Plaza Theatre
2601 Cross Country Drive,
Columbus,
GA
31906
2601 Cross Country Drive,
Columbus,
GA
31906
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One auditorium was built from the ground up (first film to show in it was “The Spy Who Loved Me” in 1977). The Ultra-Vision auditorium was split in two a year later.
That was a system where two projectors were fused together through a series of mirrors and projected on the screen.
Ok dumb queston what was ultavision? was it a theater chain or a type of scope?
According to the Box Office article it states this to be an UltraVision theatre, thanks tinseltoes.
Described in the same issue: Boxoffice
Featured in color on the front cover of this trade journal in November, 1970: Boxoffice
ABC had Several,rivest266.
I am willing to bet that this was an “UltraVision” theatre.
Francis Boucher is managing here in the summer of 1983.
Plitt Theatres,Knoxville District Admission price memo.1983.Left it out above.
The summer prices for 1983 were sent to the PLAZA I,II and III on April 27 1983 from the Knoxville District.“BLUE THUNDER” will be $4.00 a seat and Child will be $2.00 a seat. “BREATHLESS” will be the same.“SUPERMAN” stays at $4,00 for Adults ,but the kids will pay $2.50 a seat.
When the Plaza opened it was opeated by ABC Theatres and later by Carmike when it closed in 1995.
Does anyone know who the current owner of the Plaza Theater is and how to get in touch with him or her?
Well your memory is almost correct, The Plaza was built as a single screen theatre with 2 projectors almost facing each other while shootiing into a box of mirrors , this was called ultravision which gave a very clear picture all across the super large screen.
In around 1974 the second theatre was added and in 1978 theatre one was split into 2 theatres
the theatre ran only one screen for over 90 days while crews worked day and night to get theatres 1 and 3 open as fast as possible
I remeber before that many movies that played attracted large crowds but no of them compaired to the little ol' movie that started in June of 1977 that had people lined up for hours to see Star Wars..
I grew up working with my dad along with many life long friends in this theatre and missed the days where it was the showcase of Columbus
Well your memory is almost correct, The Plaza was built as a single screen theatre with 2 projectors almost facing each other while shootiing into a box of mirrors , this was called ultravision which gave a very clear picture all across the super large screen.
In around 1974 the second theatre was added and in 1978 theatre one was split into 2 theatres
the theatre ran only one screen for over 90 days while crews worked day and night to get theatres 1 and 3 open as fast as possible
I remeber before that many movies that played attracted large crowds but no of them compaired to the little ol' movie that started in June of 1977 that had people lined up for hours to see Star Wars..
I grew up working with my dad along with many life long friends in this theatre and missed the days where it was the showcase of Columbus
Here are some photos from January 2007 of the Plaza Theatre: 1, 2,
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