Loew's Grand Theatre
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Loew's Grand Theatre was a movie theater in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. It was the site of the premiere of Gone with the Wind, which was attended by all of the stars of the film. It concentrated on showing films made or released by MGM, a Loew-owned studio. Although the United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. case divested studios of ownership of theatre chains in 1948, many MGM films made afterwards still had their first showings in Atlanta at this theatre, including Singin' in the Rain (film), Ben-Hur (1959 film) and Doctor Zhivago (1965 film).
The theater was built in 1893 as the DeGive Opera House. It was bought by Loews in the 1920s, and renovated into a movie theater by architect Thomas W. Lamb. The one screen theater had 2088 seats. It burned down in 1978. Although the real estate where the theater stood was high value, the theater could not be demolished because of its historical status. This led many to speculate that the cause of the fire was arson, although this speculation has never been proven. The Georgia-Pacific Tower was built on the former site of the theater.
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