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fatfink commented about GTC Beechwood 11 on Aug 2, 2024 at 3:49 pm

Sadly, the Beechwood Cinema closed without advance warning after rhe last shows on Thursday, July 25, 2024. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/beechwood-cinemas-closing-doors-final-192322721.html

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fatfink commented about Viking Outdoor Cinema on Feb 26, 2022 at 8:17 pm

The concessions building was leveled and hauled off around the middle of the ‘90s, mere days after a friend and I salvaged a curved-glass candy display case, a stack of popcorn boxes, and 40,000 unused tickets from it. We had no idea that anything was going to happen— we were just prowling through the ruins on a whim.

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fatfink commented about Loew's Metropolitan Theatre on Aug 25, 2019 at 10:35 pm

The huge chandelier still exists, but now hangs deep underground in Cumberland Caverns, near McMinnieville, TN. I believe that they have the organ, as well.

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fatfink commented about Dixieland Drive-In on Jul 10, 2019 at 6:30 am

I have a schedule under the “Dixieland Drive-In” name for July 1977, so it seems that the name change didn’t stick.

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fatfink commented about Strand Theater on Apr 9, 2011 at 11:01 pm

It’s now Cutter’s Pub, a frat boy bar. Never realized it was a former theater, but I can kind of see it.

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fatfink commented about Astro III on Apr 9, 2011 at 10:12 pm

Here’s a pretty remarkable photo of a personal appearance by Chewbacca at the Astro III in 1977 or so (I’m not certain that this mask was available before 1978, but STAR WARS played there for at least three separate runs before EMPIRE came out): View link

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fatfink commented about Clemson Theater on Oct 9, 2008 at 9:44 am

The Clemson Theater was open into the early ‘80s; the last film I can say with certainty that I saw there was THE ROAD WARRIOR in May 1982 (my father took me, even though it was in the middle of final exams for the year). Mr. York, the manager, then moved down the street to the Astro III.