The hideously cruel oh so fake Presbyterian church demolished what should have been deemed an Atlanta Landmark in order to build a parking lot so they could reap more greedy dollars from surrounding poor people. Shame on them. Shame on the city of Atlanta for allowing it to happen. The one thing the south doesn’t need is another church. They’re on every corner. Simple greed and there’s no other word for them.
LOST HORIZON played for quite a while at the Capri. I remember the big lit up marquee for it. I wonder if anyone took pictures of the Capri’s marquees back then. I would love to see it.
Such fond memories of seeing OLIVER! and WILLY WONKA at this theatre over and over and then my friends would go into the mall and spend our money on candy and the Photo Booth at Woolworth’s.
SHAME ON THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH. Shame on them for allowing this beautiful theatre to go by the waste side. It should have been preserved and made into a live concert venue. The city is poorer for having destroyed it.
This well made movie got held back from release to distance itself from the box office failure of STAR! It was thrown into multiples with little fanfare and sadly bombed.
treadway, you are right. Both theaters (the one downstairs was single screen when it opened and the Penthouse upstairs) were plush and made the film you were seeing a memorable experience.
Makes me sick how all the theaters I loved in Atlanta are GONE or changed drastically to the point they barely resemble the place they use to be. Doraville Mini Cinema GONE. Loew’s Tara GONE (the single screen) Briarcliff Village Theater GONE. Loew’s Grand GONE. Roxy Theater GONE. Toco Hills theater GONE. N.E. Expressway Drive-In and North 85 Drive-In theaters GONE. Original North Dekalb theatre GONE. I could go on and on, but you get the point.
It’s really too bad about theaters like this in downtown Atlanta. By the mid to late 70’s the city was getting a reputation of being a dangerous place to visit and people who generally drove to see “event” films stopped going. Big films opened in wider release and in more theaters. The days of the roadshow picture were over.
The hideously cruel oh so fake Presbyterian church demolished what should have been deemed an Atlanta Landmark in order to build a parking lot so they could reap more greedy dollars from surrounding poor people. Shame on them. Shame on the city of Atlanta for allowing it to happen. The one thing the south doesn’t need is another church. They’re on every corner. Simple greed and there’s no other word for them.
The Briarcliff Village theatre closed in the summer of 1992. The last film to play there was DEAD POETS SOCIETY and THE ABYSS
LOST HORIZON played for quite a while at the Capri. I remember the big lit up marquee for it. I wonder if anyone took pictures of the Capri’s marquees back then. I would love to see it.
Such fond memories of seeing OLIVER! and WILLY WONKA at this theatre over and over and then my friends would go into the mall and spend our money on candy and the Photo Booth at Woolworth’s.
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SHAME ON THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH. Shame on them for allowing this beautiful theatre to go by the waste side. It should have been preserved and made into a live concert venue. The city is poorer for having destroyed it.
I love this.
It’s so cute. I wish I owned it
This would have been a great double feature
Lost Horizon is a wonderful movie
Love it
Anyone have the experience of seeing the Burt Bacharach musical LOST HORIZON at the National?
Looks like a really romantic Drive In Theatre. A sad shame the community allowed it to die
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This well made movie got held back from release to distance itself from the box office failure of STAR! It was thrown into multiples with little fanfare and sadly bombed.
treadway, you are right. Both theaters (the one downstairs was single screen when it opened and the Penthouse upstairs) were plush and made the film you were seeing a memorable experience.
I love it
Makes me sick how all the theaters I loved in Atlanta are GONE or changed drastically to the point they barely resemble the place they use to be. Doraville Mini Cinema GONE. Loew’s Tara GONE (the single screen) Briarcliff Village Theater GONE. Loew’s Grand GONE. Roxy Theater GONE. Toco Hills theater GONE. N.E. Expressway Drive-In and North 85 Drive-In theaters GONE. Original North Dekalb theatre GONE. I could go on and on, but you get the point.
It’s really too bad about theaters like this in downtown Atlanta. By the mid to late 70’s the city was getting a reputation of being a dangerous place to visit and people who generally drove to see “event” films stopped going. Big films opened in wider release and in more theaters. The days of the roadshow picture were over.
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Does anyone know what movies played there in the 60’s?
WOW! Now THAT’S a theatre
It’s disgusting. I hate man
Thanks Mike
Wow, this is sad