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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Tennessee » Columbia » Polk Theatre

Polk Theatre

Columbia, TN
903 South Garden Street
, Columbia, TN 38401 United States
(map)
Status: Closed
Screens: Twin
Style: Unknown
Function: Retail
Seats: 1250
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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The Polk was distinguished as the first and only wide screen theatre in Maury County up until it was twinned in the early 1970s. Although the interior has been sliced and diced, most of the Polk's distinctive features, such as it's large stage and proscenium, tiled columns, and spacious balcony, appear intact. The Polk, with a little bit of work, could be a great performing arts faculty. Allegedly, director Quentin Tarantino was so taken by the Polk, he bought its marquee.
Contributed by Jack Coursey

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A 2004 photo of the Polk can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/92318075@N00/17496495/
posted by JackCoursey on Jun 8, 2005 at 7:24pm
Sorry, make that http://www.flickr.com/photos/92318075@N00/17496496/in/photostream/
posted by JackCoursey on Jun 8, 2005 at 7:26pm
The above site shows a theatre in Columbia GA not Columbia TN.
posted by Patsy on Sep 15, 2005 at 4:47pm
One of the photos in this set was mistaking tagged as Polk Columbia, GA. It has been corrected and retagged as Polk, Columbia, TN. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.
posted by JackCoursey on Sep 16, 2005 at 8:14am
The Polk theater was actually twinned around 1977/78. I assisted in the reconstruction while attending the local college. I also remember the new twin theater opening with Close Encounters and The Gauntlet. I watched Star Wars in 1977 on the old single screen. The owner's name at the time was Vincent and he also owned the Sundown Drive-in theater in those days.
posted by Jenni B. on Apr 25, 2006 at 9:17am
A friend of mine used to live in Columbia so I will ask about his Polk theatre memories though he may have arrived there after the theatre was, imo, sadly twinned!
posted by Patsy on Apr 25, 2006 at 10:43am
1982 photo of the Polk Theatre.
http://americanclassicimages.com/Default.aspx?tabid=141&txtSearch=CATAdvancedSearch1%2c42%2c3%2c-1&catpagesize=25&ProductID=33549
posted by Chuck1231 on Apr 19, 2009 at 9:02pm
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