Melrose Theatre
2600 Franklin Road,
Nashville,
TN
37204
2600 Franklin Road,
Nashville,
TN
37204
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I heard that Scene 3 was tied up with the IRS. Melrose Bowl is already gone. Does anybody know the current plans for this theater?
The Melrose was very familiar to me. I attended many a movie there.
Indeed there was an ice cream shop either adjacent to or just a couple doors down from the theatre.
Melrose Bowling Lanes were at opposite end of the shopping center.
That part of the complex has been demolished.
Many Friday nights friends and I would watch a movie at the Melrose, then go to the ice cream parlor afterwards.
I bowled in a league at Melrose Lanes during high school. The place had lanes both upstairs and downstairs. At one time there was the “Melrose Grill” adjacent to the lanes. One could actually enter the bowling lanes from the restaurant. When I was small my family often had Sunday lunch at Melrose Grill..to the accompaniment of falling pins!
Saw The Graduate here and Dr. Zhivago and, as a kid, The Man with X-Ray Eyes. One of Nashville’s more respectable movie venues. There was an ice cream parlor in the same complex.
Just to add on… this theatre was build by Crescent Amuseument Company as was the bowling alley on the other end. Crescent got out of the movie theatre buisness and now operates bowling centers.
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Melrose lanes will be reopening in Antioch, just off I-24 exit 62. They are at the Old Watsons Pools building. The new place will have the same equipment as the old place. But there will be the legendary BARN DOOR LOUNGE, 30 LANES, A SNACK BAR, PRO SHOP, AND A ARCADE. The new place is going to be great. and also the 30 lanes sign is not going to the new building. sorry. but there will be a great new neon sign. (EVEN NICER)
The Melrose is currently being renovated and is slated to reopen in 2006 as an art gallery and ballroom. The art gallery will reside in the former theatre lobby with the ballroom with a seating capacity of 500 to 600 situated in the former auditorium. Here is an article from the Nashville Scene with more details and pictures of the development.
Thanks for the update. I haven’t had any luck locating any photos of the Inglewood either via the WEB or at the main library in downtown Nashville. Please let us know if you happen across a photo of the Inglewood.
If I’m not mistaken, the Melrose wasn’t a “twin” but a “triplet” to the Belle Meade and the Inglewood Theatre on Gallatin Road. They all had the same exterior design. I was a teenager in the 60s and saw several films there, including “Bullitt” and “The Love Bug.” In the 1970s, the Inglewood became Joywood Salvage and sold used appliances. It was demolished and an Eckerd Drugs now stands on the spot.
The Melrose centre was purchased recently and plans are underway to redeveloped it as an upscale retail centre. Although these plans to do not include the bowling alley, nothing has been said about the old theatre. It would be great to see it in operation again.
This hall operated as the Loew’s Melrose during the 1960’s. Gone is the tall pylon which stood on top of the marquee. Wasn’t there was a bowling alley at the other end of the shopping center. I particularly remember a donut shop next door. Went to see “The AristoCats” here with mom as a little kid. When I was old enough to go to the movies on my own, it was closed.
Here is a current photo of the former Melrose. Note its striking resemblance to the Belle Meade: View link