Globe Theatre
614 Canal Street,
New Orleans,
LA
70130
614 Canal Street,
New Orleans,
LA
70130
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The Globe, with its stately Beaux-Arts facade of white terra-cotta opened in 1917 for the Saenger Amusements chain. It stood on Canal Street next to the larger and older Tudor Theatre, also operated by the Saengers. The Globe was closed and razed long ago.
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The Globe had 600 seats, according to the 1932 FDYB.
An Austin theater organ opus 651 size 2/8 was installed in the Globe Theater in 1917.
The Globe was the first cinema in New Orleans to adopt a policy of double features, according to a news item in Box Office Magazine at the time. The opening bill in April, 1932 was Fox’s recent “Stepping Sisters” and a revival advertised as “Trapped in a Submarine” (originally released by Fox in 1930 as “Men Without Women”). Business was reported to be “phenomenal.”
This photo shows the Tudor and Globe theaters.
This site has some history of the Globe Theater and two photos.
Closed in 1964, After Saenger in 1930 it was operated by Paramount subsidaries thru closing.
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/y9bel5m
Same photo as the one posted by LM on 5/19/08
Announcing a book about New Orleans Movie Theaters
THEREâ€\S ONE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
The History of the Neighborhood Theaters in New Orleans
is being written by 89-year-old Rene Brunet, the dean of the motion picture industry in Louisiana, and New Orleans historian and preservationist Jack Stewart. The 160-page,coffee table book will be released in November and is being published by Arthur Hardy Enterprises, Inc. Attention will be focused on 50 major neighborhood and downtown theaters, culled from a list of nearly 250 that have dotted the cityâ€\s landscape since the first “nickelodeon†opened in 1896 at 626 Canal Street. The book will be divided by neighborhoods and will open with a map and a narrative about each area. Each major theater will feature “then and now†photographs, historic information, and a short series of quotes from famous New Orleanians and from regular citizens who will share their recollections.
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED
We are trying to acquire memorabilia and additional photos of this theater for this publication. (deadline July 1.) You will be credited in the book and receive a free autographed copy if we publish the picture that you supply. Please contact Arthur Hardy at or call 504-913-1563 if you can help.
Grand opening ad from December 24th, 1916 has been uploaded in the photo department of this page.