National Hills Theatre
2701 Washington Road,
Augusta,
GA
30909
2701 Washington Road,
Augusta,
GA
30909
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The National Hills Theatre opened in November 1966. I remember it from the 1970’s. It had a long koi pond outside for patrons to enjoy while waiting for tickets. There were curtains that opened before each film and a large lobby packed full of lobby cards.
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japatters any time a memory comes up add it here..lol.or any of our theatres,did you ever go out toSouthside Cinema.If you go to my facebook page i have many pictures from these theatres,ads,newstories.etc.enjoy.
or better yet check out REMEMBERING PLITT THEATRES.on FB.
My favorite memory of this theater is that the seats rocked.
Yes, they did,But don’t forget that screen and 70mm presentation..
“TELL THEM WILLIE BOY IS HERE” plays one week tying in with ROBERT BLAKES TV COP show.It was several years old when we played it in 74 or 75.
finally located another old employee Donna Glass,told me the story how she ran into a door there and got stiches in her head,,,sounds like the old days,we played hard, but the moviegoer always came first,with ushers and doormen, those long gone.sadly.
was talking to one of the remainging projectionist and he told me something i don’t think i knew. National Hills was suppose to be a Dimension 35 theatre.
found an old ad “SUPERMAN” did play here,later after the first run, made a big deal about DOLBY SOUND on the ad…
Hey Mike, When the Hillsboro in Tampa was twinned in 1978 they installed Dolby Stereo in one twin. “SUPERMAN” was the opening attraction and the sound was fantastic…crisp sharp highs and deep low bass. The best I had ever heard in a theatre at the time (except for Cinerama 7 track stereo.) Though many will disagree I still believe the original Dolby Stereo sounded just as good as today’s high-tech state-of-the-art systems.
we were all excited about dolby, i have NATIONAL HILLS THEATRE on Facebook, much like this but more pictures and newspaper ads..hope you doing okay, theatre buddy.