Fox Theater
107 S. Lynch Street,
Plain Dealing,
LA
71064
107 S. Lynch Street,
Plain Dealing,
LA
71064
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A conversion of former retail space, the Fox Theater was opened November 2, 1935. It was closed on August 18, 1969. It became a live music venue which closed in 1971. The building was purchased by the city in 1976.
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Billy Smith / Don Lewis / Billy Holcomb
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The New Fox Theatre launched on November 2, 1935 in downtown Plain Dealing. It was a converted retail space in the R.C. Purcell Building opening on a 20 year-lease. It replaced the Fox Tent Theatre used in the warm weather months when the city’s Electric Theatre closed. Cecil Kelly and J.M. Graham opened the venue and had a guest in “the Lonesome Cowboy” Roy McDaniel with an in-person visit in the theater’s first full weekend of operation.
The long-running venue renewed its lease and converted to widescreen. It appears to have concluded cinematic operations on August 18, 1969 with a 30th-anniversary screening of “Gone with the Wind.” It became a live music venue the following year closing in 1971. The City of Plain Dealing purchased the building 1976.
Address is wrong. Looks like it’s 107 S Lynch. The 1921 map shows a single story general store in what looks like the same location. That may have been converted to the theater.