The Grand Opera House at 400 Texas St. showed the first movie ever screened in Shreveport, a short film of a bullfight, on December 22, 1896. Credit: Courtesy of LSU-Shreveport Archives and Special Collections, Noel Memorial Library, Louisiana Stat
In the shadow of the newly constructed post office in 1912 (now Shreve Memorial Library), The Bijou sits quietly at 412 Texas St. The Bijou was one of several nickelodeons in downtown Shreveport. Credit: Courtesy of LSU-Shreveport Archives and Spec
The Majestic began life in 1904 as a Vaudeville theater before transitioning to primarily a movie house just two years later. In 1955 the building was demolished to make way for the new Selber’s Brothers department store.  Credit: Courtesy of
Julian and Abe Saenger were pharmacists turned theater owners who started out small in Shreveport, then became movie theater magnates with properties across the south and into South America and the Caribbean. Though The Saenger at 616 Milam St. (lat
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The Joy operated at 623 Texas St., right next door to where the Robinson Film Center is today. These days, the building still sees a lot of business as On Time Fashion. Credit: Courtesy of LSU-Shreveport Archives and Special Collections, Noel Memo
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The Wizard of Oz  opened at The Capitol, 513 Milam St. in 1939, but received second billing in the Centenary Conglomerate to the Marx Brothers’ latest playing down the street at The Majestic on the corner of Milam and McNeil. Credit: Courtes
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