Cedar Bluff Theatre
9137 Cross Park Drive,
Knoxville,
TN
37923
9137 Cross Park Drive,
Knoxville,
TN
37923
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Happened across a listing for this theatre while perusing through a 1978 Knoxville city directory. Haven’t found any other information on the Cedar Bluff to date. Seems to have been an independent, short-lived endeavor. Any information you can provide on this theatre is appreciated.
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Jack Coursey
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I won tickets on local radio to East TN premiere of Star Wars at this this theater. I was 15 and I’ll never forget that day at the old Cedar Bluff Theater. it was a 2 auditorium thater. Hard to believe that of all the movie houses in Knoxville this one got such an honor, but the movie was a complete unknown at the time.
I remember this theatre when it was operated by ABC Southeastern. Being from another town, I only saw one film there in the late ‘70s, a rerelease of 2001: A Space Odyssey. I remember this theatre had a really wide screen. It was a great place to see this film for the first time. I’ll always remember it fondly.
JACK. CEDAR BLUFF’S SISTER WAS LOCATED IN MARTINEZ GEORGIA,OR AUGUSTA,GEORGIA. COLUMBIA SQUARE CINEMAS IS THE SAME THEATRE JUST LIKE STONE MONT IN ATLANTA.ALL THREE THEATRE WERE ABC THEATRES UNTIL PLITT BOUGHT ABC OUT.ALL THREE WERE OPENED ABOUT THE SAME TIME. I HAVE A BIT OF HISTORY ON COLUMBIA SQUARE,BUT SADLY IT WAS SOLD TO GEORGIA THEATRES WHO HAVE A HABIT OF ADDING SCREENS SO MY COLUMBIA SQUARE BECAME A TINY FOUR PLEX. WE DID HAVE BEAUTIFUL SCREENS THAT EVEN 2001 WOULD HAVE LOKED GREAT. HOPE I HELPED.
Your theatre manager at Cedar Bluff 1 and 2 was Ronnie McHone.It was a PLITT THEATRE. December 1983.
Did all the guys and gals that worked in the theatre business in Knoxville just vanish? For a city to be this big it is amazing very little conversations and theatre stories,just like Columbia,S.C.Oh, I forgot they are College towns,
I can recall seeing “The Empire Strikes Back” here.
@Mike, you’re right, Knoxville is a big college town and so most of our theater employees only stay a few years.
You know you’re right,I even worked as Assistant Mgr at GCC Georgia Sq.in Athens.All we had were UGA students,Never realize it until I read what you wrote.
Anyone that worked here,Please check out REMEMBERING PLITT THEATRES,it is for PLitt Theatre Employees.
I saw Smokey and the Bandit and Corvette Summer, as well as many other “classics” there in the late 70’s
I bet “SMOKEY” played all Summer long there.