The Paramount Theatre was a movie palace in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

With a seating capacity of 2,700, it was at the time the second largest movie theater in the world, behind only the Capitol Theatre in New York City.

The 1 acre (0.40 ha) of land in downtown Atlanta on which the theater would eventually be built traded hands several times throughout the late 1800s before it was sold to Asa Griggs Candler for $97,000 on November 30, 1909.

[2] On March 28, 1919,[3] the Adairs agreed to lease the land to C. B. and George Troup Howard,[2] the latter of whom was a successful cotton merchant.

[7] Construction costs for the project reached roughly $1 million, which was considered a monumental sum for a theater at this time.

[10] The Howard had been built along Peachtree Street near Loew's Grand Theatre, an area which soon became known as the "Broadway of the South" in reference to the numerous theaters there.

[16][17][18] In April 1921, the theater hosted actress Clara Kimball Young, who was promoting her new film Straight from Paris,[19] and in August 1923, it hosted a memorial service for recently deceased United States President Warren G.

[6] As a result, several of Atlanta's landmark movie theaters were demolished in the latter half of the 20th century.

[7] The building had a large open lobby with a grand staircase that led to a mezzanine level that had restrooms and smoking rooms.