Here are a couple of photos from July 2006 of the Princess. Although I wasn’t able to get a view of the interior, the restoration appears to be going quite well. Does anyone know anything about the Opera House located just across the street from the Princess?
Here are a couple of recent photos of the Capitol Theatre. The Capitol is among the finest midsize theatres in the country. Well worth the trip from Atlanta or anywhere else in the northern hemisphere.
Here are a couple of recent photos of what remains of the former Imperial Theatre. After years of neglect, the roof collapsed sometime between 1975 and 1985. Although some valiant efforts were made to restore the theatre, it had deteriorated so badly that the structure had to be razed. Only a portion of the façade remains.
Here are a couple of recent photos of the Rose. Wasn’t able to get a glance on the interior but the exterior looks great! Does anyone know about when the Rose opened and its original seating capacity? I am pretty sure that the Martin Theatre circuit operated it up through the 1960s.
The Franklin’s days are numbered. Unless the current management is given a break on the lease, the theatre will close in December 2006. This will be most unfortunate in that the theatre is one of the major attractions in the downtown Franklin area.
The Lyceum sounds very familiar. I think that I ran across a reference to it while researching the files at the Memphis/Shelby County library. Was the Lyceum primarily used as a cinema or for live entertainment? As for the Loew’s theatres in the Memphis area, the only two that I know of were the Palace on Union Avenue and the State/Metropolitan on South Main.
There was a theatre on North Main called either the Theatorium or the Majestic that was built around this same time period and accommodated around 500. Think this might be the place?
Here are some recent photos of the Inwood Theatre. The interior is remarkably similar to that of the late Melrose and Belle Meade theatres in Nashville, TN.
The city directory list the Jefferson as being the first theatre to reside at this address (est. 1920-1926) followed by the Pantages (est. 1927-1933) and finally the Mirror (est. 1933-1945).
The Dignan St address is from the 1946 Jacksonville City directory. I have noticed in some of the directories that the business address is sometimes different than the site in which the theatre located. The city directory also lists two addresses for the Ritz: 829 N Davis St & 824 W State St.
Keep it as Bontina and AKA it as Dixie-Bontina. I feel certain that this is not the Dixie at 920 Market since both were in operation at about the same time and because of the distance between the two theatres.
I think the Bontina on Mike’s list is the probally the same one I found in the city directory. I checked for it in the IMPA, but it only started listing individual theatres around 1955.
I discovered the Bontina in the 1936 Chattanooga City Directory (v56)while researching other theatres in the Hamilton County area. There was a Dixie Theatre (AKA Midtown) a couple of blocks up at 920 Market Street.
The theatre is/was located at 3642 Campbellton Road SW, Atlanta, GA 30331 and was the north anchor of the Bell Hill Shopping Centre. The only film I can recall seeing there was Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (circa 1970). I am almost sure that the theatre’s rear seating area was reserved for smokers, a convenience absent in 21st century cinemas.
The Belmont did open in the early 1950s. In that this was about the time streamline modernaire was in vogue, one would imagine that this rather bland shopping complex would have had some visually distinctive elements to it.
Here are a couple of photos from July 2006 of the Princess. Although I wasn’t able to get a view of the interior, the restoration appears to be going quite well. Does anyone know anything about the Opera House located just across the street from the Princess?
Here are a couple of recent photos of the former Fulton Theatre. It appears that the renovation is complete.
Here are a couple of recent photos of the Fayetteville Theatre. The theatre was also known as the Fayette.
Here are a couple of recent photos of the Capitol Theatre. The Capitol is among the finest midsize theatres in the country. Well worth the trip from Atlanta or anywhere else in the northern hemisphere.
Here are a couple of recent photos of what remains of the former Imperial Theatre. After years of neglect, the roof collapsed sometime between 1975 and 1985. Although some valiant efforts were made to restore the theatre, it had deteriorated so badly that the structure had to be razed. Only a portion of the façade remains.
Here are a couple of recent photos of the Rose. Wasn’t able to get a glance on the interior but the exterior looks great! Does anyone know about when the Rose opened and its original seating capacity? I am pretty sure that the Martin Theatre circuit operated it up through the 1960s.
I believe that this theatre was located at 3811 McCalla (currently Martin Luther King Jr Ave).
Here is 2005 photo of the Belle Forge theatre.
The Franklin’s days are numbered. Unless the current management is given a break on the lease, the theatre will close in December 2006. This will be most unfortunate in that the theatre is one of the major attractions in the downtown Franklin area.
Here is a 2006 photo of the site of the former theatre.
With the exception of the angle of the auditoriums, the Miracle was identical to the Toco Hills Theatre.
The Lyceum sounds very familiar. I think that I ran across a reference to it while researching the files at the Memphis/Shelby County library. Was the Lyceum primarily used as a cinema or for live entertainment? As for the Loew’s theatres in the Memphis area, the only two that I know of were the Palace on Union Avenue and the State/Metropolitan on South Main.
There was a theatre on North Main called either the Theatorium or the Majestic that was built around this same time period and accommodated around 500. Think this might be the place?
Here are some recent photos of the Inwood Theatre. The interior is remarkably similar to that of the late Melrose and Belle Meade theatres in Nashville, TN.
The city directory list the Jefferson as being the first theatre to reside at this address (est. 1920-1926) followed by the Pantages (est. 1927-1933) and finally the Mirror (est. 1933-1945).
The Dignan St address is from the 1946 Jacksonville City directory. I have noticed in some of the directories that the business address is sometimes different than the site in which the theatre located. The city directory also lists two addresses for the Ritz: 829 N Davis St & 824 W State St.
Here are a couple of 2006 photos of the San Marco Theater.
The Roxy opened as the Republic around 1925 and was located at 38 W Forsyth St in Jacksonville.
Here are a couple of 2006 photos of the Florida.
Keep it as Bontina and AKA it as Dixie-Bontina. I feel certain that this is not the Dixie at 920 Market since both were in operation at about the same time and because of the distance between the two theatres.
I think the Bontina on Mike’s list is the probally the same one I found in the city directory. I checked for it in the IMPA, but it only started listing individual theatres around 1955.
I discovered the Bontina in the 1936 Chattanooga City Directory (v56)while researching other theatres in the Hamilton County area. There was a Dixie Theatre (AKA Midtown) a couple of blocks up at 920 Market Street.
The theatre is/was located at 3642 Campbellton Road SW, Atlanta, GA 30331 and was the north anchor of the Bell Hill Shopping Centre. The only film I can recall seeing there was Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (circa 1970). I am almost sure that the theatre’s rear seating area was reserved for smokers, a convenience absent in 21st century cinemas.
The Belmont did open in the early 1950s. In that this was about the time streamline modernaire was in vogue, one would imagine that this rather bland shopping complex would have had some visually distinctive elements to it.
Is anything left of this theatre?
Maybe it is the State. The IMPA still recorded it as being in operation as late as 1988.