https://comicbook.com/irl/news/regal-cinemas-closing-united-states-until-2021/?fbclid=IwAR0UNV9V_bEJdq5zjN8CscExv5sUWKSHnPAlvhagq0KNp90IQakCLPat8-A
This theater along with all other Regal Cinemas will be closing soon.
This theater host Rocky Horror several times a year particularly around Mardi Gras and Halloween run by the Mystic Society of Rocky Horror. It also shows some first run mainstream movies. The theater has stadium seating with rocking chairs and front floor seats with recliners. It’s really nice.
I’m going to take a guess and say they changed the name to Chieftain Way to 12th Ave when the high school was put there. The high school mascot being the Chieftains; furthermore, the high school is located right next to where the driver in would be. I know someone who lived in Chickasaw in the 70s and went to Vigor in Prichard because Chickasaw didn’t have a high school. So, some time after the 70s maybe is when it would have been changed to Chieftain Way.
My guess about it named Air Sho is because of Brookley AirBase in Mobile (further down the road). Brookley closed in 1968.
Demolished October 3, 2022 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wkrg.com/mobile-county/everything-inside-hollywood-theater-is-up-for-auction/amp/
History article about Illings Theatre.
https://www.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-living/2012/11/ocean_springs_illing_theater_s.html
It’s now used as storage for Ocean Springs School District.
There’s a rumor it maybe renovated.
This movie theater is closed
https://comicbook.com/irl/news/regal-cinemas-closing-united-states-until-2021/?fbclid=IwAR0UNV9V_bEJdq5zjN8CscExv5sUWKSHnPAlvhagq0KNp90IQakCLPat8-A This theater along with all other Regal Cinemas will be closing soon.
This theater host Rocky Horror several times a year particularly around Mardi Gras and Halloween run by the Mystic Society of Rocky Horror. It also shows some first run mainstream movies. The theater has stadium seating with rocking chairs and front floor seats with recliners. It’s really nice.
I’m going to take a guess and say they changed the name to Chieftain Way to 12th Ave when the high school was put there. The high school mascot being the Chieftains; furthermore, the high school is located right next to where the driver in would be. I know someone who lived in Chickasaw in the 70s and went to Vigor in Prichard because Chickasaw didn’t have a high school. So, some time after the 70s maybe is when it would have been changed to Chieftain Way. My guess about it named Air Sho is because of Brookley AirBase in Mobile (further down the road). Brookley closed in 1968.
Thank you for finding and posting this.