Land of the Sun Theatre
418 W. Main Street,
Artesia,
NM
88210
418 W. Main Street,
Artesia,
NM
88210
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I worked here as a projectionist assistant while also running movies at the Hermosa Drive In theatre. I think I was about 16 at the time, there is not yet a listing for the drive in here, I can later add some comments. The LandSun was a single screen, Movies I remember here are “Whats New Pussycat”, Boy Did I Get A Wrong Number" with Bob Hope. The theatre down the street was closed and converted into a restaurant, although the projection booth was still intact with projectors and equipment. I was here when the Apollo 1 astronauts died, and when the Beatles music was banned. We had just put up a 24 sheet billboard at the drive in, and had to pull it down and replace it with something else. We also had a pickup truck that had two 6 sheet boards for movie adds. I sure wish I had a camera back then and the foresight to take pictures.
IMAX Jack
A rare newsprint photo view of the Land of the Sun from 1949 the year it opened in Artesia.
November 2009 photo of the Land Sun Theatre.
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A 2009 photo is here.
This is a 1986 photo.
1982 photo of the Cinema/Land of the Sun Theatre.
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Here is a 2008 photo.
A 1988 view of the Land of the Sun theater.
Compare it with Lost Memory’s photo postings to see what a great job Artesia did on the restoration!
This is a 2007 close-up view.
Here is another photo:
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Here is another photo:
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Here is a larger photo of the Land of the Sun Theater.
The Land-Sun Theatre opened in 1947.
Here is a photo of the Land-Sun Theater in Artesia.
The address for the Land of the Sun/Twin Cinema Theatre is 418 West Main Street, Artesia, NM.