For many years this location has been used as an antique and collectible shop. Architectural remnants of the Glenwood Theater can still be seen inside. Corner of Line Avenue and Stephenson Street.
I saw “The Wizard of Oz” here for the first time, I guess just before it closed in 1955. I was five. It’s always been a neat-looking building. During the mid-70s, I was in the building on business, and it brought back memories.
SRS
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Jan 30, 2017 at 9:59 pm
I saw very few movies at the Rex, but in 1958, I was eight, and a friend and I went to see “From the Earth to the Moon”. The theater was on the corner of Kings Highway and Highland Avenue. During the movie, I heard an ambulance with its siren on going down Kings Highway, headed for the Confederate Memorial hospital about two miles down Kings Highway. When we got home, I found out that my best friend, who lived about eight houses from mine, was accidentally shot to death as one of his older brothers struggled to get a loaded .22 rifle from their youngest brother who was about four. My friend was nine. That was the last time I saw a movie at the Rex. As has been stated above, it later became a location of Don’s Seafood, which was home-based in Lafayette, La. Patronized for many years by a much older crowd, it eventually succumbed to a lack of customers and closed. Recently, a move to make it a funeral home was attempted, but due to protest by area residents, the venture was abandoned.
I used to watch Saturday morning matinee movies there as a kid in the late 50s and early 60s. It shut down due to the theaters opening in the local malls, and the lack of parking for the Broadmoor. The building was purchased by the Broadmoor Baptist Church, across Atlantic Avenue at Youree Drive, and was torn down to make a parking lot. An attempt to place it on the Historical Register was made, but too late. I salvaged one of the glass bricks shown in this photo as it was being torn down. A sad loss for Shreveport.
Saw “Star Wars” here at midnight the day it opened in 1977. YAY!
For many years this location has been used as an antique and collectible shop. Architectural remnants of the Glenwood Theater can still be seen inside. Corner of Line Avenue and Stephenson Street.
I saw “The Wizard of Oz” here for the first time, I guess just before it closed in 1955. I was five. It’s always been a neat-looking building. During the mid-70s, I was in the building on business, and it brought back memories.
I saw very few movies at the Rex, but in 1958, I was eight, and a friend and I went to see “From the Earth to the Moon”. The theater was on the corner of Kings Highway and Highland Avenue. During the movie, I heard an ambulance with its siren on going down Kings Highway, headed for the Confederate Memorial hospital about two miles down Kings Highway. When we got home, I found out that my best friend, who lived about eight houses from mine, was accidentally shot to death as one of his older brothers struggled to get a loaded .22 rifle from their youngest brother who was about four. My friend was nine. That was the last time I saw a movie at the Rex. As has been stated above, it later became a location of Don’s Seafood, which was home-based in Lafayette, La. Patronized for many years by a much older crowd, it eventually succumbed to a lack of customers and closed. Recently, a move to make it a funeral home was attempted, but due to protest by area residents, the venture was abandoned.
I used to watch Saturday morning matinee movies there as a kid in the late 50s and early 60s. It shut down due to the theaters opening in the local malls, and the lack of parking for the Broadmoor. The building was purchased by the Broadmoor Baptist Church, across Atlantic Avenue at Youree Drive, and was torn down to make a parking lot. An attempt to place it on the Historical Register was made, but too late. I salvaged one of the glass bricks shown in this photo as it was being torn down. A sad loss for Shreveport.
Rebstock, if you are still monitoring this, please contact me about the Quail Creek Cinema.
Steve Smith