Decatur Theatre
527 N. McDonough Street,
Decatur,
GA
30030
527 N. McDonough Street,
Decatur,
GA
30030
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Great little theatre that was located near the Courthouse Square. The Decatur Theatre was opened on September 10, 1940 with Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy in “Roe Marie”.
It was closed and briefly became a church before it was demolished in January 1976 for a parking lot.
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DENNIS WHITEFIELD
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Here is a photo.
photo by: Charles Pugh
tinted by: Dennis Whitefield
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I have just started a site dedicated to The Decatur Theatre.
Any stories or photos are welcome.
http://the-decatur-theatre.blogspot.com/
You did a nice job on the website. Too bad this theater is now a parking lot.
Newspaper ad from 1964 along with a write up on “A Hard Days Night.”
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Here is another picture of The Decatur Theatre’s Grand Opening in 1940.
http://bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=5002320823
Here is one from the 1960's
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Saw Woody Allen’s “What’s Up, Tiger Lilly?” at the Decatur in 1966.
Funny how one remembers odd tidbits, isn’t it?
Picture of the site of the Decatur Theater as it appears today added to the photo section. I do not know when this location closed, but it was demolished in January 1976. I recall seeing the demo in progress from a courtroom in what was then the new DeKalb County Courthouse.
Stan when it was demolished it was a Church of some kind, do you remember the name of the Church. Looking for photo of that.
The Decatur Theatre was being operated by Storey Theatres in 1953, when the January 17 issue of Boxoffice said “Fred Storey of Storey Theatres is closing the DeKalb Theatre in Decatur, GA., and has installed a Synchro-Screen in the Decatur Theatre.”