Capri Theatre
302 Eighth Street,
Augusta,
GA
30901
302 Eighth Street,
Augusta,
GA
30901
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I wish the HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS was on dvd, I have the vhs version.
I know you liked THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS. It is on dvd.
I LOVE HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS. My buddy and I saw it many times. First at the DORAVILLE MINI CINEMA on Buford Highway and then at the BRIARCLIFF VILLAGE THEATRE. Henderson High School ran it in 16mm in the lunch room auditorium one halloween. I saw NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS at the ROXY theatre (remember that theatre) downtown Atlanta. In 1972 they revived HOUSE and NIGHT as a double feature at the Doraville Mini Cinema. My buddy and I smuggled in tape recorders to tape the entire movie. We were big on vampire movies. ANY vampire movies. Horror movies in general.
I will look it over. I loved HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS and managed to save a ad from the movie.If you would like i can mail out West. I saw it at NATIONAL HILLS home to ALL my Christopher Lee Draculas.I just recently a few weeks ago put my three movies off vhs to dvd. I have the Super 8 movies somewhere.
My buddies and me made alot of movies based on films. We loved HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS and made several vampire movies based on that. We made a comedy based on THE IMPOSSIBLE YEARS with David Niven. We even made one based on BARBARELLA and FLESH GORDON. It’s pretty gay. Wasn’t my film, but a portion of it is on You tube. Enough years have passed that I don’t cringe as much as I use to. You may though. Check is out : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es4GFO4KIB8
WE had planned to make a longer film with sound LAST BANK TO ROB we had a script,but it never got made.It must have been a task to edit it with a sound track.I did save the script and a few months ago made a copy for one of the guys that helped in all three movies,It was quite fun.Our last two were pretty violent .We were using live ammo for some shots.Shotguns.
In one scene i get shot by a guy saving his girl.WE took the buckshot out and put babypowder in it. WEll,the blast was so big it shot a wad of cardboard we were using in the shell RIGHT INTO MY PANTS!!!! I thought i was ruined for life.It hurt. But we went on.
That is show business.
Among the films my buddy’s and I made was one little 60 minute Super 8 sound shocker based on THE EXORCIST (which I first saw at a theatre downtown Atlanta and not at the Phipps Penthouse where it opened). Our film was called THE DEMONIC POSSESSION made miraculously without any parental censorship or interference. Even today when people see it, they look at me strangely. Check out an excerpt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDvKJcq9ZCQ
Yeah, I could have shot alot of film at the IMPERIAL without sound they would still been great. Our plots were pretty simple and we used the overture from Jesus Christ Superstar for all three movies it seem to work quite well with all the action.
If I’d known none of these theaters would be around and what they would mean to me later I WOULD HAVE shot more footage. I actually have a little footage of when SCROOGE played at the LOEWS TARA. Not much, but some.
oh wow, can’t wait for those. You should post your flicks on You Tube. More people will see them.
Oh,being a assistant manager one night a few buddies and i went in Columbia Square 2 and i set up our Super 8 projector and played my three movies on the SCREEN and surprizingly it wasn’t too bad of a picture.
I am glad i can honestly say to people i have had my films on the Silver Screen. Oh, I put your pics in the mail monday morning.
I made 3 super 8 movies THE FUNKY VAMPIRE, TWO ON THE RUN and TRRROR. I wish like heck i would have taken that camera to work with me at NATIONAL HILLS and shot about 200 feet of now Priceless memories.
I grew up in Embry Hills and went to Tucker High. Should have gone to Henderson, but that’s a long story. I made a movie about it long ago . . cheesy but kinda fun . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8obp2afgjrI
There is nothing to work out iam glad to get the picture to you. I wish someone had a picture of the Forest Hills Drive in here,so i know what it will mean to you.
I will mail the stuff out to you Monday. I assumed you lived up the road in ATLANTA.
Hey Mike, my address is 114 N. Almont Drive #2 Beverly Hills, CA 90211. How should we work this out?
Yeah, I got the pictures ready to go,I wish i had the stuff to do it on the computer,but i don’t.I will send the North 85 drive in story along with the pictures.
Thanks, but I have alot of memorabilia. Now if it had NORTHEAST EXPRESSWAY Drive In anywhere on it, that would be interesting. I have to get my self addressed stamp envelope out to you
I thought I might have an old press book from one of those movies i could send to you with the rest of the pictures.Ithought i had an SSSSSSS one sheet{HISS IT,Don’t say it } ,but haven’t been able to find it.
My email is Is there any one specific thing you’re looking for?
I have all the items ready to go. A bit on the NORTH 85 Drive in was torn off thru the years,but 99% of the story is there.I went back to the EXPRESSWAY and looked over your movies had I had a pressbook on one of those movies i was going to send it,but didn’t still i think you should enjoy it.
I will include ads also from some of your favorite theatres. I read the Atlanta paper everyday until they quit selling them here,So much for “covering Dixie like the dew.” And any theatre article got clipped.
Sounds great. I’ll do that. Thanks!
Cliff, I found the pictures of the EXPRESSWAY Drive in. I only had one movie pass. I have quite a few articles i clipped thru the years on several Atlanta area theatres. If you will send me a letter with your address on it I will be glad to make Color copies for you and send copies of the closing of the 85 North Drive in. Just drop me a line.4594 Silverlake Drive Evans,Ga. 30809. I will have them in the mail to you the next day.
I KNOW i HAVE a book of movie passes and if I find them Iwill pass my address along and you can write and i will be glad to send you quite a few.It is a whole book of passes.I saw them not long ago,so i just got to figure out where!
The passes are from the EXPRESSWAY DRIVE IN.
Can’t wait to see your pictures. Hurry up and find them. Also, if you liked OLIVER! you might like LOST HORIZON. Like OLIVER! the film is based on a famous novel and has a strong story. An adventure story. Problem was it was a remake of a Frank Capra film made in'37 and people were partial to the original. Also the first song in the film isn’t introduced until 45 minutes into the story. It asks the audience to change course after accepting it as a non musical. Like OLIVER!, it’s basically a drama with music and it’s the tale of SHANGRI-LA! Essentially an anti war musical fantasy. Try pulling that off? Film attempts to answer some basic questions about humanity. One can hardly fault it for not succeeding. The Bacharach/David music is what makes it so different and it has a great cast. Not a musical in the usual sense.