Holiday Six Theatres

Valu 5 on Clinton isn’t mentioned either

Here ya go telliott – it’s the only photo I have of the 1 & 2 theaters, taken during the old car rally promo for “Grease 2” (that’s my ‘58 Caddy Limo hogging up the parking lot!). As you can see, the buildings were ultra 60’s bland – just huge boxes connected by a popcorn lobby, but once inside you were in giant curved-screen heaven………..

I grew up in the apartment complexes adjacent to the Holidays from 1971 (when I was born) to 1988. My older sister and I, along with our neighborhood friends saw everything there (sometimes my Dad would take us, too)..I saw Star Wars 9 times, Grease 1 and 2, The Outsiders, Silverado,The Rocky Horror picture Show (as I got older),the list goes on and on…We would hang out there and play the video games in the lobby, because most of us weren’t allowed to cross Union Road to go to Putt Putt Golf & Games across the street…A bunch of us neighborhood kids would go talk to Al the manager, and he would give us garbage bags. We would then go around the HUGE parking lot and pick up papers and debris. For every full bag of trash we brought back, he would give us a free movie pass. The lot was huge, because before the theaters were built, the property was the 3 screen Aero Drive in. In the middle of the lot was a restaurant called the Aerohead Inn, which was the original projection booth / concession stand for the drive in. Closer to the road was (and still is) The Holiday Showcase Restaurant ( the round rstaurant alknobloch refers to), which was an incredibly cool 50’s style place, with Salmon and Turquois booths, 50’s style light fixtures, a long carport on the back for carhops. Unfortunately, it was hit by a tornado-“On July 31, 1987, an F1 tornado touched down in the Union Road and George Urban Boulevard area. It grew to an F2 before dissipating.[3] Homes and business suffered serious damage, but there were no fatalities or severe injuries. This tornado is locally memorable as the one which ripped the roof off the Holiday Showcase Restaurant.” I remember it well, having lived about 500 yards away. They remodeled it, and in my opinion, completely screwed it up. As kids we would dumpster dive, and would get all sorts of movie related items. I WISH my Mom and Dad hadn’t thrown it all away.. especially my Star Wars lobby package still in the box! They would apparently get more displays than we could use, and toss the rest. Anyway, those are MY fond memories of the Holiday Shows….

Wow, the things that will come to mind out of the blue to search for on the net. Remember it vividly. Saw Star Wars there. Just watching Close Encounters on tv just now and saw it there too, I think. I remember we saw Jaws there and people were sitting on the floor in the aisles. The carpets were wet from people throwing up in previous showings. I remember being there and seeing the posters up for Tommy but I would have been too young to go to that one. I remember the Holiday Restaurant in the middle of the plaza too. Am I mis-remembering or did the restaurant rotate? Could be thinking of something else, so long ago. Nice to find it here :) -Karen Clark

Expansion described in this 1972 trade article: Boxoffice