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Imperial Theatre

By Jocelyn Horner, Heidi Schmalbach & Kathryn O'Dwyer, Editor
The Imperial Theater opened in 1922 at Hagan Avenue and Dumaine. Owned by Rene Brunet Senior, a member of a prominent New Orleans theater family, Imperial Theater was Brunet's third theatrical endeavor. The exterior of the Imperial was in the…

Projectionist Strike of 1914

By Jocelyn Horner & Kathryn O'Dwyer, Editor
The projectionist strike of 1914 is one of the earliest examples of film workers organizing in New Orleans. Few details are known about its origins or outcomes, but accounts of its unfolding offer insight into the shifting cultural landscape of the…
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