Globe Theatre

Joe Vogel on August 2, 2021 at 12:55 am

The Globe Theatre was originally opened by Herman Fichtenberg, whose theater chain merged with the smaller Saenger chain in 1917. Fichtenberg was actually the largest single shareholder in the new Saenger Amusements Company, but the two Saenger brothers each owned slightly more than half as much stock as Fichtenerg and so together had the larger stake. The February 3, 1917 issue of The Moving Picture World ran this item about the Globe:

“Recently another Fichtenberg house was opened in New Orleans, the Globe being added to the Dreamland, Alamo, Picto and Plaza. To celebrate the opening a four-page special supplement was gotten out by one of the Sunday papers. There was plenty about the house and a lot of advertising from those who had supplied material for the building. The sheet has red ink ears and tabbed ‘Fichtenberg Section’ and there is more stuff in the regular motion picture section.”

The Globe’s neighbor, the Tudor Theatre, was originally owned by Fichtenberg’s principal competitor in the New Orleans market, J. Eugene Pearce.

ArthurHardy on June 11, 2010 at 2:34 pm

Announcing a book about New Orleans Movie Theaters

THEREâ€\S ONE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
The History of the Neighborhood Theaters in New Orleans
is being written by 89-year-old Rene Brunet, the dean of the motion picture industry in Louisiana, and New Orleans historian and preservationist Jack Stewart. The 160-page,coffee table book will be released in November and is being published by Arthur Hardy Enterprises, Inc. Attention will be focused on 50 major neighborhood and downtown theaters, culled from a list of nearly 250 that have dotted the cityâ€\s landscape since the first “nickelodeon” opened in 1896 at 626 Canal Street. The book will be divided by neighborhoods and will open with a map and a narrative about each area. Each major theater will feature “then and now” photographs, historic information, and a short series of quotes from famous New Orleanians and from regular citizens who will share their recollections.
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED
We are trying to acquire memorabilia and additional photos of this theater for this publication. (deadline July 1.) You will be credited in the book and receive a free autographed copy if we publish the picture that you supply. Please contact Arthur Hardy at or call 504-913-1563 if you can help.