[2] Although the United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. case divested studios of ownership of theater chains in 1948, many MGM films made afterward still had their first showings in Atlanta at this theater, including Singin' in the Rain, the 1959 Ben-Hur and Doctor Zhivago.

It is often confused with DeGive's first opera house, which opened in 1870 four blocks south, at the corner of Marietta and Forsyth streets.

The Grand was bought by the Loews organization in 1927[3] and renovated into a movie theater by architect Thomas W. Lamb.

[citation needed] A chandelier from the building now hangs prominently at the center of the Tabernacle, a church turned concert venue in Atlanta.

[citation needed] Media related to Loew's Grand Theater Atlanta at Wikimedia Commons