DeSoto Theatre
528 Broad Street,
Rome,
GA
30161
528 Broad Street,
Rome,
GA
30161
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Please click on the tab “photos” to see 16 new photos posted Jan 2020 of the DeSoto Theatre’s new completed wonderful full restoration.
This history via Rome’s website.
http://romegeorgia.org/attraction/historic-desoto-theatre/
I got to see the DeSoto around 2005 and stood under the marquee in awe, it felt like being at the movies in the 50’s. The box office added to that classic feel of yesterday theaters.
The Desoto had its share of horror movies like Dec.1 1961 and “BRAINWASHED” is showing. In the Seventies it was a Chris McGuire Cinemas.
The Lam Amusement Company was based in the De Soto building in the early 1960s. Lam had houses in Cedartown, Hogansville, La Grange, Newman, Rockmart and Rome, all in GA, at that time.
And I plan to check out all of the theatres listed to see if they are all on CT…I’m sure most of them are CT listed, but if not they will be soon thanks to fellow members.
Lost: YES! This is the article..thanks for posting it for all to read in regards to the Fox Theatre Institute and what they are doing for other theatres across the Peach State! If only other States were doing this (perhaps they are)!
Lost: Your March 27th photo was in a recent Atlanta Constitution article where I have further commented about on the Rylander Theatre CT site.
Here is a resent photo of the DeSoto.
Here is a photo of the marquee:
http://tinyurl.com/f9pof
The DeSoto Theatre seated 1020 people when it was a movie theatre.