Historic Film Site

Louisiana

Movie Poster Archives Fifth Anniversary

We survived! Every year since 2016, the Secretary of State’s Office sends a reminder that Movie Poster Archives is a year older. The notice to file an annual report has special meaning this year. Forbes, the business magazine, says that…

MPA
October 12, 2021

History of Film, Louisiana, Vitascope Hall

Site of America’s First Movie Theater Gets Historic Marker

On July 26, 1896, the first fixed-seating movie theater in the United States opened at 623 Canal Street in New Orleans. Admission to the 400-seat theater—basically a showroom fitted with a projector and filled with chairs and used church pews—was…

MPA
August 29, 2020