eeeww, it’s an ad for the LOEWS TARA TWIN. Just kidding, thank you for providing this ad, but WHY OH WHY did they twin this WONDERFUL theatre. If you could have only been in it when it was NEW and ONE GREAT BIG THEATRE with 6 TRACK STEREO SOUND.
OLIVER! was spectacular there and so was HELLO DOLLY and SCROOGE.
Was this the theatre in the parking lot outside the mall? I saw EARTHQUAKE there too. The first film I saw at this theatre (and it ran for quite a while) was LOST HORIZON in 1973. It was a wonderful movie going experience and a great theater to see a BIG film in. I also remember seeing the re-release of MARY POPPINS in this theatre.
My parents were divorced and my father was the defensive coordinator of the Pittsburgh Steelers. We went to see JAWS there. The theater was a MOB scene. I also remember seeing THE THREE MUSKETEERS there too.
I remember when it was THE ATLANTA THEATRE, first run roadshow films like STAR! with Julie Andrews played here. It was really quite a theatre in the 60’s. Always a brightly lit impressive marque that made the movie going experience exciting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWXjFHqc7gc
Some of my happiest childhood experiences was going to the TOCO HILLS movie theater. It was one LARGE theater in those days. A big wide lobby with a wonderful concession stand and lots of NEXT ATTRACTION and COMING SOON half sheet posters in the lobby.
Among the memorable films I saw there were:
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
PETER PAN
THE PARENT TRAP
SWEET CHARITY
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
PEOPLETOYS (Later retitled DEVIL TIMES FIVE)
SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT
THE EXORCIST
and many others. Sad when I returned to Atlanta to see it closed. Someone once said that “growing up in Atlanta is like watching your past being hauled away in a dump truck”. None of the theaters I loved are there anymore. They’re all torn down. View link
I was lucky enough to see many films in this theatre before it closed and eventually tore down. Of course, by that time, the type of films that were being shown were grind house, horror and exploitation movies, but that was okay. The thrill of those days being young and taken downtown to this theatre was one I’ll never forget.
Someone once said that “growing up in Georgia is like watching your past being hauled away in a dump truck”.
It’s sad there aren’t more write ups about this theatre. It was really quite wonderful in it’s day. A night marque and lobby. The theatre was large with a balcony. Many first time movies played there. Roadshow engagements even. I remember seeing THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE there and coming out afterwards in a complete ICE STORM. It added to the sense of adventure that the movie had. A very memorable experience.
My father was head coach of GEORGIA TECH at the time and he and I would go to movies there. He took me to see THE WILD ROVERS and LOVE STORY at that theater.
Another biggie was the musical remake of LOST HORIZON. That played there for quite a while.
First film I ever saw at the FOX was SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS. I remember it like it was yesterday. What a movie going experience that was for a kid. We always sat in the balcony.
Other films I remember seeing there are:
THE WIZARD OF OZ (children’s matinee run)
THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE
THE ONE AND ONLY GENUINE ORIGINAL FAMILY BAND
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER (another MGM children’s matinee)
PAINT YOUR WAGON
PINOCCHIO
HELLO DOLLY
SONG OF THE SOUTH
A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN
I remember this when it was a SINGLE large theater. I also remember seeing the 1973 re-release of THE SOUND OF MUSIC there. It was a MOB scene. Totally sold out. Incredible experience. I also remember seeing the re-release of THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE at the Georgia Cinerama. Another film I saw there was BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS.
In later years it became a draft house and was never the same. Last film I saw there was John Water’s HAIRSPRAY. Not the best movie going experience I ever had but an interesting one. I was on a first date and ended up having great sex afterwards.
