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johncompton commented about Ritz Theatre on Feb 14, 2010 at 12:03 pm

I had the unforgettable experience of seeing Mutiny on the Bounty there and thought it was the first Cinerama showing, maybe not. I was amazed at how you felt surrounded and so small by the ocean on that screen. It was also the first movie I remember seeing with Marlon Brando in it. I also saw Dr. Schivago, but didn’t remember that it was at the Ritz.

When the Ritz was converted to Cinerama, it was closed for months and was a huge story when it reopened.

I too rode the bus downtown to the movies and would eat at the Krystal beforehand. Sitting at the counter, watching a slab of Kystals steaming on the griddle and the cook flipping at least a half dozen at a time, and the smell of them with grilled chopped onions is forever etched in my memory. Without Krystal in this part of NC, stopping to get a half dozen, whenever I’m in town is a treat.

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johncompton commented about Cinema Blue Theatre on Feb 14, 2010 at 11:32 am

Howard College, now Samford, was located in East Lake from the 1890s to the early 1950s, hence the name College Theatre.