This was made from 8th & Church St. There was a hotel where the parking lot shows. ben Frankiln was origionlly Sears. Zibarts Book Store was on the other side of the paramount.
There was a comment that the Belmont opened with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. That orchestra didn’t exist until much later. A photo at the opening shows the marquee having the Beasley Smith orchestra played on opening night. Leon Cole could have played the organ but there was no organ in the floor as there was at the Paramount. I was the projectionist at the Belmont in 1946 and for several years afterward.
This was made from 8th & Church St. There was a hotel where the parking lot shows. ben Frankiln was origionlly Sears. Zibarts Book Store was on the other side of the paramount.
There was a comment that the Belmont opened with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. That orchestra didn’t exist until much later. A photo at the opening shows the marquee having the Beasley Smith orchestra played on opening night. Leon Cole could have played the organ but there was no organ in the floor as there was at the Paramount. I was the projectionist at the Belmont in 1946 and for several years afterward.