Paramount Theatre
109 O'Neal Court,
Andalusia,
AL
36420
109 O'Neal Court,
Andalusia,
AL
36420
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A report on the destruction by fire of the Paramount Theatre at Andalusia, Alabama appeared in the Thursday, January 11, 1940 issue of Film Daily. It said that the house had been operated by the Martin-Studstill chain. A June 9, 2023 article in The Andalusia Star News reveals that the Paramount Theatre on O'Neal Court opened in 1935 as the New Paramount. There was an earlier Paramount theater nearby.
The March 31, 1928 issue of Motion Picture News had noted that Z. D. Studstill, operator of the Royal Theatre at Andalusia had a new theater under construction in the town. The new house was not yet named, but would open around the middle of April. The 1929 FDY still lists only the Royal at Andalusia, and the town does not appear at all in the 1930 edition, but in 1931 the yearbook lists both the 500 seat Royal and the 300 seat Paramount. The Star News article says that the first Paramount was located in a building now occupied by the Hester Law Firm, which would place it at 25 Court Square.
The fire that destroyed the second Paramount took place on January 5, 1940.