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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 02:04:00

The name on the marquee is not a mood - it is the owner. The Joy Theater at 1200 Canal Street opened on February 7, 1947, named for veteran theatre operator Joy Houck, who built it with partner Levere Montgomery for 275,000 dollars as New Orleans' newest and most modern film temple, complete with a glass-enclosed crying room behind the back row for parents with restless infants. Designed by Favrot and Reed with an unmistakable neon marquee, the 1,250-seat Joy was the first movie palace built in...