Joy Theatre

278 E. McLemore Avenue East,
Memphis, TN 38106

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billanderson601
billanderson601 on December 27, 2008 at 12:01 pm

My father, who is 91 years old, grew up in South Memphis near the Joy Theater. Actually, when he was a patron in the early 1930s it was called the Cameo Theater. A friend of his, Sonny Drane, was one of the “ticket takers.” I’m 61 years old and I remember seeing movies at the Joy in the 1950s.