The Plaza theatre opened its first screen on September 21st, 1973, second screen on January 24th, 1975, third screen on January 16th, 1981, screens 4 & 5 on November 4th, 1985, screens 6, 7 & 8 and a new refreshment center opened on July 4th, 1990, and closed on May 30th, 2019, and demolished for a Publix supermarket. Grand opening ads posted
Celebrity sighting in 1993:
The Plaza theatre opened its first screen on September 21st, 1973, second screen on January 24th, 1975, third screen on January 16th, 1981, screens 4 & 5 on November 4th, 1985, screens 6, 7 & 8 and a new refreshment center opened on July 4th, 1990, and closed on May 30th, 2019, and demolished for a Publix supermarket. Grand opening ads posted
The Plaza 21 Drive-In opened on June 15th, 1978 and renamed the Highway 21 Drive-In in 1980. Grand opening ad posted.
Closed 1976
This became Cinema 1 on May 27th, 1971, and Downtowner on June 5th, 1981, and closed in May 1985. Grand opening ads posted.
First mentioned in the “Beaufort Gazette” in 1996 and closed in 2007
Grand opening ad posted. https://salles-cinema.com/anciens-cinemas/mercury-champs-elysees
Correction: December 22nd, 1972
Article:
Correction December 2nd, 1972, for its opening.
Opened November 16th, 2005 per
Closed 1999
Five screens on December 18th, 1987. Another ad posted.
This opened on August 28th, 1987. Grand opening ad posted.
The Park Plaza Cinema opened with three screens on August 2nd, 1985. Grand opening ad posted.
The Island theatre opened on May 23rd, 1972. Grand opening ad:
Island Theatre opening 25 May 1972, Thu The Island Packet (Hilton Head Island, South Carolina) Newspapers.com
Demolished in 2022 and still smells like fire. Pictures posted.
The Colvin theatre was opened by Basil theatres on April 9th, 1944.
Demolition video:
Grand opening ad:
Reopened as Village Cinema on March 23rd, 1966 per:
Better quality grand below (click on it)
renamed Broadway on August 9th, 1930. Ad posted.
Grand opening ad posted.
Hippodrome theatre fire:
Hippodrome theatre fire 15 Jan 1917, Mon The Kentucky Post and Times-Star (Covington, Kentucky) Newspapers.com