I grew-up in Murray and remember that “Jim Thorpe — All American” was the first movie that I saw at this theatre. I don’t know if this was the first film they played but if not it was among the earliest. The Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com) shows this film as being released on August 24, 1951 and since films typically played in Murray about six weeks after their release this theatre must have opened in October of 1951.
I grew-up in Murray and remember that “Jim Thorpe — All American” was the first movie that I saw at this theatre. I don’t know if this was the first film they played but if not it was among the earliest. The Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com) shows this film as being released on August 24, 1951 and since films typically played in Murray about six weeks after their release this theatre must have opened in October of 1951.