This theatre was not too far from the TOCO HILLS movie theatre. Someone once wrote that growing up in Atlanta was like watching your past being hauled away in a dump truck. View link
One of THE GREATEST Drive In movie going experience I ever had was at the Northeast Expressway Drive-In Theater. It sat off the main freeway and you could always see it driving by. On the other side of the BIG screen was a wonderful marque that was brightly neon lit. One night my mother fell asleep. I was 15 years old with a learners permit. I took her keys and drove myself alone to this Drive In in her car without her knowing it. I had only had a couple of driving lessons and always with her accompanying me in the car. The feeling of freedom I had driving myself to that Drive In I will never forget. The movie was a double bill: THE HAPPY HOOKER and FLESH GORDON. It was a MAGICAL evening. I sat in the car quite satisfied that I had driven myself for the first time all by myself to a Drive In Movie theater. It was an incredible feeling and I’ll never forget it. Tragedy when they tore it down to build that Spaghetti Junction.
Among the movies I saw there are:
SSSSSSS
THE BOY WHO CRIED WEREWOLF
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG
TOM SAWYER
THE HAPPY HOOKER
FLESH GORDON
SUPERCHICK
REVENGE OF THE CHEERLEADERS
POINT OF TERROR
THE EXORCIST
CARRIE
LOVE AND DEATH
EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX
DELINQUENT SCHOOLGIRLS
THE POM POM GIRLS
I worked there as a kid when the host of WPBS show CINEMA SHOWCASE and CREATIVE LOAFING film critic JIM WHALEY reopened and managed it. Unfortunately, the projection was not what it should have been. The film he launched the re-opening was OLIVER! Later I remember seeing both DOCTOR DOLITTLE there and CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG. http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edit
This was a great theater in it’s day. The first film I ever saw at the LOEW’S TWELVE OAKS was HOUSE OF WAX in 3D. Later they would twin the theater and as Twin Theaters went, it wasn’t too bad. I vividly remember seeing Elizabeth Taylor in THE BLUE BIRD there. Another film that stands out in my mind was THE FURY.
I loved that theater. In subsequent years whenever I returned to Atlanta I would visit it and sadly, it was never the same. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWXjFHqc7gc
I was so crushed when I went back to Atlanta to find this theatre torn down. I remember vividly seeing many wonderful movies there. The two greatest movie going experiences I had was seeing OLIVER! there in it’s “popular prices” run. Every Saturday my Mom would drop off a me and a friend to see OLIVER! Later it would be WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. I saw that many times there too. Throughout the years I saw many others too, including THE HINDENBURG. I didn’t like it when they turned it into a twin theatre. That was the beginning of the end for that wonderful theatre. I think the last film I saw there was THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAY.
Among the many films I saw at the DORAVILLE MINI CINEMA were:
WILLARD
THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
LOST HORIZON
BONNIE AND CLYDE
LITTLE BIG MAN
HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS
NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS
KING KONG
OLIVER!
HELLO DOLLY!
THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED
THUNDERBALL
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
For as small as the Doraville Mini Cinema was, it had a rather large screen. I remember thinking how small it was when I entered it for the first time. The movie was OLIVER! As the years went by and movie theaters by and large began to shrink in size, the Doraville mini Cinema began to look larger. We would often eat at KRYSTAL hamburgers afterwards, which was located right next door. I had wonderful movie going experiences at that theatre. Ones I will cherish forever.
During the 60’s the Briarcliff Village Theatre was often filled to capacity, especially on rainy saturday afternoons. The host of the once popular WPBS CINEMA SHOWCASE and CREATIVE LOAFING film critic JIM WHALEY managed it for a while. When it was one big screen it was wonderful. Once it was turned into a twin theatre it lost it’s magic. For a while there is was really quite wonderful. It closed in the early 90’s. The last films to be shown there was THE ABYSS and DEAD POETS SOCIETY. The films I saw there as a child are countless.
BARBARELLA,
HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS,
PUFNSTUF,
OLIVER!,
KANSAS CITY BOMBER,
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE,
THE IMPOSSIBLE YEARS,
DARLING LILI,
THE SOUND OF MUSIC,
RYAN’S DAUGHTER,
PIPPI LONGSTOCKING,
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO
SNOW WHITE AND ROSE RED,
EYE OF THE CAT,
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO AUNT ALICE,
THROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE,
WITH SIX YOU GET EGG ROLL,
ANGEL IN MY POCKET,
TOM SAWYER,
LOST HORIZON,
SONG OF NORWAY,
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN,
SLAP SHOT,
CHARLOTTE’S WEB,
A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN,
THE CHEYENNE SOCIAL CLUB,
TRUE GRIT,
EASY COME, EASY GO
This was once a revival theater. My stepmother and my Dad and I saw a double bill of BARBARELLA and FLESH GORDON. That was a wonderful night. I loved it.
