Miller Theatre

theater closed in 1983and is for sale for $225,ooo.oo

any pics on this theater??????

Longislandmovies, here are photos (towards the middle of the page) of the Miller.

Bryan, very impressive pictures of the Miller. Quite a theatre from the exterior views.

thanks .....greatpics

After recently seeing the inside of the Miller, I was very saddened. I have many childhood memories of this beautiful theater. If I was financially able, I would purchase this theater and restore it to its glory days. It is such a shame that such a gorgeous theater is deteriorating more everyday. Is anyone else as interested in seeing the Miller restored as I am? Does anyone have any ideas on how this wonderful old movie palace could be saved before it is too late? Secondhandrose

For sale at

how bad is it

Roger your link, For Sale at does not work.

Only $225,000!?

Oh man, with the Imperial across the street beginning to show classic films in the vein of Easy Rider, Gone With the Wind, and To Kill a Mockingbird, This theater is poised to offer a more 'art' heavy menu, with smatterings of 'Rocky Horror' night, and 'Grease' sing-a-longs. Augusta is ripe for this theater's renewel. And at under $250,000 I can assure you someone will snag this one very, very soon. Especially with the continued revitalization of downtown.

HELP US SAVE THE MILLER!

The CSRA is ready to resurrect the Miller Theatre. Please contact:

Reed Scott Hudson
Artistic Director
Behind The Masque, Inc.
asureed@hotmail.com
2212B Joyce Street
Augusta, GA 30904

I worked at the Miller as an usher in 1956-57. Many memories of a great and beautiful theater. It really needs to be preserved. If interested, go to www.friendsofthemiller.org

Watch the Miller closely. Something is happening. It is time...
http://miller-theater.com

We are changing the URL to http://miller-theater.org, due to the status as an organization. Please update your bookmarks, as we will be using that URL as the primary address (http://miller-theater.com will continue to work as a redundant domain)

Daniel, your .org is not a working site.

Please visit www.friendsofthemiller.com and you won't receive the register.com banner across the bottom of the page. There will be updates concerning history of the Miller Theatre and other Augusta landmarks.

http://miller-theater.org should be up now. Sorry about any inconvenience.

Here is a recent photo of the Miller Theater.

Some pics are on this site. http://www.swankpad.org/places/augusta/augusta.htm

One of the pictures I caught there while stationed at Fort Gordon in 1965-66 was "The Group." - Ed Blank

Does anyone recall the name of the drive-in theater that was just outside Augusta? I think it was between Downtown Augusta and Fort Gordon?
Also, what was the name of the drive-in just across the border in South Carolina, please?
And does anyone remember the name of a nice single-screen indoor theater just across the border in South Carolina that was newish in 1965? During the Christmas season in 1965 I saw "Boeing-Boeing" there and then returned for "Thunderball."

Is Aiken the nearest city of some size in South Carolina?

still for sale............

It is still for sale here. No price given.

I hope to see one of Roy Benjamin's theatres this winter, the Marion in Ocala FL.

I just checked out an exterior photo and like the "It's Time" on the marquee between the word MILLER. Clever!

Response to Ed Blank: Of course, there were two main routes from downtown Augusta to Ft Gordon - and there were drive-ins along each route. Anyway, here is a list of all the drive-ins I can remember:
The SkyView (in the Albion Acres area off Milledgeville Rd)
The No. 1 Drive-In (at the fork of Milledgeville Rd and Hwy 1)
The Forest Hills (Wrightsboro Rd)
The Weiss (Hwy 25)
The Hilltop (on Schultz Hill just across the river in SC)
and the Marrh was the indoor theater in N. Augusta, SC

Also in response to Ed Blank: If you don't consider North Augusta a "city of some size," then, yes, Aiken is the closest city to Augusta that's in SC.

Thanks for your informative responses, Faude. I was at Fort Gordon from summer 1965 through spring 1966 and saw just about everything that opened in and around Augusta. I'll check out (on Cinema Treasures) the drive-ins and the theater you mentioned. The Forest Hills sounds most familiar.

The Miller Theatre has been donated by Peter S. Knox IV to the Augusta Symphony. Hopefully SPLOST (special purpose local option sales tax) will be approved and restoration will begin ~2011.

There are some interior photos from 2004 on this site:
http://tinyurl.com/9eeoxj

This one is spelled Theater with an "er" on the Miller Theater website.

If you've got the time, we've got the photo. It's Miller time.

Renewing link.

The year given for this photo is 1975 but the movie title shown on the marquee was released in 1977.

