Magnolia Theatre

127 E. Bankhead Street,
New Albany, MS 38652

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Functions: Live Performances

Styles: Streamline Moderne

Previous Names: Cine Theatre, Magnolia Civic Center

Phone Numbers: Box Office: 662.539.3909

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Cine Theatre  New Albany, MS  June 1996

Located on W. Bankhead Street at N. Railroad Street, the Magnolia Theatre was opened in 1948. It was later renamed Cine Theatre. The Cine Theatre is now used for live performances. Following a brief closure, it was reopened as the Magnolia Civic Center. It has been renovated and given a face lift. In December 2023 it reverted back to its Magnolia Theatre name.

Contributed by Chuck, Ken Roe

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kpdennis
kpdennis on April 25, 2009 at 11:53 pm

A 1996 shot of the Cine – doesn’t appear any different in the decade passing since the posted 1986 view:
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SethG
SethG on October 7, 2017 at 1:22 pm

Streetview needs adjustment. Since it’s called the Magnolia Civic Center (with a horrible new fake stucco front), I assume the Cine was the Magnolia (typo ‘Magnolis’ in the description).

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on May 8, 2025 at 3:05 pm

This opened as the Magnolia Theatre in 1948. It did receive a brief closure before reopening under the Cine Theatre name. It then made a brief closure in 1998 and was renamed the Magnolia Civic Center. It wasn’t until December 2023 when the original Magnolia Theatre name returned following the theater’s 75th anniversary.

  • New Albany also had two older indoor theaters, which were the Ritz and the Royal. The Ritz likely opened in late-1939 at the Cohn building on South Front Street after being purchased by David Webster and J.M. Lamb that July. Unfortunately the Ritz was destroyed by a fire in October 1953 and its aftermath remains unknown. I cannot find any information about the Royal for now.
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