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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 10/07/2026 04:03:00

On December 26, 1927, the doors opened on what would become one of the grandest movie palaces in the American South. The Alabama Theatre at 1817 Third Avenue North in Birmingham was built by the Paramount-Publix Corporation as its flagship southeastern showcase, designed by Chicago architects Anker Sveere Graven and Arthur Guy Mayger. Construction of the concrete-and-steel structure took only eight and a half months and cost approximately $1.5 million. The theatre seats approximately 2,176 and ...