SUMTER, SC — The three screens of the Sumter Value Cinema have gone dark. The theater, once known as the Movies 3, served this community located about forty miles east of Columbia.

"It’s good to have a place to go that doesn’t cost too much,” he said. “Especially in this economy.”

Leasure said he could bring five people and get drinks and popcorn for everyone for about $40.

“I’d spend $40 at the other place just to get in the door,” he said. “I don’t know what we’ll do now."

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