OLIVER! played here in 1969 and it was an EVENT! The marque sported the font for OLIVER! in big red musical letters and it was a reserved seat roadshow attraction. Programs were sold in the lobby during intermission. It was called LOEWS TARA then. The entire building was white with white blinking lights trailing down ALL the columns, not just the top. There were plenty of beautiful and unusal displays for the movie. The film was in 70mm with 6 track STEREO. My mom took my sister and me to see and I feel in love with the movie and the theatre. That was a magical night I will never forget and one of the greatest nights of my life.
I saw THE SOUND OF MUSIC here in it’s 73' release and it was SOLD OUT! Amazing screen. Amazing theatrical experience that in not duplicated today. BIG lobby displays got you excited about the picture and it felt like an EVENT. The films would play for months, so if you really fell in love with a film, there was plenty of time to see it over and over.
Man, am I sad about the NATIONAL THEATER in Westwood being demolished. I remember the big premiere they had for LOST HORIZON there. Probably the biggest premiere that theater ever had. Merv Griffin did a 90 show from inside the lobby. Everyone was there from Ronald Reagan to Lucille Ball. It truly was one of the last great BIG premieres with the old school stars. Unfortunately it rained and rained that night, but boy, it must have been fantastic to see LOST HORIZON in 70mm on that screen.
another memory . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWXjFHqc7gc
eeeww, it’s an ad for the LOEWS TARA TWIN. Just kidding, thank you for providing this ad, but WHY OH WHY did they twin this WONDERFUL theatre. If you could have only been in it when it was NEW and ONE GREAT BIG THEATRE with 6 TRACK STEREO SOUND.
OLIVER! was spectacular there and so was HELLO DOLLY and SCROOGE.
BEAUTIFUL EVENTS and once in a life time.
Was this the theatre in the parking lot outside the mall? I saw EARTHQUAKE there too. The first film I saw at this theatre (and it ran for quite a while) was LOST HORIZON in 1973. It was a wonderful movie going experience and a great theater to see a BIG film in. I also remember seeing the re-release of MARY POPPINS in this theatre.
Another Village Theater . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWXjFHqc7gc
My parents were divorced and my father was the defensive coordinator of the Pittsburgh Steelers. We went to see JAWS there. The theater was a MOB scene. I also remember seeing THE THREE MUSKETEERS there too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWXjFHqc7gc
I remember when it was THE ATLANTA THEATRE, first run roadshow films like STAR! with Julie Andrews played here. It was really quite a theatre in the 60’s. Always a brightly lit impressive marque that made the movie going experience exciting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWXjFHqc7gc
Some of my happiest childhood experiences was going to the TOCO HILLS movie theater. It was one LARGE theater in those days. A big wide lobby with a wonderful concession stand and lots of NEXT ATTRACTION and COMING SOON half sheet posters in the lobby.
Among the memorable films I saw there were:
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
PETER PAN
THE PARENT TRAP
SWEET CHARITY
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
PEOPLETOYS (Later retitled DEVIL TIMES FIVE)
SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT
THE EXORCIST
and many others. Sad when I returned to Atlanta to see it closed. Someone once said that “growing up in Atlanta is like watching your past being hauled away in a dump truck”. None of the theaters I loved are there anymore. They’re all torn down.
View link
I was lucky enough to see many films in this theatre before it closed and eventually tore down. Of course, by that time, the type of films that were being shown were grind house, horror and exploitation movies, but that was okay. The thrill of those days being young and taken downtown to this theatre was one I’ll never forget.
Someone once said that “growing up in Georgia is like watching your past being hauled away in a dump truck”.
Sad but true.
