I remember seeing the local opening of “The Shining' at the Alabama. Great place to see such an atmospheric movie. I still have my ‘Helped Save the Alabama’ t-shirt from the campaign back in the mid 80s. Garrison Keeler’s Prairie Home Companion was there in March of ‘93. The reason I remember was because they were post-poned 2 weeks by the Birmingham Blizzard of '93, which surprised the Minnesotans.
There was an Empire, in 1960 at least. I went to it ( I was 10 at the time). The Melba, Lyric, and Empire were all on the same street if I remember correctly. All were pretty neat places to watch a movie. I saw the “Last Emperor” at the Alabama about 20 years ago, and you could really appreciate a big screen movie in such a big screen venue.
I remember seeing the local opening of “The Shining' at the Alabama. Great place to see such an atmospheric movie. I still have my ‘Helped Save the Alabama’ t-shirt from the campaign back in the mid 80s. Garrison Keeler’s Prairie Home Companion was there in March of ‘93. The reason I remember was because they were post-poned 2 weeks by the Birmingham Blizzard of '93, which surprised the Minnesotans.
There was an Empire, in 1960 at least. I went to it ( I was 10 at the time). The Melba, Lyric, and Empire were all on the same street if I remember correctly. All were pretty neat places to watch a movie. I saw the “Last Emperor” at the Alabama about 20 years ago, and you could really appreciate a big screen movie in such a big screen venue.