Lenox Square Theatre
3393 Peachtree Road NE,
Atlanta,
GA
30319
3393 Peachtree Road NE,
Atlanta,
GA
30319
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The Burt Lancaster film, “The Train” (1964) was the only film I saw here. It was a single-screen theatre then. Though in black and white, “The Train” was an exciting film on the nearly wall-to-wall screen. The memory is 49 years old, but I am pretty sure that we entered from inside the mall, which was open-air back then.
Thanks Ralph.The Theatre business is a joke today from when i ran theatres in the 70’s early 80’s.
I’ve been gone from Atlanta since ‘97. A friend recently told me about CT. I was really shocked to find
the Lenox Square Theaters closed. That’s like hearing that Lenox Square itself had folded.
Yes, I saw all the Bond movies from the 70s there. I spent many a rainy Atlanta afternoon at the
Lenox Square movies.
And yes, the later expanded layout was a lousy place to see a movie. One frequently sat in the
theater and heard the soundtrack of the movie next door blasting through the wall. And the audiences got so rude and obnoxious (usually groups of teens) I finally stopped going to evening or weekend
showings, sticking to the less well attended matinees.
I thought I remembered the original entrance was located street level, not inside the mall. It was -
thanks for that photo Stan (and all your great posts.)
No, in its latter days, Lenox Square Theaters was not a great spot, but I always thought the place
would be there. Too bad it’s not.
Here a 1963 aerial view.
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Oct 15 1988 these movies are playing: “DIE HARD”,“SWEET HEARTS Dance”.ALIEN NATION", “MEMORIES OF ME” “ACCUSED"and "TOUGHER THAN LEATHER”.
My name is Bond,Jame Bond.
Great ad on 007,Dennis.
I recall back in 1965 a long line on the side walk snaking around the adjacent stores to see “The Yellow Rolls Royce.”
Is this the same theater that was in the mall, next to the food court? I only went a few times in the early ‘90s, and by then any previous charm was long gone. It was an awful location, made worse when the then-state-of-the-art AMC Phipps Plaza opened up across the street.
Sorry: Here is the link that I forgot to post with the above comment:
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Write up on the United Artists release of “Its A Hard Days Night” along with the opening day ad. This moive was one of the very few UA releases not to open at the Lenox during the years of the UA / Lenox agreement. The article suggests a reason for this, and more importantly, has a picture of the Lenox Square ad for that day. Feature: “The Pink Panther.”
The fact that this theatre changed for the worst isn’t the least bit surprising, given Regal’s lousy reputation, and the fact that they ARE known for wrecking every theatre that they’ve touched.
All the bad posts about the Lenox Square Theater are true. I remember going a few times before they split the big auditorium. It definitely was not art deco but more of the typical 60s theaters.
After they began splitting auditoriums, it was like looking down a long hallway at a TV screen. The screen did not look much bigger than what some people have in their homes now.
Another bad memory of this theater was seeing Armageddon (Excuse the spelling). That night they had the lights on in back of the auditorium and someone was moving stuff around creating enough noise to drown out the movie.
What once was a nice place degenerated into the worst place to see a movie.
This Theatre after UA made a mess out of trying to use every inch to put in more screens was the worst theatre I have ever been in.
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER. STARTS FRIDAY at these two theatres.
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LENOX SQUARE THEATRE TICKET STUBS.
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Although not a shot of the theatre itself, this link has a photo of the Peachtree Street frontage of Lenox Square shortly after opening and before the theatre was built.
Here are two photos of the marquee:
http://tinyurl.com/gtn4j
http://tinyurl.com/j3lb5
“James Bond is back in action.”
Thanks for the nice photo, Jack. Of course, I saw GOLDFINGER in its original Atlanta run at the Lenox Square Theatre. In fact, I saw all of the original Sean Connery Bond films there, excluding DR. NO. The Bond films were great fun in their day, and the Lenox Square Theatre was really a nice venue for them.
Here is a photo of the entrance back when the Lenox was a single screen cinema.
I noticed that the picture on the Photobucket site no longer shows up. It can also be seen at this location:
http://www.cinematour.com/tour.php?db=us&id=5343
Please post internet sites of these photos if available! I’d love to see the theatre again.
This and many other photos can be found in the Atlanta Public Library in the research department. Some color some black and white, some vintage and some more current. I think that the photos you are talking about from mr. Tom Pike is amongst the collection. There are thumbnails and full size photos.
I see someone finally noticed the picture I posted on the CinemaTour website. I did not take this picture. For the record, allow me to credit Mr. Tom Pike Sr. for having the forsight to take this shot. For some reason we always assumed that these establishments would be around forever, especially major ones like the Lenox, and as a result took very few pictures. At the time, Mr. Pike was the city manager for Georgia Theatre Company and had his office at the Lenox. He had come to the Lenox as manager in 1967 following 10 years managing the GTC Starlight Drive In, and in 1971 was moved up to city manager. He was always fond of telling whoever was managing the Lenox that whatever business they were doing at the time was nothing compared to movies he had run in the past. These two movies, which opened within a week of each other in June of 1975 finally made him sing a different tune. Also note that Jaws was playing a half mile away at the Phipps Plaza at the same time and that Pink Panther had to leave while still doing sellout business so that Rollerball could open to equally large crowds. I suppose he took this picture as a reminder of one of the busiest summers ever. I found this and other pictures in the trash after he moved his office to the GTC HQ when he was promoted to General Manager. He was still in that position when the sellout to UA Theatres took place and became a District Manager for them, though little did they appreciate him or anyone else they inherrited from GTC. When the former owners of GTC decided to restart the chain he left UA and went back to work for them. Mr. Pike died of cancer in 2000, and was typical of the thousands of people who work unnoticed in this business to make it what it is.
Photo of the Lenox Square Theatre.
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