My parents went to revival meetings at the Tower Theater. They said that it had two balconies. They said I went with them but I must have been all of 2 or 3.
I remember seeing Peter Pan here after the cinerama conversion. They had dropped the ceiling under the second balcony and curtains ove r the walls. There was also wall to wall carpet. You could not bring drinks into the auditorium because of the carpet.
In the 1970s I saw King Kong there. The wall to wall carpet was still there and very smooshy.
I saw most of the major attractions there when it was the Columbia. The wall to wall carpeting was gone. This was the last place my father saw a movie. We saw Greystoke here. My parents were surprised at how it had changed.
This drive-in was a sister drive-in to the Stewart Drive-in. They both were closed at the same time for an Arlans department store. Arlans was similar to K-Mart. The Arlans building here became a flea market, then demolished. The Arlans building at the Stewart location is still standing but is now a Kroger.
I remember riding the bus from Hapeville to Buckhead to see movies when this was the Capri. The first movie I saw here was “Funny Girl.” I remember seeing “Earthquake” and “Roller Coaster,” both in Senserround. “Roller Coaster” was the last movie to play at the Capri.
I made a mistake about southside theaters playing XXX movies. The Gordon theater in West End did end its run as a movie theater playing this type of movies. Other than that, there were no others to think about.
I never worked there but I went there many times to see a movie. Originally there were three screens. One large screen, one medium and a smaller auditorium between the other two.
Around 1980 a fourth auditorium was added to the left of auditorium 3. It was a little larger than the one beside it. It was here that during the 1980’s three-d Old National would show the 3-D movies. I do not think the screen in this auditorium was curved like the other three.
During the mid 1980’s two additional auditoriums were added above the lobby. This was the time that the theater looked terrible. It was like they took out the roof over the lobby and had tarps over it. I do not believe that the top two auditoriums had curved screens.
After this time, they split the large auditorium. I remember seeing the remake of The Blob here.
After this, I do not remember them having an eighth screen. I did see Terminator 2 at a 12:30 am opening day screening. The last movie I saw there was Bebe’s Kids.
It is sad to see what was once a good place to see a movie go to seed.
StanMalone I have had to change my id because I lost my passwords from previous times. Growing up in Hapeville, I do not remember any theater on the southside playing any XXX movies. I do remember playing such movies as The Cheerleaders but not what would be classified as porn.
As previously stated, Arrowhead would play some X-rated movie like “Shame of the Jungle.” It is interest to see how things have changed from the 1960’s to now. And how there is only one movie theater in the area that contained Arrowhead, Old Dixie, Old National, Southlake, Cinemas 8 at Southlake, Southlake Plaze and others.
I was not offended when others correct me about “The Sound of Music” not playing a year at Lakewood. It just seemed that way.
My parents went to revival meetings at the Tower Theater. They said that it had two balconies. They said I went with them but I must have been all of 2 or 3.
I remember seeing Peter Pan here after the cinerama conversion. They had dropped the ceiling under the second balcony and curtains ove r the walls. There was also wall to wall carpet. You could not bring drinks into the auditorium because of the carpet.
In the 1970s I saw King Kong there. The wall to wall carpet was still there and very smooshy.
I saw most of the major attractions there when it was the Columbia. The wall to wall carpeting was gone. This was the last place my father saw a movie. We saw Greystoke here. My parents were surprised at how it had changed.
This drive-in was a sister drive-in to the Stewart Drive-in. They both were closed at the same time for an Arlans department store. Arlans was similar to K-Mart. The Arlans building here became a flea market, then demolished. The Arlans building at the Stewart location is still standing but is now a Kroger.
I remember riding the bus from Hapeville to Buckhead to see movies when this was the Capri. The first movie I saw here was “Funny Girl.” I remember seeing “Earthquake” and “Roller Coaster,” both in Senserround. “Roller Coaster” was the last movie to play at the Capri.
After years of being overgrown someone has taken over the land and is redeveloping it.
I made a mistake about southside theaters playing XXX movies. The Gordon theater in West End did end its run as a movie theater playing this type of movies. Other than that, there were no others to think about.
I never worked there but I went there many times to see a movie. Originally there were three screens. One large screen, one medium and a smaller auditorium between the other two.
Around 1980 a fourth auditorium was added to the left of auditorium 3. It was a little larger than the one beside it. It was here that during the 1980’s three-d Old National would show the 3-D movies. I do not think the screen in this auditorium was curved like the other three.
During the mid 1980’s two additional auditoriums were added above the lobby. This was the time that the theater looked terrible. It was like they took out the roof over the lobby and had tarps over it. I do not believe that the top two auditoriums had curved screens.
After this time, they split the large auditorium. I remember seeing the remake of The Blob here.
After this, I do not remember them having an eighth screen. I did see Terminator 2 at a 12:30 am opening day screening. The last movie I saw there was Bebe’s Kids.
It is sad to see what was once a good place to see a movie go to seed.
StanMalone I have had to change my id because I lost my passwords from previous times. Growing up in Hapeville, I do not remember any theater on the southside playing any XXX movies. I do remember playing such movies as The Cheerleaders but not what would be classified as porn.
As previously stated, Arrowhead would play some X-rated movie like “Shame of the Jungle.” It is interest to see how things have changed from the 1960’s to now. And how there is only one movie theater in the area that contained Arrowhead, Old Dixie, Old National, Southlake, Cinemas 8 at Southlake, Southlake Plaze and others.
I was not offended when others correct me about “The Sound of Music” not playing a year at Lakewood. It just seemed that way.
This theater is now demolished. A Floor And Decor now occupies this spot.