View link
View link
It’s sad there aren’t more write ups about this theatre. It was really quite wonderful in it’s day. A night marque and lobby. The theatre was large with a balcony. Many first time movies played there. Roadshow engagements even. I remember seeing THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE there and coming out afterwards in a complete ICE STORM. It added to the sense of adventure that the movie had. A very memorable experience.
My father was head coach of GEORGIA TECH at the time and he and I would go to movies there. He took me to see THE WILD ROVERS and LOVE STORY at that theater.
Another biggie was the musical remake of LOST HORIZON. That played there for quite a while.
View link
First film I ever saw at the FOX was SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS. I remember it like it was yesterday. What a movie going experience that was for a kid. We always sat in the balcony.
Other films I remember seeing there are:
THE WIZARD OF OZ (children’s matinee run)
THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE
THE ONE AND ONLY GENUINE ORIGINAL FAMILY BAND
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER (another MGM children’s matinee)
PAINT YOUR WAGON
PINOCCHIO
HELLO DOLLY
SONG OF THE SOUTH
A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN
View link
I remember this when it was a SINGLE large theater. I also remember seeing the 1973 re-release of THE SOUND OF MUSIC there. It was a MOB scene. Totally sold out. Incredible experience. I also remember seeing the re-release of THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE at the Georgia Cinerama. Another film I saw there was BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS.
In later years it became a draft house and was never the same. Last film I saw there was John Water’s HAIRSPRAY. Not the best movie going experience I ever had but an interesting one. I was on a first date and ended up having great sex afterwards.
This theatre was not too far from the TOCO HILLS movie theatre. Someone once wrote that growing up in Atlanta was like watching your past being hauled away in a dump truck.
View link
One of THE GREATEST Drive In movie going experience I ever had was at the Northeast Expressway Drive-In Theater. It sat off the main freeway and you could always see it driving by. On the other side of the BIG screen was a wonderful marque that was brightly neon lit. One night my mother fell asleep. I was 15 years old with a learners permit. I took her keys and drove myself alone to this Drive In in her car without her knowing it. I had only had a couple of driving lessons and always with her accompanying me in the car. The feeling of freedom I had driving myself to that Drive In I will never forget. The movie was a double bill: THE HAPPY HOOKER and FLESH GORDON. It was a MAGICAL evening. I sat in the car quite satisfied that I had driven myself for the first time all by myself to a Drive In Movie theater. It was an incredible feeling and I’ll never forget it. Tragedy when they tore it down to build that Spaghetti Junction.
Among the movies I saw there are:
SSSSSSS
THE BOY WHO CRIED WEREWOLF
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG
TOM SAWYER
THE HAPPY HOOKER
FLESH GORDON
SUPERCHICK
REVENGE OF THE CHEERLEADERS
POINT OF TERROR
THE EXORCIST
CARRIE
LOVE AND DEATH
EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX
DELINQUENT SCHOOLGIRLS
THE POM POM GIRLS
http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edit
I worked there as a kid when the host of WPBS show CINEMA SHOWCASE and CREATIVE LOAFING film critic JIM WHALEY reopened and managed it. Unfortunately, the projection was not what it should have been. The film he launched the re-opening was OLIVER! Later I remember seeing both DOCTOR DOLITTLE there and CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG.
http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edit
This was a great theater in it’s day. The first film I ever saw at the LOEW’S TWELVE OAKS was HOUSE OF WAX in 3D. Later they would twin the theater and as Twin Theaters went, it wasn’t too bad. I vividly remember seeing Elizabeth Taylor in THE BLUE BIRD there. Another film that stands out in my mind was THE FURY.
I loved that theater. In subsequent years whenever I returned to Atlanta I would visit it and sadly, it was never the same.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWXjFHqc7gc
I was so crushed when I went back to Atlanta to find this theatre torn down. I remember vividly seeing many wonderful movies there. The two greatest movie going experiences I had was seeing OLIVER! there in it’s “popular prices” run. Every Saturday my Mom would drop off a me and a friend to see OLIVER! Later it would be WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. I saw that many times there too. Throughout the years I saw many others too, including THE HINDENBURG. I didn’t like it when they turned it into a twin theatre. That was the beginning of the end for that wonderful theatre. I think the last film I saw there was THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAY.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWXjFHqc7gc
I also remember vividly seeing SCROOGE and FUNNY GIRL many times at the Village Theatre.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWXjFHqc7gc
The three greatest movie going experiences I had at the LOEW’S TARA were:
OLIVER!
