Jupiter Theatre

2500 7th Avenue S,
Birmingham, AL 35233

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rivest266
rivest266 on April 9, 2022 at 7:59 am

This opened on April 10th, 1969 as the Festival Cinema and reopened by Cine Cinemas as the Centennial Cinema on July 21st, 1972. Started to show adult movies in 1975. 1969 and 1972 grand opening ads posted.

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Backseater on September 17, 2017 at 12:42 pm

I think this is where I saw the classic exploitation film “Trader Hornee” (the ‘e’s are silent) in 1971. It was produced by Birmingham native schlockmeister David F. Friedman, who also appears in a cameo in the film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066479/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

http://www.bhamwiki.com/w/David_Friedman

The location fits with what I remember, slightly South and East of the University Hospital complex. The theater was very small, with only two employees: a ticket-taker/concessionaire and a manager/projectionist. It may have been a recycled “Jerry Lewis Cinema” which was common at the time.