Photo of the Rice Theater's Opening

ID: 1683 ~ Source: "New Rice Theatre in Crowley Opens" Newspapers.com. The Rayne Acadian-Tribune, January 31, 1941. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rayne-acadian-tribune-new-rice-theat/146102469/. ~ Date: 1941
This file appears in: Setting Sights on the Rice
Photo of the Rice Theater's Opening

Pictured above is the new Rice Theatre, which will be opened to the public in Crowley at 6 P.M. January 31, 1941, with the showing of a new romantic comedy, "This Thing Called Love."

This file appears in: Setting Sights on the Rice

By Xian Maynor
On Friday, January 31st, 1941, a new center of entertainment and community held its formal debut. Throughout the decades since its grand opening, the Rice Theater has hosted a variety of events from film screenings to Christmas celebrations,…