Loew's Grand Theatre

157 Peachtree Street NE,
Atlanta, GA 30303

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storyboy
storyboy on July 26, 2011 at 3:10 pm

Thanks. I have send a few photos of it at the Loews duirng a number of movies in the 40-50’s. I’d really like to find it in the Loews during the Premier of GWTW. I’ll post a photo when I figure out how to do it. Looks like I have to post a link is that correct or can I copy and paste?

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on July 26, 2011 at 2:18 pm

Storyboy,there are some photos of the Premier at the Loews Grand in the photo section on Cinema Treasures, I also think there are some on this page,you will have to go through the comments to find them,Also you can click on my name and look at my photos there are some on there,you can uplaod them to your profile page by clicking on the favorites heart.

storyboy
storyboy on July 26, 2011 at 1:41 pm

I just obtained a stanchion that was in the Loews Grand during the Premier of Gone With the Wind. This piece is the size of a post at the bottom of a stairwell and is in the Art Deco style. I’m looking for photos of it during the Premier if anyone can help. I do have photos and I’ll try to post for y'all. I appreciate all the info I have already gotten from the great posts

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on June 14, 2011 at 9:23 pm

What GREAT PICTURE,thanks.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on June 14, 2011 at 8:57 pm

Thanks for the 2 great links Tinseltoes.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on May 8, 2011 at 5:12 pm

Marcus Loew was born on this date in 1870.

Cliff Carson
Cliff Carson on March 30, 2011 at 7:33 pm

Incredible photos. Makes me sad. I use to go to the Loew’s Grand in the 70’s when they played all those black exploitation and exorcism movies. There was something special about being in that theatre. Of course it hadn’t been restored and was going down hill, but even a marginal movie playing there felt like an event of some kind. What a shame the city of Atlanta couldn’t see the specialness in that theatre. They destroyed another movie palace around the same time called the ROXY theatre. It just sickens me, even to this day.
http://cliffcarson.com

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on March 30, 2011 at 6:38 pm

Nice to see interior photo thanks again Alonzo.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on March 28, 2011 at 4:08 pm

Great photos Alonzo, the first photo looks like the World Premire of Gone With The Wind,my grandmother was there that night, she also bought a brick from the building when it was razed,I wish I knew what happened to it.

Ed Solero
Ed Solero on March 23, 2011 at 3:31 pm

The lobby and the topless go go might have been in bad shape after the fire, but judging from those photos, the auditorium itself appears to have been in decent condition.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on March 23, 2011 at 3:04 pm

Thanks for posting the photos Alonzo.

jeterga
jeterga on March 23, 2011 at 2:07 pm

Atlanta, Ga.: Jan. 31, 1978 – A passer-by pauses in front of the burned out shell of Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta Tuesday morning after the theater was destroyed by fire Monday afternoon. The movie ‘Gone With the Wind’ premiered at the theater in December, 1939 and a street adjacent to the theater was named Margaret Mitchell Sq. in honor of the author. ( 1978

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Cliff Carson
Cliff Carson on February 7, 2011 at 4:36 pm

@ChrisD, I believe it was intentional. Atlanta has very little regard for it’s history or preservation.
http://cliffcarson.com

bigjoe59
bigjoe59 on February 7, 2011 at 3:10 pm

one can’t help but wonder if the fire in 1978 that heavily
damaged the theater and lead to its demolition was as we call
them in New York City a “business fire”(hint,hint).

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on November 14, 2010 at 9:57 pm

Thanks Mike, My Grandmother had a brick from the building she bought after it was torn down after the fire,she attended the “World Primier” of Gone with the Wind in 1939,ture story,wish I knew what happened to it.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on November 11, 2010 at 6:34 pm

This from a Jan.21 1926 ad on the LOEW’S GRAND. “5-HIGH CLASS ACTS” “VAUDEVILLE” and selected features.Photoplays,News Events.“A link in the chain of more than 356 Theatres owned and Constructed by Loew’s Inc.”{i could hardly make out that number,it could be off a bit,guys.}

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on August 24, 2010 at 8:40 pm

Too bad there are not more photos.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on December 26, 2009 at 8:32 pm

NO protests in AUGUSTA,GEORGIA were i worked the film.THE Marquee said THE LEGEND OF BLACK CHARLIE even though i said i t should be what was one the one sheets out side,We did not change them like they did on 100 RIFLES with Jim Brown and Raquel Welch,when it played at the MILLER across the street.

In 1975 times were bad at the GRAND as well other downtown theatres playing at the GRAND… THE HOUSE OF SKULL MOUNTAIN rated PG shows at 1 2;40, 4:25, 6:15,8:00 and 9:45. My how the mighty have fallen.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on November 18, 2009 at 6:10 pm

Lost Memory, thats some funny stuff, in this day of politically correctness I am glad that I did not have to install the letters on that marquee in Atlanta,they did not even let the black actors in “Gone with the Wind” at the “ World Premier” in 1939 as posted above.If there were any protests it only helped at the box office.People got to see what was so bad about the movie.Thanks to the protesters.I worked one movie at the LOEWS CRESCENT that was protested in Nashville, Tennessee. An Al Pacino movie" Crusing"A local preacher was shown on the local news opening night, the next week we were swamped, until it died off it was a pretty bad movie.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on November 18, 2009 at 4:00 pm

Great pictures on this site the 1972 shot of the marquee shows a movie title that would not be used today. Interesting to see also that the Vertical sign was gone and the marquee had been replaced using the 70’s style LOEWS sign.

Don K.
Don K. on August 4, 2009 at 1:17 pm

“Someone once said that ‘growing up in Georgia is like watching your past being hauled away in a dump truck’.

Sad but true."

That’s a quote from Doug Monroe’s column “The Monroe Doctrine” in ATLANTA MAGAZINE, for May, 2003. Let me urge you to look up the issue at the library and read the entire piece. He really sums up the dilemma of living in what he accurately calls “a temporary town”. Atlanta has sacrificed much of its character for dubious attempts at achieving progress. The results have sometimes been questionable, at best.