Movies 2

La Follette, Tennessee went about 10 years without a walk-in theatre, as once the Cherokee Theatre closed its doors in the late-1960’s, this small east Tennessee town was served by a drive-in.

In the late-1970’s Movies 2 opened in La Follette on the same highway as the city’s drive-in, and really not that far apart. The cinema has decent size marquee and each screen holds a little over 200 seats. Last time I pulled in, the theatre was owned by Carmike Cinemas. Looking into the theatre one could see a very worn out theatre. Very plain, with for some reason a “Star Wars” poster taped on the wall (no “Star Wars” movie was playing). Maybe at one time they had a whole collection of posters on movies on the wall. I mean, it is called ‘Movies’.

"Spiderman" was playing first run and admission was like, I ain’t making this up, $2.50 a seat! Boy, it is cheap to see a movie in small towns, but I don’t know how the presentation looked on the screen. It was closed by Carmike Cinemas in February 2015, and became a church.

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Mike Rogers on June 1, 2010 at 9:19 pm

I do have pictures,hopefully they will be on CT.

Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois on June 2, 2010 at 4:16 am

AKA:

THE MOVIES TWIN.

Owners:

Premier Cinemas Corporation, then

Cinemark Theaters, 10/27/85 – 11/9/95, then

Carmike Cinemas

Mike Rogers on June 10, 2010 at 8:17 pm

“Dodgeball” was playing with “Spiderman”.I found the pictures i took and really the front of the theatre didn’t look that bad.I have seen worse.Admission was 3.00,not 2.50 but still a deal for first run.The inside was tacky .Checkerboard Square tiles Black and white in the ceiling and the same for the floor.

Mike Rogers on November 11, 2010 at 1:10 am

June 5 1980 and THE MOVIES has “DIRT” and “KRAMERvs.KRAMER” knowing that area i bet “DIRT” did better BO than “KRAMER” Saturday Late show and The Movies plays a X rated “FRUSTRATED WIVES” what is it with small towns and X rated movies!

Mike Rogers on November 11, 2010 at 1:10 am

June 5 1980 and THE MOVIES has “DIRT” and “KRAMERvs.KRAMER” knowing that area i bet “DIRT” did better BO than “KRAMER” Saturday Late show and The Movies plays a X rated “FRUSTRATED WIVES” what is it with small towns and X rated movies!

Mike Rogers on December 27, 2010 at 6:22 pm

June 4 1981 and these big films are selling out.But remember these are small houses.“THE HOWLING” is staying another week along with a very weak Jerry Lewis movie,“HARDLY WORKING”,bet they did not have anything better to book. Coming next was that Horrible “LONE RANGER” film.and the DISNEY “DEVIL and MAX DEVILIN”.Hopefully,“SUPERMAN II” saved the summer.

roburtone on June 4, 2011 at 9:27 pm

Here is a 2010 photo.

Mike Rogers on April 3, 2013 at 11:09 pm

thanks for a picture i have few, took some thru the glass door place looked like dump.really needs work or a new cinema..

Joe Vogel on April 17, 2015 at 1:44 am

The Carmike Movies 2 in La Follette closed in February, 2015. A January 23 report from ABC television affiliate WATE said that Carmike’s lease on the theater would be up on February 19, and that the building would then be converted into a new home for The Harbor, a community church.

Mike Rogers on April 25, 2018 at 1:29 am

it was a sorry theatre from what I could see,,i guess they drive to Knoxville for movies..lots of folks live there..