Mike and David are correct. The theater on Jefferson Avenue was originally the Russell. The East Point Theater was on Church Street where it intersected Main Street. The Fairfax was on South Main Street. Evidently the Russell had a name change after the original East Point Theater closed.
I lived on Jefferson Avenue while in grade school and at other locations in East Point and College Park prior to moving to Dunwoody north of Atlanta in the early fifties. I would have graduated with the 1957 class at Russell High School.
I recall attending movies at all three of the East Point Theaters, and the $.09 admission sounds about right. I could watch a movie, have a coke, a bag of popcorn and a box of Goobers for much less than a half dollar.
Mike and David are correct. The theater on Jefferson Avenue was originally the Russell. The East Point Theater was on Church Street where it intersected Main Street. The Fairfax was on South Main Street. Evidently the Russell had a name change after the original East Point Theater closed.
I lived on Jefferson Avenue while in grade school and at other locations in East Point and College Park prior to moving to Dunwoody north of Atlanta in the early fifties. I would have graduated with the 1957 class at Russell High School.
I recall attending movies at all three of the East Point Theaters, and the $.09 admission sounds about right. I could watch a movie, have a coke, a bag of popcorn and a box of Goobers for much less than a half dollar.
Those were the days.
Neal Cobb