Loew's Grand Theatre

Atlanta, United States

No longer standing

Demolished or destroyed.

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Loew's Grand Theatre stood at the corner of Peachtree and Forsyth Streets in downtown Atlanta, a Romanesque Revival building originally erected in 1893 as DeGive's Grand Opera House by Belgian consul Laurent DeGive. After the Loews organization acquired it in 1927, architect Thomas W. Lamb renovated the single-screen theater, which boasted 2,088 seats and became famous as the venue for the 1939 premiere of *Gone with the Wind*, attended by most of the film's stars. The theater concentrated on MGM releases, even displaying a marquee sign proclaiming it "The Home of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures," and continued to host major film premieres including *Singin' in the Rain*, *Ben-Hur* (1959), and *Doctor Zhivago*. Extensively damaged by fire on January 30, 1978, the theater was demolished that year. Bricks from the building were recycled into the restaurant Houston's, which preserves a commemorative plaque, while a chandelier from the theater now hangs in Atlanta's Tabernacle concert venue.