No More Joy: The Rise and Fall of New Orleans Movie Theatres

No More Joy: The Rise and Fall of New Orleans Movie Theatres (2005)

N/A 92 min Movie
Documentary

From the first movie nickelodeon on Canal Street in New Orleans at the turn of the century to the mega-plex theatres in the suburbs of the city, this film traces their history. With interviews from the people that were working in silent movie theatres to the visionaries that knew that "if you built them they will come", this is fascinating look at a history in a city that is a joy in everyone's memory.

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Cast

Rene J. Brunet Rene J. Brunet Self
James Skelly James Skelly Self
Rose Kern Rose Kern Self
A.J. Roquevert A.J. Roquevert Self
Allen Hollis Allen Hollis Self
Janie Bradford Janie Bradford Self
Marion Ecuyer Marion Ecuyer Self
Joseph Grilot Joseph Grilot Self
Richard W. Peterson Richard W. Peterson Narrator (voice)

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