Paris Theater
315 E. Washington Street,
Phoenix,
AZ
85004
315 E. Washington Street,
Phoenix,
AZ
85004
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The overview says the Paris Theater was “Opened in October 9, 1944 as the Azeca [sic] Theater screening Mexican movies.” This is incorrect, they are two different theaters. The Aztec Theater was across the street from what would later become the Paris and was located at 306 E. Washington Street (on the north side of Washington), not at 315 E. Washington (on the south side of Washington). I will post a better picture of the Azteca in the Photo section, it is clearly a different building. Should probably have its own listing on Cinema Treasures, it has an interesting history of its own.
09 de octubre 1944 gran anuncio de apertura como Azteca en la sección de fotos.
I remember the Gayety theater. My mother was a burlesque dancer there. I was young and would sit in the changing area. Those women were beautiful & funny. I watched them hand stitch beads onto their costumes. After a while it became the Paris and my mother stopped taking me with her to work. It wasn’t long before she quit the Paris and took a job elsewhere.
It must have been a theater twice then, 1944 and later. Because it was Jefferson Super Mart in 1963, before it became the Paris Theater sometime before 1969. I added a 1963 photo before it was the Paris.
Added two photos found on the Vintage Phoenix Facebook page.
Hmmm, lived in Phoenix my entire 65 years and do not remember a Paris Theater.
This theater must be the one mentioned in the November 4, 1944, issue of Boxoffice. The item said that the new theater owned by Louis Long and Walter Gregg was nearing completion at Third and Washington in Phoenix. The house was in a building converted from a garage. Plans for the conversion were drawn by the Phoenix architectural firm of Lescher & Mahoney.