Memphis’s Jaxon Drive-In opened its gates on May 30, 1956 with Aldo Ray in “Three Stripes In The Sun” along with four unnamed cartoons.
It was closed in 1970 and demolished in the mid-to-late 1970s to make way for an interchange of Interstate 240 which its former street name of Jackson Avenue became the Austin Peay Highway.
It was once known as Hall’s No. 1 Drive-In in the mid-1950s, after the Hall’s No. 2 Drive-In opened its gates in March 1953 located a mile west of Lexington. It was located a couple of football fields away from another drive-in theater, the Wessinger’s (later Ray’s) No. 1 Drive-In, also in Lexington.
The Richland Mall Theatre was twinned on December 27, 1984, and became a quad on November 9, 1984. It was last operated by Litchfield Theatres and was last known as the “Richland Mall Theatres”. The Richland Mall Theatres closed for the final time on September 7, 1987.
This theater was probably short-lived. A 1965 aerial shows the theater trace but the screen was gone, meaning that the screen was removed sometime in the mid-1960s.
The Towson Theatre’s last film as a single-screener was Tom Berenger’s “The Big Chill” on March 1, 1984 before closing the theater for a month and five days due to twinning. The theater reopened as the “Towson Twin” on April 6, 1984 with “Fanny & Alexander” at Screen 1 and “Tender Mercies” at Screen 2 by JF Theatres.
Loews took over from JF on October 13, 1988, and was renamed “Loews Towson Twin”. Loews operated the Towson Twin until closing for the final time on July 3, 1992, due to the rise of General Cinema’s Towson Commands 8 across the street. The theater was then converted into a Rec Room, but closed in 1998 when Brian Recher and his family sold the building.
After the former theater received a remodel and a revert back to its normal single-screener, the former Towson Theatre reopened as the Recher Theatre on March 11, 1999.
The Cook Theatre opened its doors on the afternoon of April 1, 1948 with “The Bride Goes Wild” with no extra short subjects. It was first owned by H.B. Cook. The Cook Theatre closed for the final time in 1983.
The Walterboro Drive-In opened its gates on July 21, 1947, with Bob Steele in the 1945 Canadian mountie flick “Northwest Trail” plus a few unnamed short subjects. And yes, it was first operated by the one-and-only E.B. Funderburke, who also later opened the North Walterboro Drive-In on Highway 15 six years later.
The Walterboro Drive-In closed for the final time in 1991. It closed a few months after the opening of the Ivanhoe Family Cinemas.
The 1 & 2 was built in the late 1970s. A 1973 aerial shows neither the theater nor the shopping center were built yet. A 1982 aerial however shows the theater and the shopping center in operation.
Opened as the Blane Twin Cinemas on October 9, 1969 with “Some Kind Of A Nut” at Screen 1 and “Mackenna’s Gold” at Screen 2. Two more screens were added on May 19, 1990 bringing a total to four.
Yes, there was a twin theater that operated from March 1973 until August 1998 at the Harford Mall. The theater at the Harford Mall was both a Loews and Sony theater. It will have its own Cinema Treasures page soon.
Memphis’s Jaxon Drive-In opened its gates on May 30, 1956 with Aldo Ray in “Three Stripes In The Sun” along with four unnamed cartoons.
It was closed in 1970 and demolished in the mid-to-late 1970s to make way for an interchange of Interstate 240 which its former street name of Jackson Avenue became the Austin Peay Highway.
It was once known as Hall’s No. 1 Drive-In in the mid-1950s, after the Hall’s No. 2 Drive-In opened its gates in March 1953 located a mile west of Lexington. It was located a couple of football fields away from another drive-in theater, the Wessinger’s (later Ray’s) No. 1 Drive-In, also in Lexington.
The Richland Mall Theatre was twinned on December 27, 1984, and became a quad on November 9, 1984. It was last operated by Litchfield Theatres and was last known as the “Richland Mall Theatres”. The Richland Mall Theatres closed for the final time on September 7, 1987.
This theater was probably short-lived. A 1965 aerial shows the theater trace but the screen was gone, meaning that the screen was removed sometime in the mid-1960s.
This appears to be closed in the 1970s. A 1981 aerial shows the theater demolished and replaced by a storage facility that was now known as Kenco Mfg.
First known as the Highway 51 Drive-In. I cannot find the opening date but it opened as early as 1953.
The Towson Theatre’s last film as a single-screener was Tom Berenger’s “The Big Chill” on March 1, 1984 before closing the theater for a month and five days due to twinning. The theater reopened as the “Towson Twin” on April 6, 1984 with “Fanny & Alexander” at Screen 1 and “Tender Mercies” at Screen 2 by JF Theatres.
Loews took over from JF on October 13, 1988, and was renamed “Loews Towson Twin”. Loews operated the Towson Twin until closing for the final time on July 3, 1992, due to the rise of General Cinema’s Towson Commands 8 across the street. The theater was then converted into a Rec Room, but closed in 1998 when Brian Recher and his family sold the building.
After the former theater received a remodel and a revert back to its normal single-screener, the former Towson Theatre reopened as the Recher Theatre on March 11, 1999.
Closed on September 4, 2006.
Closed on October 26, 2000.
The B&L Drive-In opened in early May 1965 according to an advertisement reading “The B&L Drive-In is NOW Open”.
Actually, it became a Sam’s Club (then known as Sam’s Business Club), not a Walmart. The Sam’s Club opened on June 3, 1987, and closed in 1997.
The Ritz Theatre opened its doors on June 13, 1934 with Greta Garbo in “Queen Christina” (unclear if any short subjects were added).
It was first operated by the one-and-only H.B. Cook, who also operated the Cook Theatre nearly 14 years later, located a couple of buildings away.
The Cook Theatre is demolished in April 1986 to make way for the back entrance to the Walterboro Post Office.
The Cook Theatre opened its doors on the afternoon of April 1, 1948 with “The Bride Goes Wild” with no extra short subjects. It was first owned by H.B. Cook. The Cook Theatre closed for the final time in 1983.
Opened on February 13, 1991.
The Walterboro Drive-In opened its gates on July 21, 1947, with Bob Steele in the 1945 Canadian mountie flick “Northwest Trail” plus a few unnamed short subjects. And yes, it was first operated by the one-and-only E.B. Funderburke, who also later opened the North Walterboro Drive-In on Highway 15 six years later.
The Walterboro Drive-In closed for the final time in 1991. It closed a few months after the opening of the Ivanhoe Family Cinemas.
The gym closed in 2019, and was later converted to a church that same year.
The 1 & 2 was built in the late 1970s. A 1973 aerial shows neither the theater nor the shopping center were built yet. A 1982 aerial however shows the theater and the shopping center in operation.
A 1982 aerial shows that the theater was still operational, but a 1993 aerial shows that the screen was removed. So it has to be closed in the 1980s.
Opened as the Blane Twin Cinemas on October 9, 1969 with “Some Kind Of A Nut” at Screen 1 and “Mackenna’s Gold” at Screen 2. Two more screens were added on May 19, 1990 bringing a total to four.
So it opened in either 1964 or 1965.
Closed on January 22, 1999.
Yes, there was a twin theater that operated from March 1973 until August 1998 at the Harford Mall. The theater at the Harford Mall was both a Loews and Sony theater. It will have its own Cinema Treasures page soon.
Nice!
Closed in 1983.