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Brenda Vaccaro – “California Suite” – Paramount Theatre ©

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BRENDA VACCARO AND JOHN VOIGHT IN “MIDNIGHT COWBOY”

 

Brenda Vaccaro, veteran actor of theatre, television and film, was touring in a road show of Neil Simon’s smash hit Broadway comedy, California Suite. Similar in structure to his earlier Plaza Suite, the comedy composed of four playlets set in Suite 203-04, which consists of a living room and […]

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Louis Novy – Interstate Theatre City Manager Austin Theatres ©

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOUIS NOVY – INTERSTATE THEATRES

 

That’s Louie with Vaudeville legend, Ted Lewis, who was famous for his “stovepipe” hat and the saying, “Is everybody ready? Called “Mr. Entertainment”, he was a famous bandleader in pre-1930’s “hot jazz” era.

 

Louis Novy managed Karl Hoblitzelle’s Interstate Theaters’ operations in Austin, which included the Paramount Theater, State Theater, Queen Theater, […]

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Martin Landau – “DRACULA” – Paramount Theatre National Tour – 1984/1985 ©

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARTIN LANDAU – OSCAR WINNER

“DRACULA”  National Tour

Paramount Theatre – 1984/1985

 

The 3rd Paramount produced play was the never say die, Dracula – a fitting metaphor for something that sucks the life out of its prey keeping that prey alive, just enough, to be drained another day, day after day, week after week and month after month. […]

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Paramount Theatre – Original Vision – 1971 ©

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question: What is it that 99.9% of the people don’t know about the Paramount Theatre’s legacy over these past 40 years since the effort to save, restore and revitalize the theatre began in 1975?

 

Answer: The Paramount was never intended to have been a road house for touring shows nor a classic film theatre. The original […]

By |May 28th, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Paramount Theatre – Original Vision – 1971 ©

Paramount Theatre’s Fire Curtain Discovered – April 15, 1975 ©

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paramount Theatre’s Fire Curtain Discovered – April 15, 1975

 

 

 

The date was April 15, 1975. It was very late at night when myself, and my two partners, Charles Eckerman and Steven Scott, were working, double time, to try and clean up a mess of popcorn boxes, candy wrappers and Coke containers after the final movie showing […]

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The Night We Almost Killed Emmylou Harris-Paramount Theatre©

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE NIGHT WE ALMOST KILLED EMMYLOU HARRIS!

AT THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS

 

We had booked a double show in one night with Emma Lou to make the numbers work on the cost of the show. Both shows were sold out. At the very beginning of the show, a stage crew member accidentally hit the switch […]

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Paramount’s “Blade” Returns to the Marquee ©

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PARAMOUNT “BLADE” RECONSTRUCTION

 

100th Anniversary Countdown Paramount Theatre Continued!

 

“In anticipation of the Paramount Theatre’s 100th anniversary, we are undertaking a truly luminous project: the fabrication and installation of a new, historically accurate blade for the Paramount’s facade.  The blade was first installed when Paramount Pictures took over the theatre in the early 1930’s.

 

Little is known about […]

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Charles Eckerman and Steve Scott – Paramount Co-Founders ©

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHARLES ECKERMAN & STEVE SCOTT

CO-FOUNDERS – PARAMOUNT THEATRE

 

100th Anniversary Countdown Paramount Theatre Continued!

 

Charles “Chuck” Eckerman and Steve Scott, my two original partners at the Paramount back in the middle 1970’s, are unsung heroes who received very little attention in the media for their role in the revitalization of the theatre. However, they gave up any […]

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Katheryn Lott, AIA – Architect – Paramount Theatre Restoration ©

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KATHERYN LOTT, AIA

ARCHITECT – PARAMOUNT THEATRE

 

100th Anniversary Countdown Paramount Theatre Continued!

Katheryn Lott, AIA, a graduate of the School of Architecture at UT and a member of Texas Society of Architects among many other professional affiliations, played an important role in the initial phase of the restoration of the Paramount in the 1970’s.

 

As a member of […]

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Carole Keeton – Former Mayor of Austin, Texas ©

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAROLE KEETON – FORMER MAY OF AUSTIN, TX

 

100th Anniversary Countdown Paramount Theatre Continued!

 

Carole Keeton, former Mayor of Austin: (Add additional names as you wish!) In 1977, we were able to lobby the Austin City Council to free up $120,000 in HUD funds for desperately needed renovations to the Paramount’s “Pit and Pendulum” dressing rooms in […]

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