Wilby Theatre
1103 Selma Avenue,
Selma,
AL
36703
1103 Selma Avenue,
Selma,
AL
36703
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The Wilby Theatre open in the early-1940’s. Seating was listed at 1,000. The theatre was owned by Wilby-Kincey Theatres.
The Wilby Theatre closed in the early-1970’s and has since been demolished. The site where the theatre once stood is now the Selma Public Library. Any further information on this theatre would be appreciated.
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The marquee of the Wilby Theatre is seen for a brief moment in “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter”, which was filmed in 1968 in Selma, Alabama.
The movie that was playing at the Wilby Theatre in “The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter” was “The Family Way” with Hayley Mills.
The Wilby did NOT close in the sixties. I was born in 1961 and I went to many movies in the sixties. It burned to the ground in the early seventies. The library was built where it used to be along with city hall and convention center.
Jimbo7 is correct. The Wilby burned during a matinee showing of Mary, Queen of Scots starring Vanessa Redgrave and Glenda Jackson.
A conversion of the Academy of Music, according to this 1951 trade article which includes a photo of the original at bottom of page: boxoffice