Highland Quartet

If I'm not mistaken, the Quartet was the first purpose built multi-plex in Memphis. It is an interesting design, occupying the middle of a large square 2-story shopping center. There is no marquee and hardly any indication that a theatre exists in the building. The box office doesn't even face the street. Inside the Quartet is very plain (a Malco trademark) draped walls with a waterfall curtain over the screen.

The Quartet was built across the street from - and to compete with -the very handsome "Mamie-Eisenhower-Modern" Plaza theatre (q.v.).

It appears that the Quartet has gone dark. Here are a few parting shots of the cinema.

The Quartet opened while I was in the AF, 1967-72. I went there pretty regularly while at SW for post-BS courses (make of that what you will...) 73-74 and later at MSU which was only a few blocks down Highland Street. The building also held a huge liquor store, a Mexican restaurant, a video arcade, some other small retail stores, and on the second level some offices. The theater had no marquee, just a few poster cases beside the doors.
I'd list some of the movies I saw there but that would be tedious. I do remember that when "Young Frankenstein" played in 1974 or 75, the auditorium was literally packed to the walls. Sorry to hear it's closed.

The first movie I saw there was "Patton" with George C. Scott.

No longer listed on the Malco website

The Quartet's floor plan was pretty conventional except for one small oddity. Of the conventional parts the lobby was long, narrow and two stories tall. The four auditoria were on the right as you entered. Important as it is in any theatre, I don't remember the candy counter at all. At the very end of the lobby was a small pair of restrooms. Here's the odd part: there was public stairway at the far end of the lobby. Turns out there were additional public restrooms on the upper level - up there with the projection booths. There were no balconies in the Quartet. Of course, in many old movie palaces the restrooms were down a level, but I don't think I ever saw another theater where they were up a level.

Was there also a single screen Highland Cinema in Memphis?