Downtown Riverfront in Shreveport in Caddo Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Soul Men
Released 2008
| | Shreveport/Bossier Film Location | |
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, August 30, 2019
1. Soul Men Marker
In October of 1923, construction began on a 2,500 seat opera house and movie theater that would become known as The Strand. It was funded by the Saenger Brothers and the Ehrlich Brothers who went on to own 320 theaters throughout the south. Of all the houses the owned, The Strand, is considered the most elegant. In 2008, The Strand doubled as the Apollo Theater in the feature film Soul Men. The movie starred Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, and Isaac Hayes and was a story bout a band reuniting. It was the last movie Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes ever made. Their untimely deaths happened before the film's premier and within a day of each other.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Entertainment.
Location. 32° 30.601′ N, 93° 44.989′ W. Marker is in Shreveport, Louisiana, in Caddo Parish. It is in Downtown Riverfront. It is on Crockett Street east of Louisiana Avenue, on the left when traveling east. Crockett Street is one-way east bound at this location. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Shreveport LA 71101, United States of America.
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Regionally, this marker is in North Louisiana. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Piney Woods. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Strand Theatre (within shouting distance of this marker); Shepherd/Blanchard Building (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Selber Bros (about 400 feet away); Old Municipal Building (about 500 feet away); The Harkey Building (about 500 feet away); Scottish Rite Cathedral (about 600 feet away); W (about 600 feet away); Old B'nai Zion Temple (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shreveport.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, August 30, 2019
2. Soul Men Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 15, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 781 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 15, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
