Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Paramount Theater

  • Sugar Brothers Theater

    This building would eventually become the Paramount!

  • Monroe’s Connection to the Flag Raising at Iwo Jima

    The famous picture is legendary. A group of Marines after a hard fought battle for the tiny island of Iwo Jima during World War II, strain to raise an American…

  • 1962 Movie Premier at the Paramount

    On June 8, 1962, a world premiere of a documentary movie called “Savage!” opened at the Paramount theater on DeSiard Street. It starred Bastrop native Bill Carpenter and followed him…

  • The Paramount Theater is Torn Down

    This clipping from 1975 just makes me MAD! It is the epitome of the lyrics, “They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.”

  • Food and Fashions of 1936

    https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-orv%3A109 This little booklet was published by the Paramont Theater back in 1936. It was published by theaters all over the country, and included photos of the biggest silver screen…

  • Paramount Theater, Circa 1920

    This one can be found at the Ouachita Parish Archives page here: http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/photos/paramoun1331gph.jpg The known info about it can be found here: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/photos/paramoun1331gph.txt One minor quibble though. At the time…

  • DeSiard Street Circa 1926

    This shows the 300 block of DeSiard Street, looking west towards the river. The first building on the left was T. John, which was a clothing store. It was located…

  • Interior Shots of the old Paramount Theater

    I found some great shots I had never seen of the interior of this old theater. http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1067/photos It is absolutely gorgeous! Such a shame this building is gone.

  • DeSiard Street postcard, circa 1950.

    I have never seen this postcard before! It shows a view up DeSiard street circa 1950. You can see the Paramount theater, Kress Department Store and the bank building with…

  • Saenger Theater

    Many weeks ago, I posted a color postcard of the above theater but it was cropped closer in to the building. This one has a wider shot down DeSiard Street.…