Hairston Village Cinema
941 N. Hairston Road,
Stone Mountain,
GA
30083
941 N. Hairston Road,
Stone Mountain,
GA
30083
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Previously operated by: Entertainment Film Works, General Cinema Corp.
Architects: James Thomas Martino
Functions: Retail
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The Hairston 8, along with the Sandy Springs 8 and the Merchants Walk 8, were among the last of the General Cinema crop to take seed in the metro Atlanta area before the circuit went into bankruptcy. The Hairston Village Cinema opened December 9, 1988. It closed on September 28, 2000. It was taken over by Entertainemt Film Works and reopened in 2001 screening second run films as a discount house. It was closed in 2005.
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General Cinema was a nationwide chain of movie theaters that operated from 1935 until 2002. The theater chain, in its prime, operated approximately 621 screens, some of which were the first cinemas certified by THX. Its mascot was Popcorn Bob and his Candy Band, which graced the company’s policy trailers from 1993 until 2002 and were created by Lucasfilm. For a time, General Cinema also owned the department store Neiman Marcus and the publisher Harcourt Brace, as well as radio stations in several major markets. The company suffered greatly when it filed for bankruptcy protection in 2000 and what remained of the company afterward was acquired by AMC Theatres in 2002. With the acquisition, the Credits program merged into the MovieWatcher network.
The General Cinema Corp. trademark was placed up for auction on December 8, 2010
Regency Exchange in Augusta and the Regency Mall just like this GCC,once they closed everything was left in the Building,even the Popcorn and Candy!
This was a very nice mulitplex as I defected from AMC Northlake Festival since this was a closer drive. Too bad it was built past it’s prime. I saw a lot of movies here in ‘89; “Skin Deep”, “Turner and Hooch”, and James Bond “License to Kill”. WAY WAY too many theatres along the Memorial Drive (and adjacent) corridor at that time. Ironically, are there any theatres standing since that area tanked in the 90’s?
The Hairston 8 was one of eight identical or nearly identical multiplexes designed for GCC by the Port Washington, New York, architect James Thomas Martino.
This opened on December 9th, 1988. Grand opening ad in the photo section.
and closed in 2000. Was reopened by Entertainment Film Works in 2001 and closed in 2005.
Architectural sketches were by The Architectural Group in Mobile, Alabama or TAG
Closed on August 30, 2005.
Actual 2000 closing date is September 28, 2000.