HELLO DOLLY!
SCROOGE,
All roadshow films. They were events.
Among the many films I saw at the DORAVILLE MINI CINEMA were:
WILLARD
THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
LOST HORIZON
BONNIE AND CLYDE
LITTLE BIG MAN
HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS
NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS
KING KONG
OLIVER!
HELLO DOLLY!
THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED
THUNDERBALL
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
For as small as the Doraville Mini Cinema was, it had a rather large screen. I remember thinking how small it was when I entered it for the first time. The movie was OLIVER! As the years went by and movie theaters by and large began to shrink in size, the Doraville mini Cinema began to look larger. We would often eat at KRYSTAL hamburgers afterwards, which was located right next door. I had wonderful movie going experiences at that theatre. Ones I will cherish forever.
During the 60’s the Briarcliff Village Theatre was often filled to capacity, especially on rainy saturday afternoons. The host of the once popular WPBS CINEMA SHOWCASE and CREATIVE LOAFING film critic JIM WHALEY managed it for a while. When it was one big screen it was wonderful. Once it was turned into a twin theatre it lost it’s magic. For a while there is was really quite wonderful. It closed in the early 90’s. The last films to be shown there was THE ABYSS and DEAD POETS SOCIETY. The films I saw there as a child are countless.
BARBARELLA,
HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS,
PUFNSTUF,
OLIVER!,
KANSAS CITY BOMBER,
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE,
THE IMPOSSIBLE YEARS,
DARLING LILI,
THE SOUND OF MUSIC,
RYAN’S DAUGHTER,
PIPPI LONGSTOCKING,
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO
SNOW WHITE AND ROSE RED,
EYE OF THE CAT,
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO AUNT ALICE,
THROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE,
WITH SIX YOU GET EGG ROLL,
ANGEL IN MY POCKET,
TOM SAWYER,
LOST HORIZON,
SONG OF NORWAY,
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN,
SLAP SHOT,
CHARLOTTE’S WEB,
A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN,
THE CHEYENNE SOCIAL CLUB,
TRUE GRIT,
EASY COME, EASY GO
and many many others … .
Check it out: BRIARCLIFF VILLAGE THEATRE MOVIE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWXjFHqc7gc
I saw STAR WARS at Doraville Mini Cinema. Absolutely
This was once a revival theater. My stepmother and my Dad and I saw a double bill of BARBARELLA and FLESH GORDON. That was a wonderful night. I loved it.
OLIVER! played here in 1969 and it was an EVENT! The marque sported the font for OLIVER! in big red musical letters and it was a reserved seat roadshow attraction. Programs were sold in the lobby during intermission. It was called LOEWS TARA then. The entire building was white with white blinking lights trailing down ALL the columns, not just the top. There were plenty of beautiful and unusal displays for the movie. The film was in 70mm with 6 track STEREO. My mom took my sister and me to see and I feel in love with the movie and the theatre. That was a magical night I will never forget and one of the greatest nights of my life.
I saw THE SOUND OF MUSIC here in it’s 73' release and it was SOLD OUT! Amazing screen. Amazing theatrical experience that in not duplicated today. BIG lobby displays got you excited about the picture and it felt like an EVENT. The films would play for months, so if you really fell in love with a film, there was plenty of time to see it over and over.
Man, am I sad about the NATIONAL THEATER in Westwood being demolished. I remember the big premiere they had for LOST HORIZON there. Probably the biggest premiere that theater ever had. Merv Griffin did a 90 show from inside the lobby. Everyone was there from Ronald Reagan to Lucille Ball. It truly was one of the last great BIG premieres with the old school stars. Unfortunately it rained and rained that night, but boy, it must have been fantastic to see LOST HORIZON in 70mm on that screen.