Muscle Shoals Theatres

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Title

Muscle Shoals Theatres

Subject

Movies; Florence Downtown Businesses; Louis Rosenbaum; Stanley Rosenbaum; Florence, AL; Lauderdale County, AL

Description

Louis Rosenbaum, who moved to Florence from Douglas, Wyoming (in 1918) during the building of Wilson Dam and the TVA government plants, opened the Princess Theatre on September 1, 1919. He lived and worked in Florence for over forty three years. At one time, he and his son Stanley owned and operated nine movie houses in North Alabama: the Princess, Majestic, and Shoals in Florence; the Colbert and Ritz in Sheffield; the Strand and the Tuscumbian in Tuscumbia; and the Ritz and the Plaza in Athens.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, who was a movie critic for the Chicago Reader, wrote about growing up in and around movie houses owned by his grandfather in Moving Places (1980).

The Shoals Theatre, 123 N. Seminary Street, continues to be used for community events.

Creator

Pam Kingsbury, University of North Alabama

Source

Coleman, Edwin M., A History of Temple B'nai Israel, Florence, Alabama, Centennial Celebration, 1996-2006. Privately Printed. 2006.

Publisher

Alabama Cultural Resource Survey

Date

1919 to c. 1968

Contributor

Pam Kingsbury, University of North Alabama

Rights

Photographs courtesy of the Archives, Collier Library, University of North Alabama, Florence, Alabama.

Type

Still Image