Carol Theater
228 N. Range Avenue,
Denham Springs,
LA
70726
228 N. Range Avenue,
Denham Springs,
LA
70726
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The Leslie Theater was opened on May 18, 1926 with Richard Barthelmess in “Shore Leave”. In editions of Film Daily Yearbook between 1941 and 1950 there is only one theatre listed in Denham Springs (population 1,233); the 348 seat Leslie Theater, Range Avenue.
Following an extensive remodel, the Leslie Theater was re-named Carol Theater on April 22, 1954, reopening with Bob Hope in “Here Come the Girls”. It was closed in 1969, but reopened following another makeover and taken over by R. Paul Milet Theatres on May 31, 1970 with Clark Gable in “Gone With the Wind”. It was closed in the early-1970’s.
The former Carol Theater is now an antique mall.
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This site would appear to confirm the Leslie as the predecessor of the Carol:
http://tinyurl.com/2k2hxc
Unless two theaters in Denham Springs have been turned into antique stores. Not likely.
From 1986 and prior to becoming the butt ugly antique store is a photo of the Carol Theater in Denham Springs.
Leslie Theater opened around 1927, as per the Baton Rouge Advocate and by the 1950s it was owned by Mrs. Violet Muse Clark, who also owned the Joan Drive-In Theatre in Denham Springs near the Amite River Bridge on US 190. Both were involved in a bankruptcy sale in late 1953. The Leslie Theater was rechristened the Carol Theater in 1954. The Joan Theatre later became a commercial building supply site.
The Leslie Theatre launched on May 18, 1926 with Richard Barthelmess in “Shore Leave” (unknown if extras added).
After extensive remodeling, the Leslie Theatre relaunched as the Carol Theater on April 22, 1954, reopening with Bob Hope in “Here Come The Girls” along with the Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck “hunting trilogy” cartoon “Duck! Rabbit, Duck!” and the sports reel “Sea Sports Of Tahiti”.
The Carol Theatre suffered a short closure in 1969, and reopened on May 31, 1970 with “Gone With The Wind” after remodeling and a takeover by R. Paul Milet Theatres. It was closed later on during the early-1970s.