Paramount Theatre Newspaper Clippings

Dates: 1931-1936

Collection Number: MS 121

Physical Location: Archive Room File Cabinet

Extent: 1 folder.

Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.

User Restrictions: Users are restricted to photocopies of originals.

Preferred Citation: Paramount Theatre Newspaper Clippings, MS 121, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information: Gift, Edward W. Hase, undated.

Biographical/Historical Information: The Paramount Theatre, located at 215 E. Main Street, Charlottesville, Virginia, opened in November 1931 as a movie palace. It hosted films and live stage shows as well as war bond drives during World War II.

Scope and Content: These are pages of a scrapbook volume of Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Virginia) newspaper clippings about live stage performances at the Paramount Theatre between 1931 and 1936. It includes a clipping about the Paramount's opening gala on 25 November 1931.

Subjects: Performing Arts

Record Types: Newspapers.