The Lam Amusement Company was based in the De Soto building in the early 1960s. Lam had houses in Cedartown, Hogansville, La Grange, Newman, Rockmart and Rome, all in GA, at that time.
This theater may have lasted longer than 1960, unless there were two Strands in Brownsville. The 1963 IMPA shows the theater as part of the Laskey Amusement Corp. The theater is no longer listed in the 1967 IMPA.
The theater site is being redesigned. Still showing first run movies, however.
http://www.howellmovies.com/
Photo here:
http://tinyurl.com/3wozfd
It looks like movies are also shown, or at least were being shown last year, according to this site:
http://tinyurl.com/3v3yt6
It wasn’t me.
Early box.
They put the seat number in after you provided it. Thanks for that information.
This was a Robert Lippert theater in the early 1960s. Capacity was 400 cars.
This was a Robert Lippert theater in the early 1960s. At that time it was called the Starlite Motor-In.
The Studio is listed in the 1963 IMPA. I am hesitant to add it as a new theater as it may be an aka for this house.
I saw Paul Newman in “The Verdict” at this theater in 1982. Rest in peace.
Pirate invasion in May 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/42c92c
Here are some photos from September 2008:
http://tinyurl.com/4xvjro
http://tinyurl.com/3gjwap
Here is a May 1961 ad from the Van Nuys News:
http://tinyurl.com/3lhugz
Here is a May 1963 ad from the Albuquerque Tribune:
http://tinyurl.com/3kxtab
Here is a photo from the adult film days, circa 1985:
http://tinyurl.com/3hxyf5
Here is a larger view of the 1939 postcard. I worked at the Planters store one summer in high school.
http://tinyurl.com/3zocxg
There doesn’t seem to be any recent news concerning demolition of the theater, so the assumption is that it still stands.
There is a partial view of the theater on the left of this photo:
http://www.vintage-variety.com/
The Lam Amusement Company was based in the De Soto building in the early 1960s. Lam had houses in Cedartown, Hogansville, La Grange, Newman, Rockmart and Rome, all in GA, at that time.
Here is a 1949 program:
http://tinyurl.com/4yqyfq
This theater may have lasted longer than 1960, unless there were two Strands in Brownsville. The 1963 IMPA shows the theater as part of the Laskey Amusement Corp. The theater is no longer listed in the 1967 IMPA.
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/4xgt9f
In this particular area, the poor homeless people are being moved out in favor of the non-poor non-homeless people.
Or commmunity center.
A true cinema treasure, right up there with the Roxy.