lamar Avenue,
Paris,
TX
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The Grand is closed but maintains a tall, unique and colorful vertical sign spelling “Grand” with large white letters in red circles and a blue back ground. The marquee is also intact.
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Don Lewis
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Does anyone remember two employees
of The Grand Theatre in Paris, Texas,
who were twins and nicknamed the Popcorn
Twins? The Paris News did a piece on them
about 50 years ago. I need to know exactly
or close to exactly what month/year it was in.
1984 Photo
1988 Photo
Here is an August 1979 article from the Paris News. Cineplex bought the Grand and announced plans to twin it.
http://tinyurl.com/okx6ju
On the Google maps photo the marquee says “Help me”. Depressing.
Maybe you could help.
I hope the plans include ‘de-twinning’ and restoring to its original state and remove the stucco fake front. If not, expect no help from most area folks. Can’t understand why the sign was repaired and remounted to a crumbling facade that should have been removed. More of it fell onto sidewalk on 3/6/10. Two rules of thumb need to apply to restoring/repairing anything about this building.
(1) Do it correctly.
(2) Do it quickly.
If plans are to be half hearted then so will be donations & support. Such interest wains fast in this town.
From 1943 a photo taken in front of the Grand Theater in Paris. The man in the photo is almost certainly Claude Musselman. The unassuming Mr Musselman was a big player in the movie theater business.
Photos of the Grand Theater Here and Here from Paris TX.
Some history
Bad news: The Grand Theater’s roof has collapsed. http://theparisnews.com/news/front_page/article_34ab81d6-15ed-11e1-ad2e-001cc4c03286.html