Silver City Theatre
2421 Lower 3rd Street,
Alexandria,
LA
71302
2421 Lower 3rd Street,
Alexandria,
LA
71302
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The Silver City Theatre was opened August 7, 1947 with William Gargan in “Rendezvous 24”. It was built for independent operator C.R. Haynes. The front of the building was a single story brick structure, which contained the lobby, concession stand, office, rest rooms and projection booth. The auditorium was a Quonset Hut structure. It operated as an African-American theatre and was closed around April 1955.
In 2017 the building is in use as V.F.W. Post 8852.
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Ken Roe
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I THINK this was an Afro-American Theater?
August 7, 1947 grand opening ad of the African American $60,000 Silver City Theatre in photos. The 700 seat theatre architects were Dunn & Quinn from Lake Charles. The theatre is liquidated in 1951 but finds a new operator reopening that same year. Ads stop after the shows on April 11, 1955 and is offered for sale. The theater could have continued without ads.