Fine Arts Theatre
1735 Constantinople Street,
New Orleans,
LA
70115
1735 Constantinople Street,
New Orleans,
LA
70115
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Previously operated by: Saenger Amusement Company, Sobel-Richards Enterprises, Theaters Service Co., United Theaters Inc.
Architects: Moise H. Goldstein Sr.
Styles: Neo-Classical
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The Fine Arts Theatre opened on August 11, 1917 operated by Sobel-Richards Ent. Seating was listed at 785. It was equipped with a Hillgreen-Lane Electric Action Organ. This theatre was later operated by Saenger Amusements, United Theaters Inc. and Theaters Service Co. over its lifetime. The theatre was located on Constantinople Street at Baronne Street.
The Fine Arts Theatre closed on July 27, 1958 with Bob Hope in “Paris Holiday”. Itc was briefly used as a live theatre venue in 1960 named Theatre Guild of New Orleans. It then became a church.
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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.
A lady I’m proud to call a friend, who worked in the theater business until a few years ago, got her start in the business at age 16, in the box office at the Fine Arts in 1941. She has work in New Orleans area theaters all her life. She retired from the box office at the AMC Clearview.
THAT looks familiar! Wasn’t it used in the movies Live and Let Die, Tightrope or The Skeleton Key OR Girls' Trip? Just curious…
Sobel Richards Shear Entertainment Circuit announced this new theater to replace the Pastime Theatre and joining the company’s Carrollton and Washington theaters. The Fine Arts' architect, Moise H. Goldstein Sr., delivered his plans in 1917 . The venue had a Hillgreen-Lane Electric Action Organ at its launch on August 11, 1917. It added sound to remain viable.
The Fine Arts closed on July 27, 1958 with “Paris Holiday.” It came back to usage briefly as a live venue in 1960 as the Theater Guild of New Orleans. In 1961, it was offered for sale for $32,000 then $29,500 and then just $6,000 in a sale from United Theatres to the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.