Druid Theater
2322 Broad Street,
Tuscaloosa,
AL
35401
2322 Broad Street,
Tuscaloosa,
AL
35401
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The first Bama Theater later became the Druid. Another Bama opened in 1938. In the early Sixties, the Druid was part of the R.M. Kennedy theater chain.
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Druid Theater (originally the Bama Theater) adjacent to Merchant’s Bank office building Tuscaloosa Design/Comp 1923-1924, razed. Source
A view from 1951 of parade band marching past the Druid Theater in Tuscaloosa. The feature movie at the time was “Flying Leathernecks” starring John Wayne.
Kilgen organ company records show a 3 manual pipe organ installed in the Bama Theatre. It must be this hall since the later Bama would not have had an organ.
This was split into two cinemas as Cobb 1 & 2 on May 19th, 1978. Ad is at
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The header should read Cobb I & II with AKA’s of Bama and Druid. Cobb was the last name the theatre was known by.
Any way to get a good map link?
SiliconSam: Looks like Broad Street was renamed University Boulevard (see the first photo on Wikipedia). A quick look at MapQuest and the address 2322 University Boulevard gives us a red star near a suspiciously theatre shaped parking lot in downtown Tuscaloosa.
And Lost, thanks for the “source” link you posted 2/26/2008. That article shows a local man, D.O. Whilldin as the Bama/Druid/Cobb’s architect. He must have been a pretty talented guy.