Here is a B&W photo:
http://tinyurl.com/mhpv66

THE MILLER THEATRE WAS GEORGIA THEATRE.As a child i saw a lot of movies there like Sword in the Stone. BATMAN with Adam West SOLD OUT the place the saturday I was there.I was Planet of the APES there. THE MILLER played the GOdfather.IT also played TOWERNING INFERNO while Across the street The Imperial played EARTHQUKE. SOmeone called it SHAKE and BAKE. AUGUSTA's LOCAL 629 stagehands which i am a part of was hired to clean the theatre for the NUTCRACKER BALLET. I FOUND COUNTLESS PRICELESS THEATRE ONE SHEETS AND RECORD BOOKS THAT we were told to trash. I took everything i could. I did open my stupid mouth about the movie posters and my union buddies grabbed some great BEATLES Stuff. DAVID HYATT WAS THE THEATREMANAGER FOR the good years and he sadly saw the lousy drive in type films Georgia Theatres were booking in. LYNARD SKYNARD PLAYED A CONCERT THERE IN THE EARLY 70s. WHAT MOVIE OPENED WHEN JAWS OPENED across the street AT the IMPERIAL? Well, THE MILLER HAD THE JAMES CANN FLICK ROLLERBALL. THEBUSINESS IT DID WAS FROM OVERFLOW FROM JAWS. WE KICKED THEIR BUTT ON THAT BOOKING. DAVID HYATT STATED IN THE THEATRE BUSINESS AT THE MODJESKA AND THATS ALL HE EVER KNEW. ED BLANK I AM PUTTING A COMPLETE HISTORY ON ALL AUGUSTA'S THEATRES THE DRIVE INS TO BECAUSE REALLY NO ONE IN THIS TOWN KNOWS ARE CARES ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THSES FINE SHOWCASES.

Thank you, Mike. I look forward to whatever contributions you can make to the history (and even existence of) Augusta indoor and outdoor theaters.

I was an Usher at the Miller in 1958. That Theater was a Masterpiece.
One night the other Usher (I don't remember his name) talked to the candy girl at the Concession stand just inside the inside entrance doors. He came back and said "guess who's coming in". Buddy Knox. Buddy had just released his record "Party Doll". He came through the doorway with his manager and they went on past us. we were not to offer to show anyone seats unless they asked. I did'nt get a chance to see Buddy's face so I went down the isle with a flashlight as if looking for something. when I finally realized where he was sitting I went past a ways and then turned and walked back up the isle so I could get a look at him with the screen reflection on him.
10 years later I was in a Band in Macon, Ga. playing 5 nights a week at the Cabaret Lounge. Somebody said" guess who is in the place" , yep . Buddy Knox. I got to meet him and I told him about the "big deal" of him being in the Miller. He was very amused an a great polite person and fine singer. He said he released about 185 songs and had 3 gold records. That was in 1968.
Thanks, Ray Hutto

The MILLER Theatre probably on that screen for the last time, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO is playing at 1:15 4:30 and 7:50. OCT. 25 1974

Mike, you can contact me via my website, www.augustaamusements.com
Look forward to sharing more Augusta historic theatre information.

Mike D.

Mike D. i have just about wrote all i can on the Imperial NATIONAL HILLS and COLUMBIA 1 and 2. I did get a set of blueprints from the MILLER when we were cleaning it up in the 80's for the ballet.I could not see throwing them away.I told TIM CAMPBELL at the IMPERIAL when i locate them in a basement ful of theatre stuff I want the MILLER to have them.

On the HALLOWEEN edition of the METRO SPIRIT they are running a story if THE MILLER is haunted. Believe me i have been everywhere in that theatre and NEVER came across a ghost. It is nonsense. OCT. 28 2009.

AIRPORT opens first run at the MILLER and AIRPORT 75 will open there first run. SHAMPOO opened at the Miller and was then moved to SOUTHGATE cinema where it played 4 weeks more. THE TOWERING INFERNO was the big 1974 CHRISTMAS picture. It ran neck and neck with EARTHQUAKE across the street at the IMPERIAL. I sat in there probably for the last time and watched THE SHINING with a black audience that talked back to the screen constanly.Something you just dealt with when i worked at the IMPERIAL. One guy was playing a boombox,not loud,but enough to bother the heck out of me.

thank goodness i was seeing it for free. The mighty MILLER theatre was on its last legs. Rowdy moviegoers an honest to goodness boombox and no one working the theatre that really cared.

ENTER THE DRAGON played at THE MILLER after THE IMPERIAL getting the first BRUCE LEE FILMS; FIST OF FURY and CHINESE CONNECTION.

One night after finishing up at THE IMPERIAL i waled across the street to see THE FRENCH CONNECTION PART 2,but it was a big let down.You know it might have done better at NATIONAL HILLS.

I remember when i was under 17 and theatres enforced the code.I could not see THE GODFATHER had to go over to the IMPERIAL and see TALES FROM THE CRYPT. A PG rated horror movie,It wasn't bad.

A huge ad in the local paper. Now playing THE WILD BUNCH rated R at the Miller. Show starts at 1;15- 3;45- 6:10 and 9:00.

A STRANGER IN TOWN with Tony Anthony opens a run at the MILLER. april 27 1968. MGM western.

The nation mourns Nov. 23 1963. some theatres have cancelled shows in the afternnon at night THE MILLER is showing ELVIS in FUN IN ACAPULCO. This is a Midnight Show,

that same sad weekend THE LONGEST DAY is playing at the Miller> A fitting Film for WW2 hero JFK. Nov 22 1963.