Alex Theatre
819 Lee Street,
Alexandria,
LA
71501
819 Lee Street,
Alexandria,
LA
71501
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The Liberty Theatre opened as an African American vaudeville and movie house on June 13, 1919. The theater went out of business in 1930 likely not transitioning to sound. It reopened in 1931 running to 1936 with sound.
It reopened as the Mood Theatre opened February 20, 1937 as an integrated venue showing the film, “Dancing Feet.” The operators were Mr. and Mrs. Chuck M.P. Morel. They closed the theatre two years later on March 5, 1939. After closing for repair, the theatre reopened in November of 1939 as the Ritz Theatre apparently
The original building was consumed in a fire on May 16, 1951 which killed the fire captain. It rebuilt and appears to have closed March 30, 1971 as a grind house. Two months later, it reopened as the Alex Theatre relaunching in 1972 showing Blaxploitation films and appeared to go out of business in April of 1978. The theater’s equipment and materials are sold off in 1980 apparently to satisfy liens. The building is partially demolished and then finished off in 1982.