Davis Theatre

rivest266 on May 21, 2018 at 8:00 am

January 25th opening ad Paramount theatre opening · Sat, Jan 25, 1930 – 9 · The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Alabama) · Montgomery Advertiser

Joe Vogel on September 18, 2014 at 10:33 pm

The July 6, 1929, issue of Motion Picture News had this item about the new Publix house under construction in Montgomery:

“Publix Building 1500 Seat Theatre in Montgomery

“ACCORDING to plans prepared by McDonald & Company, architects and engineers, of Atlanta, the de luxe theatre which Publix Theatres Corporation is to build at Montgomery, Ala., will be one of the handsomest and most completely equipped houses of its kind in the South. The house will seat 1,500 and will be of stadium type. Steel, concrete and brick will be used in the construction, the exterior trim being in limestone. Light buff will be the color of the brick.

“Work already has started, the old buildings on the lot having been removed and excavating is now in progress. It is planned to have the theatre ready for opening about the first of the year. It will be located at the corner of Montgomery and Molton Streets and will represent an investment said to be approximately $275,000.”

teecee on March 1, 2005 at 6:17 am

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