National Hills Theatre
2701 Washington Road,
Augusta,
GA
30909
2701 Washington Road,
Augusta,
GA
30909
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Tislowes,I noticed somewhere where you were surprized LOEWS had drive-ins,I can understand why cause when you think of the grand history behind LOEWS one does not think about DRIVE-INS.
Yeah,Robin. that happened when Jim Neely was the Doorman,but thank goodness no broken glass.
I know Mark lives in Atlanta. He popped in about 4 years ago out of the blue just to visit. Haven’t heard from him since. Please post many stories on OUR GREAT THEATRE.
Also on an unrelated subject Mike had you checked out the Rodgers Theatre I thought you might be interested by its name.
Mike it is true that most Loews were downtown theatres but they also had many suburb houses and even some drive-ins.For as long as I worked for Loews I knew nothing of the drive-ins till I went on C.T.
By the way The Loews Madsion is a chuch now.
Mike to ansewer your post of Jan 2,The Loews Melrose was a suburb theatre located on Frankin road.The Loews Madsion was in Madsion,Tennessee behind the Madsion Sqaure shopping center just north of Nashville it was in Davidison Co.but is a city in itself.They always showed all the Disney stuff. The Loews Crescent was downtown on Church Street between 4th and 5th. Aves.
Thanks Mike! I just read all of your posts…very interesting. I forgot you worked with Mark Kuchinski…I’ve been trying to get in touch with Lisa, but she hasn’t returned my calls. For some reason Diane said I can’t invite her brother…hmmm, must be a story there…ask him anyway! I’ll try to think of some things to post here. Oh, where you talked about somebody walking into the glass in the lobby. I remember somebody did that when I worked there too. It was during the summer when we had Return of the Jedi. We were packed and all of a sudden there was this loud crash and the glass was gone!
Another Late show moviegoer said he was"going To kick my ASS “ for making him stop smoking, After the movie never did see him. Late ShoWs brought out Augusta’s Finest.
Here is one from our late show crowd. I am standing by the back door looking down on our late show crowd when i spot a fellow close to the screen walk behind the curtains time i get down there he has peed all behind the curtain.Drunk as a skunk. Oh the good old late shows.
Just heard from old projectionist,Bill Barkley,that another group of employees is putting together another NATIONAL HILLS THEATRE REUNION. This group came in after I was long gone.
Still,Bill said I should check it out. Good luck,Robin.
“STRIPES” on its last few days. It opened first run here.
June 15 1979 NOW SHOWING “ THE TERROR OF GODZILLLA” Rated G.
June 15 1979 NOW SHOWING “ THE TERROR OF GODZILLLA” Rated G.
June 12 1979 NOW SHOWING “GREASE” OUR SUMMER VACATION MOVIES with great kid films starts June 19.
The sequel to “THE PINK PANTHER”, “A SHOT IN THE DARK” opens for a one week run .This almost 10 year old movie hardly fills a 780 seat theatre.AT the time I must admit i did not know it was the sequel to “THE PINK PANTHER” We seem to get more older films than the other chains in Augusta. 1974.
The sequel to “THE PINK PANTHER”, “A SHOT IN THE DARK” opens for a one week run .This almost 10 year old movie hardly fills a 780 seat theatre.AT the time I must admit i did not know it was the sequel to “THE PINK PANTHER” We seem to get more older films than the other chains in Augusta. 1974.
Thank goodness, NATIONAL HILLS played a lot of family films. NOW SHOWING June 16 1974 is Disney’s “ALICE IN WONDERLAND” and a second feature “STORMY” rated G.
Okay,so it was resubmitted like all the HAMMER horror movies. I never thought much of the ratings when i worked in the theatre business.Because,i guess they are rated in Hollywood which had different standards than Georgia. I saw “BILLY JACK” witha PG rating and i couldn’t believe it was not an R rated film. I guess MIDNIGHT COWBOY could easily get a PG-13. It was rated X and had less nudity than that lousy “BILLY JACK” So it goes.
According to imdb.com,The Good,The Bad & The Ugly was originally released in 1967,just a few months before the MPAA rating system took place. Upon its reissue in 1969,it was resubmitted and given an M rating.(precursor to the GP/PG ratings)
When it came to video in the ‘80s(presumably 1989),the rating was changed to an R due to violence. Today,it plays more like a PG-13,if anything.
Jan 23 1977,WOODSTOCK returns for a one week run having played on countless late shows and Drive-ins in Augusta. I was at COLUMBIA 1 and 2,but heard the print was not in good shape,and once again,sound problems for some moviegoers.More headaches.
Next time you see “The GOOD,THE BAD,&THE UGLY” at a store the R rating is just like the one issued. And the same on alot of HAMMER films.It is nothing to get excited about,but it always drove me crazy,like the story on CT about DANIEL VILLAGE and the projectionist thought a GP rating should be an R rating.I know the Projectionist,and he told he ,he was afraid they might get raided with child nudity on the film WALABOUT. They left it GP according to Gordon,I wasn’t in the business when WALKABOUT played first run even though we played it on late shows here at National Hills.
Mike, The 1974 film of “Doc Savage” was rated G by the rating standards of the day, and its rating has never been changed by the MPAA (CARA). None of the pre-ratings (November 1968) Christopher Lee movies was rated after the fact. “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” has no rating, either.
Whatever movie guide you have is illegally “guessing” at ratings or illegally imposing them. I say illegally because the ratings are copyrighted.
What people (such as film critics) ARE allowed to do with unrated movies is to write, for example, “Unrated but PG-13 in nature for one expletive, some crude language, some violence and sensuality.” But without that clear explication, it’s unlawful to self-impose and publish ratings.
For the record,Rich 37, WHAT’S UP DOC opened at National Hills.When i was hired the first movie i worked was another Streisand film “ For Pete’s Sake”.
Wow, someone remembers DOC SAVAGE.We played it a week to forgettable business. I did like the one sheet,and i am surprized it was G rated. I looked in a video guide and they had it PG,but if you have the one sheet; you’re right. I have noticed many ratings being changed on videos, Example several Christopher Lee “Dracula” movies I saw as a kid have been changed to PG 13.When there was no such rating at the time.
I saw “The Good,The Bad,&The Ugly” the other day with an R Rating.
Heck,There wasn’t even a rating system in those days.But,I am sure others have noticed these new Ratings. I wish i would have kept the one sheet on DOC SAVAGE since i collected so many.
MikeRogers,DOC SAVAGE was rated G. I have the one sheet poster autographed by Ron Ely,himself. I saw it at the South Gate drive-in in South Gate,California. The second feature was WHAT’S UP,DOC? with Barbara Streisand & Ryan O'Neal. Also G rated.