New Strand Theater

1915 2nd Avenue N.,
Birmingham, AL 35203

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rivest266
rivest266 on April 11, 2022 at 8:48 pm

Grand opening ad: Strand theatre openingStrand theatre opening 08 Sep 1915, Wed The Birmingham News (Birmingham, Alabama) Newspapers.com

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rivest266 on April 11, 2022 at 8:43 pm

Article about the Strand: Strand Theatre openingStrand Theatre opening 05 Sep 1915, Sun The Birmingham News (Birmingham, Alabama) Newspapers.com

rivest266
rivest266 on August 18, 2019 at 1:32 pm

Reopened as Strand again on September 30th, 1959. another ad posted.

rivest266
rivest266 on August 18, 2019 at 9:50 am

This reopened on December 15th, 1948. Grand opening ad posted.

rivest266
rivest266 on August 15, 2019 at 3:01 pm

December 25th, 1932 grand reopening ad posted.

Backseater
Backseater on September 14, 2017 at 9:17 pm

I believe I may have seen the last film shown at the Strand—“Tower of London” starring Vincent Price. I was only 17, but definitely remember Vincent chewing the scenery.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on August 10, 2014 at 12:56 pm

The opening of the Strand Theatre was noted in the October 2, 1915, issue of The Moving Picture World:

“The opening of the new Strand theater in Birmingham, Ala., occurred Thursday. This house is to run all feature photoplays. The first star seen was Mary Pickford in ‘Esmeralda.’ The theater is doing a splendid business.”
October 2 was a Saturday, so (assuming that the magazine’s news was timely) the Strand opened on September 30.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on October 30, 2010 at 3:19 am

The web site Birmingham Rewound has some interesting information about the Strand and about its next-door neighbor, the Capitol Theatre. In 1948, the Capitol was renamed the Newmar Theatre, but a few years later that house closed, and the operators took over the Strand and renamed it the Newmar. This name remained until September, 1959, when the house went back to being the Strand. The Strand closed on November 28, 1962, and was demolished in August, 1963.